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. 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. false 2022-11-08 12:20:35 Accentuate the Positive 2004 2004-09-03 2004-09-03 50 Jazz Vocal Jazz 119290 2160122 78a42891-a5e7-461f-9a56-6355d869c659 3e54ba8b-f4cc-4192-9813-890d570e2b7a 99b7807e-dbfb-3a8d-8579-44744917d1c8 /media/data/media7/Music/Al Jarreau/Accentuate the Positive (2004)/folder.jpg Al Jarreau AlbumArtist /config/metadata/People/A/Al Jarreau/folder.jpg Al Jarreau Artist /config/metadata/People/A/Al Jarreau/folder.jpg Al Jarreau Al Jarreau 1 Cold Duck 03:46 2 The Nearness of You 03:44 3 I’m Beginning to See the Light 04:05 4 My Foolish Heart 05:33 5 Midnight Sun 06:01 6 Ac‐cent‐tchu‐ate the Positive 04:03 7 Betty Bebop’s Song 04:17 8 Waltz for Debby 04:44 9 Groovin’ High 04:11 10 Lotus 05:11 11 Scootcha‐Booty 04:25 Alwin Lopez Jarreau (March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter. His 1981 album Breakin' Away spent two years on the Billboard 200 and is considered one of the finest examples of the Los Angeles pop and R&B sound. The album won Jarreau the 1982 Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. In all, he won seven Grammy Awards and was nominated for over a dozen more during his career. Jarreau also sang the theme song of the 1980s television series Moonlighting and was among the performers on the 1985 charity song "We Are the World".