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...least one crew member hasn't jumped ship: Jarreau's voice is as stunning, silken and staggering as ever, with a range and agility that would be impressive at any age. And that's good news for the thousands of Asian fans who are finally getting the chance to see him live. Although he has performed in Japan in the past, Jarreau is currently touring the region for the first time, calling at six cities including Bangkok and Beijing (where he expects to "pick up some Olympic hangover and pick them up a bit"). He is co-headlining the shows...
...enthusiastic reception in Asia shouldn't surprise him. In the late 1970s, white-collar Asians in the region's booming economies sought out new sounds to grace their suddenly affordable turntables and cassette players. Older listeners, bored with rock, began to trade up to West Coast jazz fusion - a connoisseur's form that mingled jazz, pop, R&B and funk, setting store above all on sheen and virtuosity. Although derided by jazz traditionalists, the genre had an exotic sophistication to middle-class Asian ears - and Jarreau was its house vocalist, his marvel of a voice swooping out of the speakers...
...much as Jarreau relishes staying active, touring remains tough - so Asian fans ought to cherish the opportunities of the next fortnight. "The hardest things on vocal health are singing and traveling," he says. He treats his vocal chords to a regimen that begins six hours before a performance, doing push-ups, abdominal work and vocal exercises. "It's important for a singer to think of himself as an athlete," says Jarreau. Anything to keep the mutiny...
...International textbooks are printed - frequently in India, although sometimes in other Asian nations - under copyright agreements with Western publishers that allow the books to be sold for a discounted price. "The reasoning is that people in other countries can't afford the higher prices," said Swarthout, "so this is a way to provide them with the same quality of education as we get in America." But just as the Internet has enabled illegal access to music and movies, so too has it opened the international book market - especially to the hands of college students. International textbooks are available on major...
Beyond the sogginess and damp, however, is a more dangerous threat: greening, a condition caused by the Asian Citrus psyllid, a sap-sucking insect invader from overseas whose depredations began three years ago. Unlike canker, greening spreads from tree to tree without the aid of heavy winds or rain. Greening, also called huanglongbing or yellow dragon disease, creates misshapen and bitter fruit and eventually renders the infected trees useless for commercial cultivation. As soon as the insects appeared, greening was detected in all 32 citrus-producing counties in Florida, as well as in Louisiana and Texas...