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Remembering the 'Sweet Soul' of Al Jarreau

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We're going to end our show today with a tribute to an iconic California singer. Amid the hype over this week's Grammy awards, the news of his death might have been overshadowed, even though he was a seven-time Grammy Award Winner in three different categories: Jazz, R&B and Pop. Success didn't come early or easily for Al Jarreau. But when the vocalist finally broke through in the mid-'70s, he changed the musical landscape. Jarreau died on Sunday in Los Angeles at the age of 76. And, as jazz critic Andrew Gilbert says, Jarreau's passing marks the end of an era in American music.

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