The daughter of the great
Donny Hathaway, Lalah Hathaway made a good impression with her debut recording, Lalah Hathaway, in 1990. She not only displayed poise, confidence, and good technique, but was also versatile enough to do more than just light urban contemporary ballads. Her stage shows included jazz, pre-rock pop, and even gospel, and Hathaway later appeared on BET doing jazz and fusion. After her second and final album for Virgin, 1994's A Moment, she went on a lengthy hiatus, returning in 1999 with
Joe Sample for The Song Lives On (GRP). The following decade and into the 2010s she released Outrun the Sky (Sanctuary, 2004), Self Portrait (Stax, 2008), and Where It All Begins (Stax, 2011) -- all fine albums involving collaborations with the likes of Mike City,
Rahsaan Patterson, Rex Rideout, and Dre & Vidal. They established Hathaway as one of the finest adult contemporary R&B vocalists of the 2000s and 2010s. A 2013 collaboration with the band Snarky Puppy -- on a cover of
Brenda Russell's "Something" -- won a 2014 Grammy Award in the category of Best R&B Performance.
On Tuesday, April 21st for one night only, two-time GRAMMY® award winner, Lalah Hathaway, recorded her first ever live album entitled "Lalah Hathaway Live" in a two-show concert event! The beautiful songstress, took to the Troubadour stage in Los Angeles, following in the footsteps of her father— the late, great, Donny Hathaway— who in 1971 recorded his classic LP, “Donny Hathaway Live” at the same venue! Many celebrities and tastemakers joined Lalah for this intimate performance as they experienced the Hathaway legacy and were witnesses to the next generation of music history!
~ Ron Wynn / TIDAL