1973 Donny Hathaway – Extension Of A Man

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

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.

Tracks

1  I Love The Lord ; He Heard My Cry (Parts I & II) (Donny Hathaway) 05:32
2  Someday We’ll All Be Free (Donny Hathaway) 04:14
3 Flying Easy (Donny Hathaway) 03:13
4  Valdez In The Country (Donny Hathaway) 03:33
5  I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know (Al Kooper) 05:23
6  Come Little Children (Donny Hathaway) 04:35
7  Love, Love, Love (JR Bailey; Ken Williams) 03:25
8  The Slums (Donny Hathaway) 05:11
9  Magdalena (Danny O’Keefe) 03:08
10  I Know It’s You (Leon Ware) 05:13

Musicians

1 I Love The Lord ; He Heard My Cry (Parts I & II)

BassRuss Savakus
BassStanley Clarke
DrumsGrady Tate
Electric PianoDonny Hathaway
ClarinetVincent Abato
FluteHubert Laws
French HornJim Buffington
French HornJulius Watkins
French HornTony Miranda
OboeHenry Schuman
TromboneDominick Gravine
TromboneGarnett Brown
TrombonePaul Faulise
TromboneWayne Andre
TrumpetMarvin Stamm
TrumpetErnie Royal
TrumpetJoe Newman
TubaDon Butterfield


2 Someday We’ll All Be Free

BassWillie Weeks
DrumsRay Lucas
GuitarCornell Dupree
GuitarDavid Spinozza
Electric PianoDonny Hathaway
TrumpetMarvin Stamm


3 Flying Easy

BassWillie Weeks
DrumsRay Lucas
GuitarCornell Dupree
GuitarDavid Spinozza
Electric PianoDonny Hathaway
PercussionRalph MacDonald


4 Valdez In The Country

BassWillie Weeks
DrumsRay Lucas
GuitarCornell Dupree
GuitarKeith Loving
Electric PianoDonny Hathaway
PercussionRalph MacDonald


5 I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know

BassWillie Weeks
DrumsFred White
GuitarCornell Dupree
Electric PianoDonny Hathaway
OrganDonny Hathaway
PianoDonny Hathaway
SaxDavid Newman


6 Come Little Children

BassDonny Hathaway
DrumsFred White
Guitar (solo)Phil Upchurch
GuitarJohn Bishop
Electric PianoDonny Hathaway
PianoDonny Hathaway
SaxSeldon Powell
TromboneGarnett Brown
TrumpetJoe Newman


7 Love, Love, Love

BassWillie Weeks
DrumsRay Lucas
GuitarCornell Dupree
GuitarKeith Loving
Electric PianoDonny Hathaway
PercussionRalph MacDonald


8 The Slums

BassWillie Weeks
DrumsRay Lucas
GuitarCornell Dupree
Acoustic GuitarKeith Loving
Electric PianoDonny Hathaway
SaxPhil Bodner
SaxSeldon Powell
TromboneTony Studd
Background VocalsJimmy Douglas
Background VocalsMario Medious
Background VocalsRichard Wells
Background VocalsWilliam McCollum


9 Magdalena

BassGordon Edwards
DrumsGrady Tate
GuitarHugh McCracken
Electric PianoDonny Hathaway
PianoDonny Hathaway
TrumpetMarvin Stamm
TubaDon Butterfield
PercussionRalph MacDonald


10 I Know It’s You

BassStanley Clarke
DrumsRick Marotta
GuitarDavid Spinozza
Electric PianoDonny Hathaway
PianoDonny Hathaway
Background VocalsCissy Houston
Background VocalsMyrna Smith
Background VocalsSylvia Shemwell

Other Musicians

Choir – Myrna Summers & The Interdenominational Singers (Tracks 1, 6, 7)
Cello – Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Kermit Moore (Track 1)
Harp – Gloria Agostini (Track 1)
Violin – Emanuel Green, Harry Lookofsky, Julien Barber, Noel DaCosta, Sanford Allen, Theodore Israel (Track 1)

Liner Notes

Producer – Dino Fekaris, Freddie Perren
Arranged By (Horns, Strings) – Pete Robinson (Tracks 1, 8)
Arranged By (Horns, Strings) – Gene Page (Tracks 2, 5)
Arranged By (Horns, Strings) – David Blumberg (Tracks 3, 4, 6, 7)
Arranged By (Rhythm) – Freddie Perren
Arranged By (Rhythm) – Eddie Sierra (Track 6)
Contractor – Benjamin Barrett
Engineer (Recording, Remix) – Pete Bishop
Engineer (Assistant) – David Goldstein

Photography – Norman Seeff

Mastered At Crystal Sound Recording Studio
Recorded At The Mom & Pops Co Store Inc, Studio City, CA
Remixed At The Mom & Pops Co Store Inc, Studio City, CA
Phonographic Copyright Polydor Incorporated
Copyright Polydor