arX Posted April 10, 2014 Report Posted April 10, 2014 Can we show some love for this wonderful artist and composer? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHr9H5zyR5Q Quote
jazzbo Posted April 10, 2014 Report Posted April 10, 2014 I'm a big fan. In my college time it wasn't a party unless "Donny Hathaway Live" was in a stack of records ready to be played. Quote
sgcim Posted April 10, 2014 Report Posted April 10, 2014 (edited) Huge fave of mine. One of the most soulful singers that ever lived, IMHO. I used to play "Sackful of Dreams" and "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know ' from the great "Live" LP for the hip-hop kids in my HS music classes, and they'd just say "Old School", and beg me to put on some Fifty Cent (a former student at my school, before they booted him out). Edited April 10, 2014 by sgcim Quote
fasstrack Posted April 10, 2014 Report Posted April 10, 2014 (edited) Anyone seen the flick Come Back Charleston Blue? The soundtrack was written and performed by DH.BTW DH's daughter Lahla is supposed to be a great singer in her own right. Edited April 10, 2014 by fasstrack Quote
arX Posted April 10, 2014 Author Report Posted April 10, 2014 Anyone seen the flick Come Back Charleston Blue? The soundtrack was written and performed by DH. I had Harlem Dawn playing as I stumbled across your post! (I've queued it to play between every dozen tunes in my playlist.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXkO9cWj3rQ He was a master. BTW DH's daughter Lahla is supposed to be a great singer in her own right. Indeed she is. She won a Grammy this year with Snarky Puppy et al for this astounding performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SJIgTLe0hc Check out her harmonic voicing at 6:12. Quote
sgcim Posted 3 hours ago Report Posted 3 hours ago I just finished the 33&1/3 book "Donny Hathaway Live" by Emily J. Lordi, and it's hard to believe this was the only book written about this great pianist, vocalist, Composer of film music, songs, and I just learned from the book, a Piano Concerto! I just heard the concerto (sometimes called a symphony in the book)yesterday, and it's better than anything I've heard of the thankfully departing head of JALC director Chicken Marsalis. If Donny hadn't passed at 33 in 1979, he would've gotten my vote for music director at JALC, and maybe I would've gone to some of their concerts. He was a jazz pianist also, and was classically trained, so "Chicken" had nothing on him. Quote
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