{"id":10959,"date":"2013-09-14T22:51:38","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T05:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=10959"},"modified":"2013-09-14T22:51:38","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T05:51:38","slug":"al-jarreau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2013\/09\/al-jarreau\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Jarreau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10961\" alt=\"Encore-NORMAN-SEEFF-Issue-No29\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Encore-NORMAN-SEEFF-Issue-No29.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Encore-NORMAN-SEEFF-Issue-No29.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Encore-NORMAN-SEEFF-Issue-No29-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10960\" alt=\"Encore-album-No29\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Encore-album-No29.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Encore-album-No29.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Encore-album-No29-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><br \/>\nPHOTOGRAPHER NORMAN SEEFF\u2019S SESSION WITH Al Jarreau for his 1983 album, Jarreau, was a memorable, fun affair. \u201cHe brought this bubbling laughter and enthusiasm,\u201d recalls Seeff. \u201cAl came across as someone who loved his life and loved this great gift he has.\u201d Seeff\u2019s young daughter, Tai Power Seeff, joined the son of the photographer\u2019s assistant in some playful interaction with the singer. \u201cIt was a time when we all had kids,\u201d says Seeff. \u201cRather than making the sessions formal, it became a kind of family affair. The environment was quite personal and relaxed.\u201d Seeff asked Jarreau to perform some of his material and, \u201cbefore I could get the words out of my mouth, he was already singing,\u201d he says. \u201cHis voice is almost angelic, and he has that ability to riff as if he were a musical instrument.\u201d The children were enchanted. \u201cHe related to the kids just like he related to me\u2014as equals,\u201d says Seeff. \u201cThey adored him. It was a lovely, effortless session.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHOTOGRAPHER NORMAN SEEFF\u2019S SESSION WITH Al Jarreau for his 1983 album, Jarreau, was a memorable, fun affair. \u201cHe brought this bubbling laughter and enthusiasm,\u201d recalls Seeff. \u201cAl came across as someone who loved his life and loved this great gift he has.\u201d Seeff\u2019s young daughter, Tai Power Seeff, joined the son of the photographer\u2019s assistant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1629,3262],"tags":[10166],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10959"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10959"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10962,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10959\/revisions\/10962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}