Roberta Flack - In Concert

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This DVD captures the legendary singer-songwriter Roberta Flack live in Black Entertainment Television's Washington, D.C., studio. In the '60s and '70s, Flack's silky, Nina Simone-derived vocals and compositions beautifully blended jazz, gospel, and soul, crossed all musical boundaries, and paved the way for today's adult contemporary and quiet storm radio formats. Flack's sophisticated and earthy classics like "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," "Killing Me Softly with His Song," and "The Closer I Get to You" are brilliantly reborn with a sleek contemporary jazz feel. Her renditions of blues standards "Stormy Monday" and "Sweet Georgia Brown" showcase Flack's velvet embrace of the African American musical tradition, which she has refined for years. --Eugene Holley Jr.

Description

From jazz to pop and even disco, Roberta Flack has been delighting fans with her sophisticated sound and intricate musical arrangements for more than three decades. This sensational concert features the legendary vocalist and pianist performing light jazz, romantic ballads and career favorites before a live audience in Washington, D.C. Songs: Why Don't You Move In With Me, The Closer I Get to You, Sweet Georgia Brown, Feel Like Makin' Love, Killing Me Softly With His Song, Stormy Monday, The Thrill Is Gone, Reverend Lee, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.

Customer Reviews:

Great Performance!!.......2007-09-10

I thought this DVD was wonderful. My husband and I watched the DVD as soon as it arrived and we thought that Roberta gave a very solid performance. Roberta and her band sounded great. I highly recommend this DVD to anyone interested in a recent Roberta Flack live performance.

NOT LONG ENOUGH !!!!.......2006-01-17

This DVD is a great concert for a true Roberta fan. Mostly because the recorded concerts are so hard to find. Be I really enjoyed this dvd. The quality is really superior(sound and picture). The only negitive is that it's not long enough. I went and seen Roberta in concert last night in Memphis and she only done 9 songs just like this DVD concert. Leaving people wanting more.

Great Show but Wanted more favorites.......2005-10-13

This concert was very intimate with the fans. I could really tell you my favorite part was the very ending when she sang "The First Time Ever I saw Your Face" I love the feeling I get when I see her sing it live. I wish they would have put my song "It Might Be You" then this concert would have been great! I mean if she can do "Sweet Geogria Brown" she could have done "It Might Be You".

Brandon
Roberta's Youngest Fan

Where's the Beef?.......2003-03-19

This DVD gives us less than an hour of Roberta Flack on stage performing with her band and she talks through a full 25% of that time! Don't expect a satisfying concert experience from this disk. The performances are disappointingly perfunctory and a shadow of the inspired music found on those treasured early recordings. The sycophantic audience seems to make the performance seem even less satisfying. Well....maybe you had to be there. If you are a Roberta Flack fan stick to the audio recordings for now. Perhaps a video performance worthy of her talent is yet to come. This DVD has too much talk, too little music, and none of the old Roberta Flack fire.

AS LONG AS THERE IS ROBERTA, THERE IS ROMANCE.......2002-03-28

I was two years old when Roberta Flack's first album, First Take, was released in 1969. However, in 1987,at the age of 19, I heard her 1971 album,Quiet Fire, and my life changed forever. I love the vocal talents of Nina Simone, Billie Holdiay, Sarah Vaughan, Ella F, Aretha, etc. Roberta Flack, however, has a way to getting to the soul of man with her lovely storytelling approach. Her music is HONEST! This DVD is the best that I've ever seen her. Her voice is as smooth and lovely as when I first heard her. Her delivery and timing is impeccable.

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