Rainbow in Your Eyes
Context
Leon Russell cover that opens Glow, Al Jarreau's second album, recorded from February to May 1976 in Hollywood and released by Reprise on June 15, 1976, produced by Tommy LiPuma and Al Schmitt. The only charting single from the album (No. 92 on the R&B chart), it features Larry Carlton and Joe Sample, among others.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese, Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).