Vocal range
Al Jarreau
Tenor · Jazz · R&B · Pop · USA · prominent since 1975
Cited range
G2 — A5
Octaves
3.2
Semitones
38
Voice type
Tenor
What is Al Jarreau’s vocal range?
Al Jarreau's vocal range is commonly cited as G2 to A5 — about 3.2 octaves, or 38 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor.
Mouth-percussion textures under a light tenor that flips to falsetto without a seam. That cited span is wider than 73% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- We're in This Love Together
Reading the numbers
- The ceiling clears the conventional tenor top of C5 by 9 semitones.
- 5 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- No separate full-voice ceiling is cited, so the figures describe a range worked largely in full voice across its 38 semitones.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 111th lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 160th highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Al Jarreau
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on G2
46 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on A5
28 other voices here reach the same ceiling.