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Donny Hathaway´s Donny Hathaway Live
Emily J. Lordi
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Description for Donny Hathaway´s Donny Hathaway Live
Paperback. Using original interviews, archival material, and poetry, this book tells the story of the brutally honest, daringly gorgeous music Hathaway created for Donny Hathaway Live as he battled the onset of paranoid schizophrenia. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AVGQ; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 165 x 11. Weight in Grams: 158.
In January of 1979, the great soul artist Donny Hathaway fell fifteen stories from a window of Manhattan's Essex House Hotel in an alleged suicide. He was 33 years old and everyone he worked with called him a genius. Best known for A Song for You, This Christmas, and classic duets with Roberta Flack, Hathaway was a composer, pianist, and singer committed to exploring music in its totality. His velvet melisma and vibrant sincerity set him apart from other soul men of his era while influencing generations of singers and fans whose love affair ... Read more
In January of 1979, the great soul artist Donny Hathaway fell fifteen stories from a window of Manhattan's Essex House Hotel in an alleged suicide. He was 33 years old and everyone he worked with called him a genius. Best known for A Song for You, This Christmas, and classic duets with Roberta Flack, Hathaway was a composer, pianist, and singer committed to exploring music in its totality. His velvet melisma and vibrant sincerity set him apart from other soul men of his era while influencing generations of singers and fans whose love affair ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
33 1/3
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781628929805
SKU
V9781628929805
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About Emily J. Lordi
Emily J. Lordi is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and the author of Black Resonance: Iconic Women Singers and African American Literature. Her music and book reviews appear on such sites as Pitchfork, The Root, and the Los Angeles Review of Books.
Reviews for Donny Hathaway´s Donny Hathaway Live
A more than welcome addition to the Hathaway legend.
Echoes Magazine
A brilliant and revealing new book on one of my faves of all time: the inimitable Donny Hathaway.
Michael Eric Dyson, academic, author, and radio host
Echoes Magazine
A brilliant and revealing new book on one of my faves of all time: the inimitable Donny Hathaway.
Michael Eric Dyson, academic, author, and radio host