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Donny Hathaway

Everything is Everything

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ATCO SD 33-332

LP Black $39
  • 180 gram LP w/ Standard Sleeve
  • Recording: September 1969 – April 1970 by Murray Allen and Roger S. Anfinsen

Description

Many a musical career began in the gospel church choirs of the black communities, but that of Donny Hathaway must certainly be one of the most meteoric. Rolling Stone magazine named him the 49th greatest singer (of 100) of all time, though this might sound somewhat abstract. But just the very first few bars of the opening number “Voices Inside” promises a programme in which the instrumental and human voices are on a par. Just listen to the impressively saturate sound and clear phrasing of the wind instruments which range from discreet to brassy.

Spiced with peppery volleys on the clavinet, Hathaway’s soul sound breaks into new ground with harmonically fresh blues (“I Believe To My Soul”), soars passionately upwards (“Misty”) and ploughs through a percussive, dry and cheerful confusion in the number entitled “Sugar Lee”. Every single arrangement profits to the full from the...

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Preview Tracklist

  • 1 Voices Inside (Everything is Everything)
  • 2 Je Vous Aime
  • 3 I Believe to My Soul
  • 4 Misty
  • 5 Sugar Lee
  • 6 Tryin' Times
  • 7 Thank You Master (For My Soul)
  • 8 The Ghetto
  • 9 To Be Young, Gifted and Black