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. 🤗💜💫✨
The times I heard her sing in a supper club not know she would become so famous from N.C. to D.C. to N.Y. to Cali and all over the world you go girl I pray for your health.❤❤
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!
Being young and taking a step back for the young every one has their place . But Roberta has had her time she can't sing anymore but she had her time and she has a so many many classic so you go girl we are so proud of you.
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 .
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❤
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!!!
Oh my Lord bless her 👐 she's one☝️ of my only favorite singer😎 female artist, I really want people to understand🤔 I mean those that really knows about music 😉that this lady, well let me be straight up with the public 😏 she's a QUEEN 👑 A LADY QUEEN and right now I don't know if she's still alive but she has captivated my heart 🤗😍 I'm really really in love with her as a person 😘😘 but what I'm trying to say is that she can sing better live I don't know why but I have a good hearing for music that can touch a heart and out of the millions she's that one🤗 THAT ONE IN A MILLION 😍 WOW my favorite song is (💘first time I ever saw your face 💘) every time it brings tears of every emotion that can exist in the whole world so I wanna take this time to wherever she is either dead or alive that I LOVE YOU AND WANT TO THANK U FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND THAT BEAUTIFUL VOICE OF YOURS I WANNA BLESS YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART 💖
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!
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✨🌈🙏🏽😇
Saw her at Avery Fisher Hall in NY when the Oasis album dropped. Roberta Flack has a smooth velvety, sultry voice that is hard to describe. She soars and glides through her vocals and instrumentals never sounding pushed, harsh, or terse. The song she opened this show with is a perfect introduction to her talents. Her voice has a natural echo that is unlike any of her contemporaries and her vocal quality is equal parts songstress and lyrical narrator. I've seen a lot of performances over the years. Roberta is polished, classy, elegant, and timeless. These are priceless and genuine qualities that are almost non-existent in contemporary popular music genres.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
👏🏾👏🏾
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...
70 yr old white cat in Pittsburgh listening to this wonderful voice in 2024.
The times I heard her sing in a supper club not know she would become so famous from N.C. to D.C. to N.Y. to Cali and all over the world you go girl I pray for your health.❤❤
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!
31 years ago not old . Just a classic she sing a story sing Roberta.❤❤
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
For me Roberta Flack is The Best Singer of R&B and Soul and the Best songwriter musician I've ever heard
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.
Being young and taking a step back for the young every one has their place . But Roberta has had her time she can't sing anymore but she had her time and she has a so many many classic so you go girl we are so proud of you.
高校生のころから、ロバータのファンです。ありがとうございます。
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 .
Very Good Roberta Flack Excellent Sweet Woman
Marcos de Venezuela
Every song was sung with great grace and temprament
Her phraseology perfect
My kind of singer through the years the voice and everything else about her🎉❤😮😊
Beuteful music.
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❤
4:51 Killing Me Softly. you are about to enter dreamland.....
オープニングの曲、このアレンジが最高に良いです。
矢沢永吉さんの曲をロバータ・フラックさんの国の言葉でカバーされた事に感動いたしました。ロサンゼルスのチャイナタウンの情景が浮かびました。
I Just Love Muse Sone Miss Roberta Flack!! 😅😅😅😅😅
Love her love the all of tham. thanks ❤❤❤🌹🌹🌹🫶🫶🫶🫰🫰🫰☮️☮️☮️🧿🧿🧿🙏🙏🙏🥰🥰🥰⭐⭐⭐❤❤❤🌹🌹🌹
Irresistible - Killing me softly, The first time i ever saw your face.
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!!!
"Sempre com sua elegância em suas notas musicais de cada canções!!". Amo ouvi-la ❤
Oh my Lord bless her 👐 she's one☝️ of my only favorite singer😎 female artist, I really want people to understand🤔 I mean those that really knows about music 😉that this lady, well let me be straight up with the public 😏 she's a QUEEN 👑 A LADY QUEEN and right now I don't know if she's still alive but she has captivated my heart 🤗😍 I'm really really in love with her as a person 😘😘 but what I'm trying to say is that she can sing better live I don't know why but I have a good hearing for music that can touch a heart and out of the millions she's that one🤗 THAT ONE IN A MILLION 😍 WOW my favorite song is (💘first time I ever saw your face 💘) every time it brings tears of every emotion that can exist in the whole world so I wanna take this time to wherever she is either dead or alive that I LOVE YOU AND WANT TO THANK U FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND THAT BEAUTIFUL VOICE OF YOURS I WANNA BLESS YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART 💖
This super star is amazing.such a beautiful voice Roberta flack
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!
Vocal coach turned superstar. She's a teacher not just musician.
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✨🌈🙏🏽😇
BEFORE all the rest, there was Roberta Flack. CLASSY personified
One of my all times favorite singer
I certainly loves these unfading songs of this heavenly voice Roberta F.
Saw her at Avery Fisher Hall in NY when the Oasis album dropped. Roberta Flack has a smooth velvety, sultry voice that is hard to describe. She soars and glides through her vocals and instrumentals never sounding pushed, harsh, or terse. The song she opened this show with is a perfect introduction to her talents. Her voice has a natural echo that is unlike any of her contemporaries and her vocal quality is equal parts songstress and lyrical narrator. I've seen a lot of performances over the years. Roberta is polished, classy, elegant, and timeless. These are priceless and genuine qualities that are almost non-existent in contemporary popular music genres.
Goodevening I'm one of her Topfans and Right hand,Blessings and Best Wishes, Amen, Haleluyah
the most favorites song I ever heard thanks Roberta Flack so classy jazz music👏👏♥️♥️♥️🙏☝️🌹😍❤️😘👌👍
Обалденно,певица от бога,!!!!!
Linda voz muitas saudades
A Very Beautiful Concert ! ! !🌹🌹🌹
i'm 57 and i grew up with her music. awesome....................
Roberta Flack is *Untouchable" the best female classical voice ever. One of my favorite!!
What an excellent video. The music is so beautiful and crystal clear. What a joy and a delight!
Music of the finest. Thanks to Japan and Roberta for this historical concert wich we can watch for ever more.
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!!
I've always loved her voice. If you get the best RF and the best of Donny Hathaway, you'll have 5 of the same songs. Their duets are classics!
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..
Beautiful rich voice, I love Roberta Flack :)
The lady can sing....👌🥰
自分が高校生の頃、友達からもらった選曲カセットに入っていたロバータ・フラックの声🎶にはじめて出会い、ステキな歌声に惹かれました！
大人になって、曲の題名を調べたり…歌詞を調べてより世界観に浸ったり🎧🎶
そしてようやく…ロバータ・フラックの歌っている姿に出会えました！
時空を越えたステキな出会いに感謝✨🚀✨です！
ありがとうございました🌱
Hermosa voz y hermosa mujer... encanta su melodía.
La LEGENDARIA ROBERTA FLACK❤️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️
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.
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 ! ❤❤❤
Cuanta PAZ en esta canción, gracias Roberta ❤
I will never tire listening to her. As she âges, she is getting better and better. God bless her!
Talentedly inspired, gifted with harmony, tenor, alto & chorus like sounds that even the angels in heaven be jumping, dancing with joy & delight.
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 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!
Magic Lady....
Your smile is amazing.. ♥️💛💚💙💜
I, literally, had tears, rolling down, my face!, good tears, I guess. for such a Brilliant voice and talent.
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.❤❤🙏😃
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND REALLY REAL!
Fantastic audio mixing.
Get well soon. When i remember I remember my first love.
I haveloved roberta flack live UA-cam japan for years
Essa cantora para min é a melhor do mundo voz aveludada lindísima que faz muito bem aos olvidos e coraçáo
Sensacional!!!!+
Incrível!!
Um abraço!
Her voice so superb!
My favorite singer hands down!!!!!
the world inside my head is filled with her music & Hugh McCracken.
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.
thanks for sharing this 😎🌹🌻🌟🌎🌏🌍☀️💞💕💯🌈💖
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.
So much talent and lovely singing> thanks for sharing this. We only get one Roberta Flack.
O timbre de sua voz é um bálsamo,uma terapia!
Que o Eterno a conserve por muitos anos!
!What a voice¡ So singular.
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
My Fair Lady ! 💌
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
Loved her since the 70s. Memorized the Chapter2 Album.🎼❤️An Awesome Vocalist❤️❤️🤗Thanks for posting🤗
essa voz é uma terapia para o meu coração
Loved every second of this concert.
Legendary Queen Roberta Flack 😁🥰💜🌹!!
やさしく歌って 最高❣️
優しい声😊ナベサダとのコラボのアルバム大好き😘今も大切に聴いてます^o^
Killing Me Softly......DE JA VOU !❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤍💘
Hermosa melodía gran intérprete.de esas que ya quedan pocas.tonight l celebrate my love for you Is wonderfull.
LOVE this show.
13:07 Chinatown is composed by Eikichi Yazawa.
Incredible, the voicd, the interpretation, the arrengements.
El crossover perfecto de jazz y música brasileña.
Clave 6X8 LV NV
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
Love her!!!❤️🥰
Bravo 😍🙏❤️
"The first time ever I saw your face..." Oh my, this song got me into trouble, no regrets :)
The Legendary is Fabulous
I love to hear that tired like voice of her's
Prayers!🎉🎉🎉
I love you, Roberta!!!!!!!!!
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.