Accentuate the Positive (Al Jarreau album)

Accentuate the Positive is an album of songs from the 1940s, recorded in 2004 by singer Al Jarreau. In 2005 the album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album.

Track listing

 * 1) "Cold Duck" (Eddie Harris, Jarreau) - 3:46
 * 2) "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 3:43
 * 3) "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) - 4:04
 * 4) "My Foolish Heart" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 5:32
 * 5) "Midnight Sun" (Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke, Johnny Mercer) - 6:01
 * 6) "Accentuate the Positive" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 4:03
 * 7) "Betty Bebop's Song" (Jarreau, Freddie Ravel) - 4:16
 * 8) "Waltz for Debby" (Bill Evans, Gene Lees) - 4:44
 * 9) "Groovin' High" (Dizzy Gillespie, Jarreau) - 4:11
 * 10) "Lotus" (Don Grolnick, Jarreau) - 5:11
 * 11) "Scootcha Booty" (Russell Ferrante, Jarreau) - 4:26

Personnel

 * Al Jarreau – vocals
 * Larry Williams – keyboards and arrangements (2, 4, 5–10)
 * Larry Goldings – Hammond B3 organ (3)
 * Russell Ferrante – acoustic piano (11)
 * Anthony Wilson – guitars
 * Christian McBride – bass (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
 * Dave Carpenter – bass (4, 7, 11)
 * Mark Simmons – drums (1, 5, 6)
 * Peter Erskine – drums (2, 3, 4, 7–11)
 * Luis Conte – percussion (1, 4, 6, 10)
 * Keith Anderson – tenor saxophone (1, 6)
 * Tollak Ollestad – harmonica (5)

Production

 * Producer – Tommy LiPuma
 * Executive Producer and Management – Bill Darlington
 * Production Coordinator – Shari Sutcliffe
 * Recorded and Mixed by Al Schmitt at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA).
 * Assistant Engineer – Steve Genewick
 * Mastered by Doug Sax and Robert Hadley at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, CA).
 * Art Direction – Hollis King
 * Design – Rika Ichiki
 * Photography – Rocky Schenck
 * Liner Notes – Al Jarreau