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"&lt;wm:embed type=\"related\"&gt;&lt;/wm:embed&gt;&lt;p&gt;Voices such as Donny Hathaway&amp;apos;s come along maybe once a decade. Before his brief but influential career was cut short by suicide in 1979, Hathaway proved himself a maestro of protest soul who effused equal amounts of political anger and romantic tenderness. Culled from several early-Seventies concerts, &lt;em&gt;These Songs for You, Live!&lt;/em&gt; displays the passion and charm that have inspired artists from Alicia Keys to the Neptunes, as well as his knack for finding a great band. The luxurious, previously unreleased rendition of &amp;quot;Someday We&amp;apos;ll All Be Free&amp;quot; brims with electrifying piano runs; his take on &amp;quot;A Song for You&amp;quot; is shiver-inducing; and the casual seduction of &amp;quot;You&amp;apos;ve Got a Friend&amp;quot; turns into a joyous singalong. There are some missteps: The instrumental &amp;quot;Valdez in the Country&amp;quot; is inexplicably placed as the disc&amp;apos;s second song, and Hathaway&amp;apos;s version of Stevie Wonder&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Superwoman&amp;quot; sounds rootless. But what emerges most is Hathaway&amp;apos;s irrepressible charisma and talent; in his hands, even &amp;quot;Yesterday&amp;quot; became a blues lament nonpareil.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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