Cooling Board: A Long Playing Poem

Personnel

108 • cooling board a long-playing poem † PERSonnEL Donny Hathaway: lead vocals, piano, electric piano, organ; Eulaulah Hathaway: lead vocals on “What Eulaulah Hears” & “In Case YouThought It Was Easy”; backing vocals on “Meeting Eulaulah, Howard University,” “negotiating the first Date,” “What Stars Are for,” “Miss Martha Meets Eulaulah,” “Whisperers,” “An Evening at St. Vincent,” “Meds,” & “This Is Blues”; Drusella Huntley: lead vocals on “naming” & “Exodus I (Chicago to St. Louis)”; Martha Crumwell: lead vocals on “Ascension (A Lesson for Miss Martha),” “The Amazing Donny Pitts & His Magic Ukulele,” “Extensions,” “The Music: An Explanation to Miss Martha,” & “Miss Martha Meets Eulaulah”; Roberta flack: lead vocals on “Roberta, Rebirth,” “S.R.o.: Mr. Henry’s, Capitol Hill,” & “Chart Position,”; backing vocals on “Sessions: new York” & “The Last Supper”; Curtis Mayfield: lead vocals on “Curtis Breaks It Down”; Jacqueline Bethany: lead vocals on “Midnight Hour” Phil Upchurch: guitar, lead guitar on “Troubadour, 1971,” bass on “Trio”; Mike Howard: lead guitar on “The Bitter End”; 109 • Willie Weeks: electric bass; Earl DeRouen: congas; Ric Powell: drums; fred White: drums on “Troubadour, 1971”; Richard Tee: organ on “Troubadour, 1971”; Hubert Laws: flute; King Curtis: tenor sax; Donald Myrick: alto sax; Marvin Stamm: trumpet; Morris Ellis: trombone; Ethel Merkerl: french horn; Don Butterfield: tuba; Sanford Allen & Theodore Israel: violin; Kermit Moore & George Ricci: cello. Recorded october 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979 110 • This page intentionally left blank. 111 • This page intentionally left blank. ...