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Roberta Flack: The Montreux Years
by Thomas Fletcher
With a voice of remarkable nuance and power, Roberta Flack emerged as one of the defining artists of the early 1970s. Drawing on her classical training as a pianist and vocalist, Flack crafted a deeply expressive style that moved seamlessly between soul, jazz, pop and folk. Spanning nearly four decades, this live album chronicles Flack's journey at the festival, from her 1971 debut to her final appearance in 2008. The album is 2026's addition to The Montreux Years ...
Continue Reading...Interview: Roberta Flack
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
You haven't lived until you hear Roberta Flack sing Feel Like Makin' Love over the phone. Her folk-soul voice is still so warm and rich. In today's Wall Street Journal (go here), I write about Roberta's new Beatles album, Let It Be Roberta. This CD isn't your typical pop-tribute album. Instead, It's a bold, revisionist interpretation of Fab Four hits that strips away the all-too familiar trappings and replaces them with soul, folk, gospel and electronica. In short, it's wild ...
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"Children's Song" by Roberta Flack
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Sound Insights by Doug Payne
This song has always been one of my very favorites. “Children's Song" is a little-known tune from Roberta Flack's little-known soundtrack to the little-known Richard Pryor/Cicely Tyson film Bustin' Loose (1981). This touching film, suggested by a story from Richard Pryor himself, finds ex-con and parole violator Joe Braxton (Pryor) hired by a school teacher, Vivian Perry (Tyson), to drive a group of special-needs kids from the Philadelphia shelter they're housed in and due to be shut down to Ms. ...
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Roberta Flack & Other Legends to Play Jazz Foundation's Great Night in Harlem Benefit May 20th at Apollo
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Michael Ricci
ROBERTA FLACK, LITTLE JIMMY SCOTT, CHEVY CHASE & MADELEINE PEYROUX JOIN THE JAZZ FOUNDATION OF AMERICA FOR ITS 9TH ANNUAL “A GREAT NIGHT IN HARLEM" GALA BENEFIT
Over 50 legends of jazz and blues take the Apollo stage on May 20th
NEW YORK, NY - On Thursday, May 20th, at 8:00 PM the Jazz Foundation of America (JFA) will present its 9th annual “A Great Night in Harlem" gala concert to benefit its Jazz Musicians' Emergency Fund. The evening will ...
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