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Length
  
47:33

Artist
  
Donny Hathaway

Producer
  
Arif Mardin

Extension of a Man 1973
  
In Performance 1980

Release date
  
18 June 1973

Label
  
Atco Records

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Released
  
June 18, 1973 (1973-06-18)

Recorded
  
October 11, 1971 (1971-10-11)- November 26, 1972 (1972-11-26) A&R Recording Studios Bell Sound, Regent Sound Atlantic Recording Studios (New York, New York) Universal Studios (Chicago, Illinois)

Genres
  
Soul music, Rhythm and blues

Similar
  
Donny Hathaway albums, Soul music albums

Extension of a Man is an album released by the R&B/Soul singer Donny Hathaway on Atco Records in 1973.

Contents

The release was his last solo studio album. It is noted for including a young Stanley Clarke of (then) Return to Forever on a couple of tracks, as well as drummer Fred White, brother to Earth, Wind & Fire's Maurice White, who worked with Hathaway in Chicago in the early days. White also played with Hathaway on concert dates and is featured on Hathaway's live performance recordings.

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Track listing

  1. "I Love the Lord; He Heard My Cry (Parts I & II)" (Hathaway) - 5:32
  2. "Someday We'll All Be Free" (Hathaway, Edward Howard) - 4:14
  3. "Flying Easy" (Hathaway) - 3:13
  4. "Valdez in the Country" (Hathaway) - 3:33
  5. "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" (Al Kooper) - 5:23
  6. "Come Little Children" (Hathaway) - 4:35
  7. "Love, Love, Love" (J.R. Bailey, Ken Williams) - 3:25
  8. "The Slums" (Hathaway) - 5:11
  9. "Magdalena" (Danny O'Keefe) - 3:08
  10. "I Know It's You" (Leon Ware) - 5:13
  11. "Lord Help Me" (Joe Greene, Billy Preston) - 4:06

"Lord Help Me" was originally only released as a B-side to the single "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know". It did not feature on Extension Of A Man until the 1993 Compact Disc re-release. The song features Billy Preston. Also, it is the only track produced by Jerry Wexler, with fellow Atlantic producer, Arif Mardin taking over production duties.

The opening instrumental track pays homage to the melody of "Here Comes Da Honey Man" from The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess.

Personnel

  • Donny Hathaway - Lead Vocals (tracks 2-10), Electric Piano (1-9), All Pianos (6-7, 9-10), Organ (5), Bass (6), Keyboards (11)
  • Cornell Dupree (tracks 2-5, 7, electric- 8), David Spinozza (2-3, 10), Keith Loving (3-4, 7, acoustic- 8), Joseph Bishop (6), Phil Upchurch (6) - Guitar
  • Grady Tate (tracks 1, 9), Fred White (5-6), Rick Marotta (10), Ray Lucas (2-4, 7-8) - Drums
  • Willie Weeks (tracks 2-5, 7-8), Russ Savakus (1), Stanley Clarke (1, 10), Gordon Edwards (9) - Bass
  • Hugh McCracken - Banjo (track 9), Guitar (5, 9)
  • Ralph MacDonald - Percussion (tracks 3-4, 7, 9)
  • David Newman - Saxophone (track 5)
  • Hubert Laws - Flute (track 1)
  • Marvin Stamm (tracks 1-2, 8-9), Joe Newman (1, 6), Ernie Royal (1) - Trumpet
  • Dominick Gravine (track 1), Garnett Brown (1), Paul Faulise (1), Wayne Andre (1), Tony Studd (8-9), Garnett Brown (6) - Trombone
  • Don Butterfield - Tuba (tracks 1, 8-9)
  • Phil Bodner - Clarinet (track 9), Alto saxophone (8)
  • Seldon Powell - Clarinet (tracks 6, 9), Reeds (1), Tenor saxophone (8)
  • V. Abato - Clarinet (track 1)
  • Romeo Penque, William Slapin - Reeds (track 1)
  • Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Kermit Moore - Cello (track 1)
  • Jim Buffington, Julius Watkins, Tony Miranda - French Horn (track 1)
  • Emanuel Green, Harry Lookofsky, Julien Barber, Noel DaCosta, Sanford Allen, Theodore Israel - Violin (track 1)
  • Gloria Agostini - Harp (track 1)
  • Henry Schuman - Oboe (track 1)
  • Cissy Houston (track 10), Myrna Smith (10), Sylvia Shemwell (10), Jimmy Douglass (8), Mario "Big M" Medious (8), Richard Wells (8), William "Mac" McCollum (8) - Backing Vocals
  • Myrna Summers & The Interdenominational Singers - Choir (tracks 1, 7-8)

    • Songs

    1I Love the Lord; He Heard Me Cry - Parts I & II5:33
    2Someday We'll All Be Free4:15
    3Flying Easy3:11

    References

    Extension of a Man Wikipedia
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