{"product_id":"donny-hathaways-donny-hathaway-live-paperback","title":"Donny Hathaway's Donny Hathaway Live - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmily J. Lordi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn January of 1979, the great soul artist Donny Hathaway fell fifteen stories from a window of Manhattan's Essex House Hotel in an alleged suicide. He was 33 years old and everyone he worked with called him a genius. Best known for \"A Song for You,\" \"This Christmas,\" and classic duets with Roberta Flack, Hathaway was a composer, pianist, and singer committed to exploring \"music in its totality.\" His velvet melisma and vibrant sincerity set him apart from other soul men of his era while influencing generations of singers and fans whose love affair with him continues to this day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first nonfiction book about Hathaway, \u003ci\u003eDonny Hathaway Live\u003c\/i\u003e uses original interviews, archival material, musical analysis, cultural history, and poetry to tell the story of Hathaway's life, from his beginnings as a gospel wonder child to his final years. But its focus is the brutally honest, daringly gorgeous music he created as he raced the clock of mental illness-especially in the performances captured on his 1972 album \u003ci\u003eDonny Hathaway Live\u003c\/i\u003e. That album testifies to Hathaway's uncanny ability to amplify the power and beauty of his songs in the moment of live performance. By exploring that album, we see how he generated a spiritual experience for those present at his shows, and for those with the privilege to listen in now.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily J. Lordi\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and the author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Resonance: Iconic Women Singers and African American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. Her music and book reviews appear on such sites as \u003ci\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Root\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 6.4 x 4.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770492092704,"sku":"9781628929805","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9151536f5815b969ee1378a0689bdbd9.webp?v=1780372823","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/donny-hathaways-donny-hathaway-live-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}