Name: Luther Vandross 2003 Live At Radio City
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SKU: 1191208
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Tracks

1. Superstar

2. A House Is Not A Home

3. Love Won't Let Me Wait

4. I'd Rather

5. Here And Now

6. Never Too Much

7. Glow Of Love

8. Stop To Love

9. Take You Out

10. If Only For One Night

11. Creepin'

12. Power Of Love

Performer Notes

Personnel: Luther Vandross (vocals); Phil Hamilton (guitar); Arturo Tappin (soprano saxophone); Skip Anderson, Karl Martin (keyboards); Byron Miller (bass); Ivan Hampden (drums); Roger Squitero (percussion); Kevin Owens, Cindy Mizelle, Brenda White-King, Valerie Pinkston, Pat Lacy, Cindy Mizelle, Kevin Owens (background vocals).
Producers: Luther Vandross, Nat Adderley Jr.
Recorded live at Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York on February 11 & 12, 2003.
One listen to RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL 2003 LIVE and it's hard to believe that two months later, musical great Luther Vandross would be laid up in a hospital bed, the victim of a stroke. Part of the disbelief that comes from the this observation is due to how vibrant Vandross sounds throughout these 11 career-spanning cuts. Accompanied by a seven-piece band and a quartet of female background singers, Luther poured his honeyed croon over some of his best-loved ballads including his trademark cover of the Hal David/Burt Bacharach standard "A House Is Not a Home" and his own perennial prom/wedding song "Here and Now." Other nuggets plucked from the Vandross canon include the crackling "Never Too Much," the uplifting "Power of Love," and "Glow of Love," a song originally recorded by the vocalist when he was a member of the disco outfit Change. Hearing how full of life Luther Vandross is on stage during RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL 2003 LIVE serves as a welcome reminder of the man's enormous talents.

Professional Reviews

Q (2/04, p.106) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[A] special night for Vandross....His voice - the best of his generation - is like honey on the slow songs."