I was 19 and ended up singing background on a Roberta Flack session and Luther Vandross was singing with us. I was mentored by Roberta in the control room as she was showing me the recording console and isolated the various instruments on the record "You Are My Heaven" I love her spirit ❤
It’s behind the music stories like this that matter. I have read and heard so many wonderful stories about Ms. Flack. Like this one you’ve shared. The mentoring, and sharing of skill. Her wanting to teach the next ones the art and the craft behind the music. I don’t know her but I just love her because she seems like just a good, kind, and decent human being who loves what she does and wants to share it with the world. You hear it in her music and when she talks about life itself. 🤗💜💫✨
An absolutely beautiful woman....not to mention the texture of her extraordinary voice. I'm a 61 year old man who has loved this woman since the very early 70s. Thanks for this, and good health to one and all!!
When "Killing Me Softly" became a song of the year 1973, I was 8. Imagine how deeply Roberta Fleck's voice has grabbed me, that even now, for me, her voice embodies the entire decade of the 1970s! I love you, Roberta!!!
Bravo Roberta Flack! One of my very best all time favorite female singers. Such a beautiful voice. Your voice brings me back to good memories and good feelings. Thank you.
I grew up on Roberta Flack. My mother sang just like her. This brings back so many beautiful memories. Blue Lights In The Basement, Chapter Two, First Take, Killing Me Softly,Roberta Flack and Peobo Bryson, all the Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway songs .
My best friend, Peter Lewis , did the live sound engineering for Roberta in Japan during the later 90's. Peter was with Natalie Cole's "Unforgettable Tour" prior to joining Roberta in Japan. When she came to LA to perform & play at The Greek theater, I attended as Peter's guest and met Roberta after the concert back stage. I had played the same clubs in Washington DC in the summer of 1969 as she did...Mr Henry's in Georgetown and on Capitol Hill. She is as sweet as the sound of her delightfully engaging music.
My sincerest compliments to your best friend Peter Lewis. He obviously did an amazing job. It’s always wonderful to hear that the people you admire and love happen to be wonderful human beings as well. Roberta Flack is a once in a lifetime artist and her music has been with me my entire life. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with her to the whole world.
Peter Lewis was my hang buddy on the road when we toured with Roberta❣️ He was a great engineer who mixed his ass off and is responsible for my percussion set up having 10 mics so all my stuff could be heard! I have a picture of him, myself, and Patti Lupone together backstage somewhere which I treasure knowing that Peter is no longer with us! RIP my friend. I really miss our hang time❗️ Much Love Always❣️ 🎶Gary✨🌈🙏🏽😇
The dynamic duo Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway sing about love like they know it all to well! Just listen to the first of their labor absolutely EXQUISITE!
She is amazing !!! First Take album with Ron Carter on bass...the best, and incredible live performance with a top band, with a class in extreme dynamics..
I was at this concert. It was one of a series of concerts held in Japan. The concerts were all beautiful and lavishly appointed. It was great to offer my friends in the backing band, Gary, Buddy, Eugene and others, the hospitality of my host country. Thank you again Ms. Flack for such a wonderful tour. -Marvin J. Miller
Roberta Flack announces diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: 'impossible to sing' Spokesperson for the singer said that the disease makes it even difficult to speak. Winner of four Grammy Awards, the 85-year-old singer is known for "Killing me softly with his song", "The Closer I Get To You", "Set the Night to Music", "Tonight I celebrate my love" and several other hits. Roberta Flack, legendary American singer, announced a diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). According to a spokesperson for the 85-year-old artist, the degenerative disease makes it "impossible to sing and makes it difficult to speak". The statement does not specify when they arrived at the diagnosis. Winner of four Grammy Awards in the 1970s, she was known for hit songs such as the one written by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel and "The first time ever I saw your face". Born in North Carolina in 1937, she also won a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. Considered a soul singer, Roberta Flack reveals jazz and even classical influences in her pianistic style.
She is as pure of a top singer artist that we are so lucky to enjoy and cherish! Her voice makes my heart melt and you can feel her love! So happy I found this concert, thank you so much!!! Amazing!
Mr. Fritz, I hope you are doing well. I live in NW Georgia, and I'm really getting into Donny Hathaway now, which, of course has led me to Roberta Flack. Great performance on this concert, by the way. If you feel like answering, I have 3 questions. Did Ms. Flack tell you any good stories about Hathaway? Second, do you know fellow percussionist Earl DeRouen? And one more, have you ever played with Willie Weeks? Those live Donny Hathaway recordings are some of the best I've ever heard. And he and Flack were just the best duo. I just listened to their first duets album today and it is mesmerizing. Anyway, take care and best wishes.
Awhh, WOW ! This is feels so GOOD ! I grew up on Roberta Flack. My mother sang just like her. This brings back so many beautiful memories. Blue Lights In The Basement, Chapter Two, First Take, Killing Me Softly,Roberta Flack and Peobo Bryson, all the Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway songs ..Her voice is timeless. Still the same, Rich and Pure.. Thank you for sharing.❤❤🙏😃
My respect goes to Roberta Flack I Celebrate her today and always! Thank you for all the beautiful songs you gave us not only in America but the world. Love you!
I sure love Ms Flack and her music, I was first turned onto her music in the 70s when I was in college right after I got out of the army after serving a tour in Vietnam
Thanks for this posting John Barnett, ❤revisited October 2023❤ I've Only heard Wes Montgomery, cover Preclude to a kiss, I think I Liked Roberta, Vocals track as Well❤
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (La Première Fois Que J'ai Vu Ton Visage) The first time ever I saw your face La première fois que j'ai vu ton visage I thought the sun rose in your eyes J'ai pensé que le soleil se levait dans tes yeux And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave Et la lune et les étoiles étaient les cadeaux que tu avais donnés To the dark and the empty skies my love A l'obscurité et aux cieux vides mon amour To the dark and the empty skies A l'obscurité et aux cieux vides The first time ever I kissed your mouth La première fois que j'ai embrassé tes lèvres I felt the earth turn in my hand J'ai senti la terre tourner dans ma main Like the trembling heart of a captive bird Comme le tremblement de coeur d'un oiseau captif That was there at my command my love C'était là à ma commande mon amour That was there at my command C'était là à ma commande The first time ever I lay with you La première fois que je me suis étendu avec toi And felt your heart beat close to mine Et senti ton battement de coeur près du mien I thought our joy would fill the earth J'ai pensé que notre joie remplirait la terre And would last 'till the end of time my love Et durerait jusqu'à la fin des temps mon amour And would last 'till the end of time Et durerait jusqu'à la fin des temps The first time ever I saw your face La première fois que j'ai vu ton visage Your face (x3) Ton visage (x3)
Crazy clear quality. If you have clearer versions of the videos on my channel I’d appreciate it. Especially the SRO concert. (I’m the head bopping keyboard player.)
Poucas pessoas sabem, porém esta música tão linda foi oriunda de uma inspiração de uma jovem cantora desconhecida na época cujo nome se chama: LORI LIEBERMAN que após assistir a um show de seu cantor predileto... escreveu emocionada o que estava sentindo naquele momento, em um pedaço de papel; E criou com a ajuda de dois amigos a canção; E em 1971 a própria Lori cantou pela primeira vez! Mas claro que arrebentou na voz da cantora extraordinária Roberta Flack.
I saw Ms Flack open up for Stevie Ray Vaughn at the Saratoga Jazz Fest , early 80's She was a last minute replacement for Sara Vaughn , who was quite ill at the time. Half the group of friends left to get out of the light rain, grab a bite to eat, whatever......... just wait it out until Stevie came on. They missed one hell of a show. I really thought she and her band were going to be an impossible act for Stevie to follow.
@@peppersander2457Exactly. She was really already pretty much legendary by that time, with a solid track record of hits. And some fantastic album cuts too. That concert was really two headliners for the price of one. 🤗❤️💫✨
