Feel Like Makin' Love (Roberta Flack album)
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Released in 1975, Feel Like Makin' Love is Roberta Flack
's fifth solo album and sixth overall, when counting her duet album with Donny Hathaway
, Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
from 1972.
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who is notable for jazz, soul, R&B, and folk music...
's fifth solo album and sixth overall, when counting her duet album with Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway
Donny Edward Hathaway was an American soul singer-songwriter and musician. Hathaway contracted with Atlantic Records in 1969 and with his first single for the Atco label, "The Ghetto, Part I" in early 1970, Rolling Stone magazine "marked him as a major new force in soul music."His collaborations...
, Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
The 1971 Atlantic release Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway is a duet album by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway produced by Joel Dorn and Arif Mardin....
from 1972.
Track listing
| Track No | Song title | Composer(s) | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feelin' That Glow | Bobby Fusco, Sister Charlotte Laws, Gene McDaniels Gene McDaniels Gene McDaniels was an American singer and songwriter, who had his greatest recording success in the early 1960s.-Biography:... , Maurice McKinley, Leon Pendarvis |
5:48 |
| 2 | I Wanted It Too | Ralph MacDonald Ralph MacDonald Ralph MacDonald is an American percussionist and song-writer. He joined Harry Belafonte's band at age 17. He wrote the Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway song "Where is the Love" with songwriting partner William Salter. Probably his best-known composition is the Grover Washington, Jr... , William Salter |
2:51 |
| 3 | I Can See the Sun in Late December | Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist... |
12:48 |
| 4 | Some Gospel According to Matthew | Stuart Scharf Stuart Scharf Stuart Scharf was an American composer, guitarist, and philosopher.Scharf grew up in Crown Heights and attended Winthrop Junior High School. He was good friends with guitarist Jay Berliner who was a serious influence on his musical career. In the early 1960s, Scharf was lead guitarist for... |
2:37 |
| 5 | Feel Like Makin' Love Feel Like Makin' Love (Roberta Flack song) "Feel Like Makin' Love" was covered by American R&B and neo soul musician D'Angelo for his second studio album Voodoo . It was released April 8, 2000, on Virgin Records as the album's fifth and last single. His cover version features a quiet storm sound and heavy use of multi-tracking for vocals.... |
Gene McDaniels | 2:55 |
| 6 | Mister Magic | Ralph MacDonald, William Salter | 3:55 |
| 7 | Early Ev'ry Midnite | Gene McDaniels, Leon Pendarvis | 5:54 |
| 8 | Old Heartbreak Top Ten | Gene McDaniels | 4:22 |
| 9 | She's Not Blind | Stuart Scharf | 5:24 |
Personnel
- Roberta Flack - vocals, piano
- Patti AustinPatti Austin-Life and career:Austin was born in Harlem, New York. She made her debut at the Apollo Theater at age four and had a contract with RCA Records when she was only five. Quincy Jones and Dinah Washington have proclaimed themselves as her godparents....
- background vocals - Bob JamesBob James (musician)Robert McElhiney James is a jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer.-Biography:During the 1970s, Bob James played a major role in establishing the smooth jazz genre. "Angela", the instrumental theme from the sitcom Taxi, is probably Bob James' most well-known work to date...
- keyboards - Hugh McCrackenHugh McCrackenHugh McCracken is a rhythm guitar player and session musician, arranger and producer based in New York.Especially in demand in the 60s, 70s and 80s, he appears on many recordings by Steely Dan, as well as albums by Donald Fagen, Jimmy Rushing, Billy Joel, Roland Kirk, Roberta Flack, B. B...
- guitar - Alphonse MouzonAlphonse MouzonAlphonse Mouzon is a well-known jazz-fusion drummer and percussionist, and the Chairman/CEO of Tenacious Records. He also composes, arranges and produces, as well as acts...
– drums - Deniece WilliamsDeniece WilliamsJune Deniece Chandler known by her stage name Deniece Williams is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and record producer who achieved success in the 1970s and 1980s...
- background - Bob DoroughBob DoroughBob Dorough is an American bebop and cool jazz pianist, composer and vocalese singer.He worked with Miles Davis and Allen Ginsberg, and his adventurous style was an influence on Mose Allison, among other singers...
- background vocals - Ralph MacDonaldRalph MacDonaldRalph MacDonald is an American percussionist and song-writer. He joined Harry Belafonte's band at age 17. He wrote the Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway song "Where is the Love" with songwriting partner William Salter. Probably his best-known composition is the Grover Washington, Jr...
- percussion - Rhetta Hughes - background vocals
- Dave Carey - vibraphone
- Betty Buckley - background vocals
- Joshie Armstead - background vocals
- Joe FarrellJoe FarrellJoseph Carl Firrantello , known as Joe Farrell, was an American jazz saxophonist and flutist. He is best known for a series of albums under his own name on the CTI record label and for playing in the initial incarnation of Chick Corea's Return to Forever.-Biography:Farrell was born in Chicago...
- oboe - Rubina Flake - keyboards, - background vocals
- Janice Gadsden - background vocals
- Lani Groves - background vocals
- Idris MuhammadIdris MuhammadIdris Muhammad is a jazz drummer. He changed his name in the 1960s upon his conversion to Islam. He is known for his funky playing style. He has released a number of albums as leader, and has played with a number of jazz legends including Lou Donaldson, Johnny Griffin, Pharoah Sanders and Grover...
- drums - Anthony Jackson - bass
- Gary King - bass
- Phil Kraus - timpani
- Keith Loving - guitar
- Leslie Miller - background vocals
- Leon Pendarvis - keyboards
- Richie Resnicoff - guitar
- Bill Salter - background vocals
- David SpinozzaDavid SpinozzaDavid Spinozza is an American musician , who worked with former Beatles Paul McCartney and John Lennon during the 1970s, and had a long collaboration with singer-songwriter James Taylor, producing Taylor's album Walking Man....
- guitar - Maretha Stewart - background vocals
- Richard TeeRichard TeeRichard Tee was a pianist, studio musician, singer and arranger.Tee graduated from the High School of Music and Art and attended the Manhattan School of Music. Though better known as a studio and session musician, Tee led a jazz ensemble, the Richard Tee Committee, and was a founding member of the...
- keyboards - Jimmy Vass - flute
- Harry Whitaker - keyboards
- Ronald Zito - drums
- Karen Sargent - oboe
- Bill Eaton - background vocals
- Arthur Jenkins - thumb piano