I was 19 and ended up singing background on a Roberta Flack session and Luther Vandross was singing with us. I was mentored by Roberta in the control room as she was showing me the recording console and isolated the various instruments on the record "You Are My Heaven" I love her spirit ❤
It’s behind the music stories like this that matter. I have read and heard so many wonderful stories about Ms. Flack. Like this one you’ve shared. The mentoring, and sharing of skill. Her wanting to teach the next ones the art and the craft behind the music. I don’t know her but I just love her because she seems like just a good, kind, and decent human being who loves what she does and wants to share it with the world. You hear it in her music and when she talks about life itself. 🤗💜💫✨
An absolutely beautiful woman....not to mention the texture of her extraordinary voice. I'm a 61 year old man who has loved this woman since the very early 70s. Thanks for this, and good health to one and all!!
When "Killing Me Softly" became a song of the year 1973, I was 8. Imagine how deeply Roberta Fleck's voice has grabbed me, that even now, for me, her voice embodies the entire decade of the 1970s! I love you, Roberta!!!
My best friend, Peter Lewis , did the live sound engineering for Roberta in Japan during the later 90's. Peter was with Natalie Cole's "Unforgettable Tour" prior to joining Roberta in Japan. When she came to LA to perform & play at The Greek theater, I attended as Peter's guest and met Roberta after the concert back stage. I had played the same clubs in Washington DC in the summer of 1969 as she did...Mr Henry's in Georgetown and on Capitol Hill. She is as sweet as the sound of her delightfully engaging music.
My sincerest compliments to your best friend Peter Lewis. He obviously did an amazing job. It’s always wonderful to hear that the people you admire and love happen to be wonderful human beings as well. Roberta Flack is a once in a lifetime artist and her music has been with me my entire life. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with her to the whole world.
Peter Lewis was my hang buddy on the road when we toured with Roberta❣️ He was a great engineer who mixed his ass off and is responsible for my percussion set up having 10 mics so all my stuff could be heard! I have a picture of him, myself, and Patti Lupone together backstage somewhere which I treasure knowing that Peter is no longer with us! RIP my friend. I really miss our hang time❗️ Much Love Always❣️ 🎶Gary✨🌈🙏🏽😇
I was at this concert. It was one of a series of concerts held in Japan. The concerts were all beautiful and lavishly appointed. It was great to offer my friends in the backing band, Gary, Buddy, Eugene and others, the hospitality of my host country. Thank you again Ms. Flack for such a wonderful tour. -Marvin J. Miller
The dynamic duo Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway sing about love like they know it all to well! Just listen to the first of their labor absolutely EXQUISITE!
Mr. Fritz, I hope you are doing well. I live in NW Georgia, and I'm really getting into Donny Hathaway now, which, of course has led me to Roberta Flack. Great performance on this concert, by the way. If you feel like answering, I have 3 questions. Did Ms. Flack tell you any good stories about Hathaway? Second, do you know fellow percussionist Earl DeRouen? And one more, have you ever played with Willie Weeks? Those live Donny Hathaway recordings are some of the best I've ever heard. And he and Flack were just the best duo. I just listened to their first duets album today and it is mesmerizing. Anyway, take care and best wishes.
Bravo Roberta Flack! One of my very best all time favorite female singers. Such a beautiful voice. Your voice brings me back to good memories and good feelings. Thank you.
I grew up on Roberta Flack. My mother sang just like her. This brings back so many beautiful memories. Blue Lights In The Basement, Chapter Two, First Take, Killing Me Softly,Roberta Flack and Peobo Bryson, all the Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway songs .
She is amazing !!! First Take album with Ron Carter on bass...the best, and incredible live performance with a top band, with a class in extreme dynamics..
She is as pure of a top singer artist that we are so lucky to enjoy and cherish! Her voice makes my heart melt and you can feel her love! So happy I found this concert, thank you so much!!! Amazing!
Awhh, WOW ! This is feels so GOOD ! I grew up on Roberta Flack. My mother sang just like her. This brings back so many beautiful memories. Blue Lights In The Basement, Chapter Two, First Take, Killing Me Softly,Roberta Flack and Peobo Bryson, all the Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway songs ..Her voice is timeless. Still the same, Rich and Pure.. Thank you for sharing.❤❤🙏😃
Roberta Flack announces diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: 'impossible to sing' Spokesperson for the singer said that the disease makes it even difficult to speak. Winner of four Grammy Awards, the 85-year-old singer is known for "Killing me softly with his song", "The Closer I Get To You", "Set the Night to Music", "Tonight I celebrate my love" and several other hits. Roberta Flack, legendary American singer, announced a diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). According to a spokesperson for the 85-year-old artist, the degenerative disease makes it "impossible to sing and makes it difficult to speak". The statement does not specify when they arrived at the diagnosis. Winner of four Grammy Awards in the 1970s, she was known for hit songs such as the one written by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel and "The first time ever I saw your face". Born in North Carolina in 1937, she also won a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. Considered a soul singer, Roberta Flack reveals jazz and even classical influences in her pianistic style.
I sure love Ms Flack and her music, I was first turned onto her music in the 70s when I was in college right after I got out of the army after serving a tour in Vietnam
My respect goes to Roberta Flack I Celebrate her today and always! Thank you for all the beautiful songs you gave us not only in America but the world. Love you!
Thanks for this posting John Barnett, ❤revisited October 2023❤ I've Only heard Wes Montgomery, cover Preclude to a kiss, I think I Liked Roberta, Vocals track as Well❤
Poucas pessoas sabem, porém esta música tão linda foi oriunda de uma inspiração de uma jovem cantora desconhecida na época cujo nome se chama: LORI LIEBERMAN que após assistir a um show de seu cantor predileto... escreveu emocionada o que estava sentindo naquele momento, em um pedaço de papel; E criou com a ajuda de dois amigos a canção; E em 1971 a própria Lori cantou pela primeira vez! Mas claro que arrebentou na voz da cantora extraordinária Roberta Flack.
Crazy clear quality. If you have clearer versions of the videos on my channel I’d appreciate it. Especially the SRO concert. (I’m the head bopping keyboard player.)
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (La Première Fois Que J'ai Vu Ton Visage) The first time ever I saw your face La première fois que j'ai vu ton visage I thought the sun rose in your eyes J'ai pensé que le soleil se levait dans tes yeux And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave Et la lune et les étoiles étaient les cadeaux que tu avais donnés To the dark and the empty skies my love A l'obscurité et aux cieux vides mon amour To the dark and the empty skies A l'obscurité et aux cieux vides The first time ever I kissed your mouth La première fois que j'ai embrassé tes lèvres I felt the earth turn in my hand J'ai senti la terre tourner dans ma main Like the trembling heart of a captive bird Comme le tremblement de coeur d'un oiseau captif That was there at my command my love C'était là à ma commande mon amour That was there at my command C'était là à ma commande The first time ever I lay with you La première fois que je me suis étendu avec toi And felt your heart beat close to mine Et senti ton battement de coeur près du mien I thought our joy would fill the earth J'ai pensé que notre joie remplirait la terre And would last 'till the end of time my love Et durerait jusqu'à la fin des temps mon amour And would last 'till the end of time Et durerait jusqu'à la fin des temps The first time ever I saw your face La première fois que j'ai vu ton visage Your face (x3) Ton visage (x3)
👏🏾👏🏾
Oh my God,!!!! the god of the bass!!!!! it's an honor. I'm your BIg fan. Always be healthy and have a happy day!!!
I was 19 and ended up singing background on a Roberta Flack session and Luther Vandross was singing with us.
I was mentored by Roberta in the control room as she was showing me the recording console and isolated the various instruments on the record "You Are My Heaven"
I love her spirit ❤
Love that story, Mark! How exciting!!
It’s behind the music stories like this that matter. I have read and heard so many wonderful stories about Ms. Flack. Like this one you’ve shared. The mentoring, and sharing of skill. Her wanting to teach the next ones the art and the craft behind the music. I don’t know her but I just love her because she seems like just a good, kind, and decent human being who loves what she does and wants to share it with the world. You hear it in her music and when she talks about life itself.
🤗💜💫✨
I would like to interview you Mark...
An absolutely beautiful woman....not to mention the texture of her extraordinary voice. I'm a 61 year old man who has loved this woman since the very early 70s. Thanks for this, and good health to one and all!!
Fantastic Roberta. Wonderful voice. Great song. She deserve a Tribute in Kennedy Centre Honors.
When "Killing Me Softly" became a song of the year 1973, I was 8. Imagine how deeply Roberta Fleck's voice has grabbed me, that even now, for me, her voice embodies the entire decade of the 1970s! I love you, Roberta!!!
My best friend, Peter Lewis , did the live sound engineering for Roberta in Japan during the later 90's. Peter was with Natalie Cole's "Unforgettable Tour" prior to joining Roberta in Japan. When she came to LA to perform & play at The Greek theater, I attended as Peter's guest and met Roberta after the concert back stage. I had played the same clubs in Washington DC in the summer of 1969 as she did...Mr Henry's in Georgetown and on Capitol Hill. She is as sweet as the sound of her delightfully engaging music.
My sincerest compliments to your best friend Peter Lewis. He obviously did an amazing job. It’s always wonderful to hear that the people you admire and love happen to be wonderful human beings as well. Roberta Flack is a once in a lifetime artist and her music has been with me my entire life. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with her to the whole world.
Peter Lewis was my hang buddy on the road when we toured with Roberta❣️ He was a great engineer who mixed his ass off and is responsible for my percussion set up having 10 mics so all my stuff could be heard! I have a picture of him, myself, and Patti Lupone together backstage somewhere which I treasure knowing that Peter is no longer with us! RIP my friend. I really miss our hang time❗️ Much Love Always❣️ 🎶Gary✨🌈🙏🏽😇
Pure and beautiful and, such a lament for the decline of adult popular music. Roberta remains above and beyond most...
Well said commentary. It's so true.
Vocal coach turned superstar. She's a teacher not just musician.
For me Roberta Flack is The Best Singer of R&B and Soul and the Best songwriter musician I've ever heard
Every song was sung with great grace and temprament
Her phraseology perfect
I was at this concert. It was one of a series of concerts held in Japan. The concerts were all beautiful and lavishly appointed. It was great to offer my friends in the backing band, Gary, Buddy, Eugene and others, the hospitality of my host country. Thank you again Ms. Flack for such a wonderful tour. -Marvin J. Miller
The dynamic duo Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway sing about love like they know it all to well! Just listen to the first of their labor absolutely EXQUISITE!
素晴らしいですなぁ、私の青春時代を思い出して泣きましたｗ
Thanks for posting this video❗️ One of my favorite tours to be on with her. The Japanese promoters always treated us with love and respect‼️🙂👍🏽💯🎶✨💛
WOW! why are there no more great musicians like her and you all!!
it was very nice...after TRYIN' TIMES...when you all took bows..:-)
Always fantastic, beautiful voice, great artist
Não existe palavras para expressar a qualidade de Roberta flek, como pode ter vos tão bonita maravilhosa.
Mr. Fritz, I hope you are doing well. I live in NW Georgia, and I'm really getting into Donny Hathaway now, which, of course has led me to Roberta Flack. Great performance on this concert, by the way. If you feel like answering, I have 3 questions. Did Ms. Flack tell you any good stories about Hathaway? Second, do you know fellow percussionist Earl DeRouen? And one more, have you ever played with Willie Weeks? Those live Donny Hathaway recordings are some of the best I've ever heard. And he and Flack were just the best duo. I just listened to their first duets album today and it is mesmerizing. Anyway, take care and best wishes.
Bravo Roberta Flack! One of my very best all time favorite female singers. Such a beautiful voice. Your voice brings me back to good memories and good feelings. Thank you.
I grew up on Roberta Flack. My mother sang just like her. This brings back so many beautiful memories. Blue Lights In The Basement, Chapter Two, First Take, Killing Me Softly,Roberta Flack and Peobo Bryson, all the Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway songs .
70 yr old white cat in Pittsburgh listening to this wonderful voice in 2024.
She is such a treasure, I am , literally, watching, and listening while, huge, fat, tears, dropping off my face to my desk! Her sweet face and voice.
Me Tooooo ! Evokes such beautiful memories, right ! ❤❤❤
BEFORE all the rest, there was Roberta Flack. CLASSY personified
She is amazing !!! First Take album with Ron Carter on bass...the best, and incredible live performance with a top band, with a class in extreme dynamics..
I saw her at the Blue Note in the Village NYC. She was amazing, and she has exceptional musicians and vocalist which she allows them to showcase.
What a treat to hear her live. Perfection!!❤️
A song bird from the heaven s she polishes the heart to be perfect and holysome
She makes singing look oh so very very easy!! What a beautiful voice and such control! She mixes Jazz with Pop! She does it so very well!!
Irresistible - Killing me softly, The first time i ever saw your face.
I will never tire listening to her. As she âges, she is getting better and better. God bless her!
She is as pure of a top singer artist that we are so lucky to enjoy and cherish! Her voice makes my heart melt and you can feel her love! So happy I found this concert, thank you so much!!! Amazing!
Music of the finest. Thanks to Japan and Roberta for this historical concert wich we can watch for ever more.
Amazing! With the fabulous Roger Byam on saxophone. This concert is top tier, just perfection. It doesn’t get any better.
Talentedly inspired, gifted with harmony, tenor, alto & chorus like sounds that even the angels in heaven be jumping, dancing with joy & delight.
Loved her since the 70s. Memorized the Chapter2 Album.🎼❤️An Awesome Vocalist❤️❤️🤗Thanks for posting🤗
Awhh, WOW ! This is feels so GOOD ! I grew up on Roberta Flack. My mother sang just like her. This brings back so many beautiful memories. Blue Lights In The Basement, Chapter Two, First Take, Killing Me Softly,Roberta Flack and Peobo Bryson, all the Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway songs ..Her voice is timeless. Still the same, Rich and Pure..
Thank you for sharing.❤❤🙏😃
Beautiful rich voice, I love Roberta Flack :)
I, literally, had tears, rolling down, my face!, good tears, I guess. for such a Brilliant voice and talent.
I certainly loves these unfading songs of this heavenly voice Roberta F.
オープニングの曲、このアレンジが最高に良いです。
One of my all times favorite singer
So much talent and lovely singing> thanks for sharing this. We only get one Roberta Flack.
Her voice so superb!
Roberta Flack announces diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: 'impossible to sing'
Spokesperson for the singer said that the disease makes it even difficult to speak. Winner of four Grammy Awards, the 85-year-old singer is known for "Killing me softly with his song", "The Closer I Get To You", "Set the Night to Music", "Tonight I celebrate my love" and several other hits.
Roberta Flack, legendary American singer, announced a diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
According to a spokesperson for the 85-year-old artist, the degenerative disease makes it "impossible to sing and makes it difficult to speak". The statement does not specify when they arrived at the diagnosis.
Winner of four Grammy Awards in the 1970s, she was known for hit songs such as the one written by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel and "The first time ever I saw your face".
Born in North Carolina in 1937, she also won a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Considered a soul singer, Roberta Flack reveals jazz and even classical influences in her pianistic style.
"The first time ever I saw your face..." Oh my, this song got me into trouble, no regrets :)
I sure love Ms Flack and her music, I was first turned onto her music in the 70s when I was in college right after I got out of the army after serving a tour in Vietnam
Oh my goodness where did this beautiful soul get this voice,,? I love her to death and beyond my greatest wish is to meet her one day
Loved every second of this concert.
the world inside my head is filled with her music & Hugh McCracken.
My respect goes to Roberta Flack I Celebrate her today and always! Thank you for all the beautiful songs you gave us not only in America but the world. Love you!
I Just Love Muse Sone Miss Roberta Flack!! 😅😅😅😅😅
i'm 57 and i grew up with her music. awesome....................
the most favorites song I ever heard thanks Roberta Flack so classy jazz music👏👏♥️♥️♥️🙏☝️🌹😍❤️😘👌👍
O timbre de sua voz é um bálsamo,uma terapia!
Que o Eterno a conserve por muitos anos!
"Sempre com sua elegância em suas notas musicais de cada canções!!". Amo ouvi-la ❤
Very Good Roberta Flack Excellent Sweet Woman
Marcos de Venezuela
Goodevening I'm one of her Topfans and Right hand,Blessings and Best Wishes, Amen, Haleluyah
My favorite singer hands down!!!!!
Love her!!!❤️🥰
Magic Lady....
essa voz é uma terapia para o meu coração
Essa cantora para min é a melhor do mundo voz aveludada lindísima que faz muito bem aos olvidos e coraçáo
Sensacional!!!!+
Incrível!!
Um abraço!
I haveloved roberta flack live TH-cam japan for years
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND REALLY REAL!
The lady can sing....👌🥰
Hermosa voz y hermosa mujer... encanta su melodía.
Fantastic audio mixing.
LOVE this show.
Always brings tears..
This super star is amazing.such a beautiful voice Roberta flack
I was in Tokyo in '93 - no one told me Roberta Flack was in town!
I think she was there in 92. Because, if I’m not mistaken, they left to return to the States around the New Year.
13:07 Chinatown is composed by Eikichi Yazawa.
Legendary Queen Roberta Flack 😁🥰💜🌹!!
Incredible, the voicd, the interpretation, the arrengements.
!What a voice¡ So singular.
4:51 Killing Me Softly. you are about to enter dreamland.....
Beautiful
her sound fly me to the city. always
The Legendary is Fabulous
Roberta Flack is *Untouchable" the best female classical voice ever. One of my favorite!!
Thanks for this posting John Barnett, ❤revisited October 2023❤ I've Only heard Wes Montgomery, cover Preclude to a kiss, I think I Liked Roberta, Vocals track as Well❤
La LEGENDARIA ROBERTA FLACK❤️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️
What an excellent video. The music is so beautiful and crystal clear. What a joy and a delight!
Thanks for posting this, I truly enjoyed it.
A Very Beautiful Concert ! ! !🌹🌹🌹
Beuteful music.
Excellent professional talented
Thank you
thanks for sharing this 😎🌹🌻🌟🌎🌏🌍☀️💞💕💯🌈💖
Your smile is amazing.. ♥️💛💚💙💜
Love her love the all of tham. thanks ❤❤❤🌹🌹🌹🫶🫶🫶🫰🫰🫰☮️☮️☮️🧿🧿🧿🙏🙏🙏🥰🥰🥰⭐⭐⭐❤❤❤🌹🌹🌹
Get well soon. When i remember I remember my first love.
My kind of singer through the years the voice and everything else about her🎉❤😮😊
I love to hear that tired like voice of her's
Cuanta PAZ en esta canción, gracias Roberta ❤
I love you, Roberta!!!!!!!!!
AMAZING!
Hermosa melodía gran intérprete.de esas que ya quedan pocas.tonight l celebrate my love for you Is wonderfull.
Excelente !🇧🇷
Обалденно,певица от бога,!!!!!
My Fair Lady ! 💌
Bravo 😍🙏❤️
Killing Me Softly......DE JA VOU !❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤍💘
Amo essas músicas!
Essa cantora canta de mais! Amo as músicas dela!❤
Poucas pessoas sabem, porém esta música tão linda foi oriunda de uma inspiração de uma jovem cantora desconhecida na época cujo nome se chama: LORI LIEBERMAN que após assistir a um show de seu cantor predileto... escreveu emocionada o que estava sentindo naquele momento, em um pedaço de papel; E criou com a ajuda de dois amigos a canção; E em 1971 a própria Lori cantou pela primeira vez! Mas claro que arrebentou na voz da cantora extraordinária Roberta Flack.
we need more Roberta footage
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Crazy clear quality. If you have clearer versions of the videos on my channel I’d appreciate it. Especially the SRO concert. (I’m the head bopping keyboard player.)
@@ozzyjo99 WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF THE SONGS SHE SUNG IN ORDER?
GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (La Première Fois Que J'ai Vu Ton Visage)
The first time ever I saw your face
La première fois que j'ai vu ton visage
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
J'ai pensé que le soleil se levait dans tes yeux
And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave
Et la lune et les étoiles étaient les cadeaux que tu avais donnés
To the dark and the empty skies my love
A l'obscurité et aux cieux vides mon amour
To the dark and the empty skies
A l'obscurité et aux cieux vides
The first time ever I kissed your mouth
La première fois que j'ai embrassé tes lèvres
I felt the earth turn in my hand
J'ai senti la terre tourner dans ma main
Like the trembling heart of a captive bird
Comme le tremblement de coeur d'un oiseau captif
That was there at my command my love
C'était là à ma commande mon amour
That was there at my command
C'était là à ma commande
The first time ever I lay with you
La première fois que je me suis étendu avec toi
And felt your heart beat close to mine
Et senti ton battement de coeur près du mien
I thought our joy would fill the earth
J'ai pensé que notre joie remplirait la terre
And would last 'till the end of time my love
Et durerait jusqu'à la fin des temps mon amour
And would last 'till the end of time
Et durerait jusqu'à la fin des temps
The first time ever I saw your face
La première fois que j'ai vu ton visage
Your face (x3)
Ton visage (x3)