For the Reporter

Seven-time Grammy Award winner Al Jarreau started singing at the age of 4, building a worldwide fan base for nearly 70 years. Hits like “So Good” and “We’re In This Love Together” represent a small sampling of the songs that music aficionados have connected with Jarreau over the years.

Jarreau with The Tacoma Symphony concert performs at the Washington State Fair at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 10, part of fair’s concert series presented by Columbia Bank.

Tickets are $75, $50 and $40 and includes fair gate admission. Tickets are now on sale at www.thefair.com/concerts or by phone (888) 559-FAIR (3247) daily, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tickets also can be purchased at the fair’s box office, 9th Avenue Southwest and Meridian Street on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A separately ticketed pre-show dinner prior to the concert and post-show party will be sold to concert attendees. The cost is $50, and includes an exclusive dinner in the Fair View Club, a VIP Concert Series laminate and lanyard, and a post-show party at the Fair View Club at the Fair. A no host bar will also be offered. The event ticket can be purchased at the time of purchasing concert tickets.

Al Jarreau

He received his first Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance in 1977 for Look to the Rainbow, a live double album culled from his first world tour. By the ’80s, Breakin’ Away sold more than a million copies, and brought two Grammy’s for Best Male Pop Vocalist and Best Male Jazz Vocalist. In 1987 his voice was heard weekly singing the Grammy-nominated theme song for the hit TV show, Moonlighting.

His hits kept coming in, as did Grammy Awards. By 1992 Heaven and Earth brought Al his fifth Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance. With this, he became one of the rare artists to have won Grammys in three categories: jazz, pop and R&B.

Visit www.thefair.com/concerts for updates, or sign up at www.thefair.com to receive an email or text announcement prior to the concert on-sale date.

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Concerts and rodeo to date include:

Date, performance, time, tickets

Sept. 6 – Pro rodeo, Justin Boots Playoffs, 1 p.m., $5*, $18

Sept. 6 – Craig Morgan following pro rodeo, playoffs (country), 6:30 p.m., $50, $40, $30, $40 – general admission standing in the dirt for concert (no rodeo)

Sept. 7 – Pro rodeo, Justin Boots Playoffs, 1 p.m., $30, $20, $16

Sept. 7 – Trace Adkins following pro rodeo, playoffs. Plus Dancin’ in the Dirt Party after rodeo (country), 6:30 p.m., $60, $40, $35. $40 – general admission standing in the dirt for concert (no rodeo)

Sept. 8 – Pro rodeo Puyallup finals, playoffs, 1 p.m., $35, $25, $20

Sept. 9 – Little Big Town (country), 7:30 p.m., $60, $50, $30, $20

Sept. 10 – Al Jarreau with The Tacoma Symphony (jazz), 7:30 p.m.. $75, $50, $40

Sept. 11 – Cheap Trick with orchestra, classic rock, 7:30 p.m., $55, $45, $35, $25

Sept. 12 – CeeLo Green (pop), 7:30 p.m., $60, $50, $40, $30, $20

Sept. 13 – Carrie Underwood (country), 7:30 p.m., $95, $85, $65, $45

Sept. 14 – DIGITAL AFFAIR, presented by USC Events (dance), 4 p.m., starting at $45, VIP: $80 (includes preferred viewing, expedited entry and four Funtastic games/rides**

Sept. 16 – Alabama “Back to the Bowery Tour” (country), 7:30 p.m., $95, $65, $45, $35

Sept. 17 – Jeremy Camp, Tenth Avenue North, Kutless, Jars of Clay (Christian), 7 p.m. $40, $30, $20

Sept. 18 – Carnival of Madness Tour: Shinedown Skillet, In This Moment, We As Human (active rock), 5 p.m., $45, infield; $35, grandstand

Sept. 19 – Larry the Cable Guy, 7:30 p.m., $65, $50, $40, $20

Sept. 20 – Carly Rae Jepsen plus Hot Chelle Rae (pop), 7:30 p.m., $50, $40, $30, $20

Sept. 21 – Austin Mahone/Bridgit Mendler (teen), 7 p.m., $60, $45, $35, $25

Sept. 22 – An Evening with Kid Rock (multi genre), 7:30 p.m., $95, $85, $65, $45

* 1 p.m. Friday rodeo does not include fair gate admission. Gates are open free from 10 a.m.-noon.

** Excludes Extreme Scream and Rainier Rush