Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway – Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

Title: Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1972, Soul, Soul Jazz, Black Mountain, North Carolina / Chicago, Illinois 5/26
Matrix #: SD 7216
Condition: EX (CC), sounds great, looks great | Members: Roberta F (37' - 25'), Donny H (45' - 79')
Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle: Donny Hathaway struggled with severe mental illness before his 1979 death, making these duets feel heavier as documents of friendship and talent.
2. Scene Ecology: Flack and Hathaway both came through Howard University, linking classical training, gospel roots, jazz discipline, and Black 70s soul sophistication.
3. Media Narrative: Their partnership made intimacy sound serious, not soft, turning the duet album into a space for trust, grief, romance, and adult emotional weight.

5/29/23, CK 5/23/2026 CC