The great Roberta
Flack, who got her musical start in DC (after enrolling in Howard University at
the tender age of 15), is best known for such hit singles as “The First Time
Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly With His Song”, each of which won
Grammy Awards for Record of the Year. This song, like the material from Marvin
Gaye’s What’s Going On LP, continues
to resonate today, despite being nearly 50 years old. Written by frequent duet
partner Donny Hathaway and Leroy Hutson, it’s the only track on her debut album
First Take with neither a string or
horn section, simply featuring a small all-star combo with Flack on piano, Ron
Carter on bass, John Pizzarelli on guitar, and Ray Lucas on drums.
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