Down The Rhodes Webisode: Al Jarreau and Tom Canning
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- The following is a special interview with Al Jarreau and Tom Canning in connection with Down The Rhodes: The Fender Rhodes Story, Rhodes Travels. Please visit www.FenderRhodesStory.com to order a copy of this historic documentary, brought to life through stories and performances from a remarkable cast of music notables. With an insider's look, we see how a war era rehabilitation tool developed into a major proponent of the electronic instrument movement, and became the most revolutionary electric piano of our time.
Man they made wonderful music together. Two musical soul mates. Their early work together is still so fresh today. Bless you Al & Tom.
I used do do all of Tom's Rhodes work back in those days and we would go see the two of them play at an old long gone Restaurant/ Bar called the Scotch and Sirloin.
To see the two of them together was magic then and is still magic now
Thanks for the memory
You had that Rhodes sounding amazing. Was it the much revered model E? Next to the Deagan Vibraphone, I think Rhodes is the most beautifully organic sound in music
To Al explain so eloquently why the Fender Rhodes was such an excellent musical platform for his singing is simply a music/history lesson of the highest order. Rest in power...
The summer of 1977 and I am enlisted in the US Coast Guard. I am stationed on a CG cutter, home-ported in Galveston, Tx, but the ship is in dry docks for repair all summer long in NOLA. The summer of 1977. The Al Jarreau album is being played quite a bit by the local jazz station. The song that really caught my ear was We Got By. All the other songs are good as well. But...We Got By. That song does something to me. It always has. It is definitely one of my favorite songs. Al's singing is extraordinary, all the musicianship on the album is on point. "Especially the keyboardist. I've been admiring the keyboardist all these 40 + years, but I never have known his name. I don'[t know that much about jazz and jazz musicians. I know a few but that's about it.
So, just now I took the time to google the album Look to the Rainbow ( they didn't have the internet 40 years ago) and I found out the keyboardist is Tom Canning. I looked for Tom Canning on you tube and it led me to this video.
Go Tom, Rest in Love Al
Thank you so much for this. On Al's first live album, you can hear him say..."this is a song by Tom Canning." I had never heard of the guy but, I could tell when he was not on an album with Al and I missed his work greatly. Al is no longer here but, I'm glad to have finally met you Mr. Canning.
"Sweet tomorrow morning, bursting with a dawn..."
This is my favorite of all those little clips - so beautiful!
Al and Tom are a phantastic team. The way they bring music to live is absolutely thrilling. Great story about Montreux! 🤣❤
All I can say is wow!!! Al Jarreau and Tom Canning were absolute magic together. And I mean magic in its purest sense. I have to concur with you Belsha, once the two parted ways, neither of them were the same. Once Jay Gradon and Co. stepped in, things began to change. Who knows, maybe it was a clash of egos between Jay and Tom that led to the departure? Wouldn't it be great if Al and Tom had a reunion concert? That would bring the house down for sure. What ever the reason, THANK YOU BOTH for sharing your incredible gifts and talents with us. Your legacy will live on forever!
Absolutely lovely!
Great to finally see a fave Rhodes player after a couple of decades:)
So pure, the admiration, the friendship. I'm glad I got to see that.
Went to grade school and high school with Tom, Rochester ny
as always I have listened to al jarreau since I watched moonlighting with Bruce Willis and Cybil Shepherd. my middle name was the same with the x at the end.
hell yes! healed me!
I've never understood why Al Jarreau stopped working with Tom Canning, they were the perfect pair, writing unique songs together, and creating their own sound. Canning went on to work with artists of much lower caliber and hardly doing anything as a songwriter, , and Jarreau drifted from producer to producer, unable to create albums as classic as "This Time" or "Breaking Away".
+belsha Jay Graydon was the producer behind both of those, and they very strongly carry the stamp of his sound.
+belsha I actually think the peak of their collab was a bit earlier.. glow, all fly home... there is this great piano intro of "we got by" on the "look at the rainbow" live album by tom canning that gives me goose bumps time and time again..
Well, I would call the legendary Wayne Shorter "of much lower caliber"...
@@herrbonk3635 He briefly toured with Wayne, but didn't record with him.
Certain record companies steer big selling artists to high ranking writers & producers once they become popular to try and chase those big commercial hits. Canning wasn't part of that big picture but he did perform on a lot of later songs.
Rest in peace and love, Al Jarreau.
Love them glasses Al!
Not to mention this tune.. But listen to the orchestration on "Morning" Tom is the man!
I think, David Foster is the one to praise for that arrangement.
@@thomask9610 that’s all David. Keys, synths and writing.
Sounding good...period!
Awesome!
I F*****g love it
R.I.P. MAESTRO JARREAU
Great!
For about half a season, Canning served as music director for the short-lived Thicke of the Night, but Alan Pasqua, Dennis Belfield, and Mike Baird were Rick Springfield's musicians up to that point. Wouldn't it have been funny if Springfield had made an appearance on his show, just to sing with the band?
So cool
Wow....Looks like Mr. Canning (Bless his heart) lowkey threw my man Mr. Sample (RIP) and his crew under the bus with that one. smh.
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Awesome!