![]() By the time we reach the feel-good hit 'Mornin',' the productions have become more intricate, polished, and comfortable, suitable either for dancing or making out, with little room for the old vocal spontaneity. ![]() ![]() With 'Never Givin' Up' and 'Roof Garden,' the transition away from jazz begins. Early Latin-flavored tracks from the mid-'70s, like 'Agua de Beber,' 'Take Five,' and 'Spain,' reveal a unique jazz voice with extraordinary rhythmic flexibility and an angular, scattershot, unpredictable approach to a tune that must have been as startling to audiences as Lambert, Hendricks & Ross were when they broke through. This is one intelligently programmed greatest-hits album, for after leading with two fine, new 1996 tracks, 'Compared to What' and 'Goodhands Tonight,' the CD actually becomes a cogent chronological account of Jarreau's 20 years with the label - and a most revealing one at that.
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