ghost of miles Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 New York Times reporting that Belafonte has passed at 96. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 Amazing life well lived. Here is Washington Post link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/04/25/harry-belafonte-singer-dies/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted April 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 It'll be treated as a footnote in his career, if that, but loved him in Odds Against Tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonnymax Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 An important voice, musically and socially. Rest in power, Sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 29 minutes ago, ghost of miles said: It'll be treated as a footnote in his career, if that, but loved him in Odds Against Tomorrow. I just thought the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 Damn, what an amazing life & person. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 RIP Mr. B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 What a life. He really deserves to rest in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 Co-incidentally I just saw his daughter Gina giving a "Moth" presentation-- mainly about her relationship with her mother, only mentioning her father obliquely and never by name. I suspect that many in the audience had no idea she was Harry's daughter. I loved Belafonte. I thought Ladysmith Black Mambosa sounded like a group pf Belafontes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milestones Posted April 26, 2023 Report Share Posted April 26, 2023 A significant figure for sure. I like quite a few of his songs, but I think of him mostly as an actor. I agree that he was great in Odds Against Tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted April 26, 2023 Report Share Posted April 26, 2023 Strange thing, just a few days ago I heard my only stuff I have with Harry Belafonte, it is "Lean on Me" with the Machito Orchestra on the Spotlite LP "Afro Cubop" where it is the last piece. Very very fine number. I had not heard that vocal number in other context. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgcim Posted April 28, 2023 Report Share Posted April 28, 2023 RIP to a great man. I would've loved to seen what was going down when Tony Scott was his MD back in the 50s. It must have been a wild scene! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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