indeed. How sad, he was only 76.
A great one gone.

I did a little research on his recording equipment and found an article with Al Schmitt

“Obviously, it depends on the voice what mic you use,” Schmitt continues. “I can hear a voice and know what I want to do. Like with Al Jarreau, I hear his voice and I know I want to get a mic that's crisp and will pick up all the little nuances of his phrasing and also little things he does with his mouth. So the last time I worked with him [Accentuate the Positive, released this year], I wound up using a new Brauner tube microphone and it was just great. It held up and captured everything really well. Jarreau's dynamic range is really good: He'll go from almost a whisper to being really loud and I hate to use a lot of limiting, so I do a lot of hand limiting. You know what the song is and where he's going to get really loud, so I'll pull the fader back a little bit.

Sounds like he would hand bomb the limiter and used a Brauner on him at least once. I've always wanted to try the Panthera .