In the collection
8 records
Morning Star
Hubert Laws, 1972
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway, 1972
Blues Farm
Ron Carter, 1973
Extension Of A Man
Donny Hathaway, 1973
Spanish Blue
Ron Carter, 1975
Still Crazy After All These Years
Paul Simon, 1975
Don’t Stop The Music
The Brecker Brothers, 1977
L.A. Is My Lady
Frank Sinatra With Quincy Jones And Orchestra, 1984
Played with
Hubert Laws
5 records together
Billy Cobham
4 records together
Bob James
4 records together
Ron Carter
3 records together
Steve Gadd
3 records together
Creed Taylor
3 records together
Gene Orloff
3 records together
Harry Lookofsky
3 records together
Donny Hathaway
2 records together
Arif Mardin
2 records together
David Spinozza
2 records together
Hugh McCracken
2 records together
About
Percussionist - songwriter - producer - engineer - record company executive
Born on 15.03.1944 in Harlem, New York
Died 18.12.2011 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA.
He released eight solo albums from 1976 to 1998. He co-wrote Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway’s “Where is the Love” and Bill Withers’ “Just The Two Of Us”
He started his career at the age of 16 as percussionist for Harry Belafonte and was a member of Belafonte’s band for 10 years. He played as a session percussionist in many artists’ recordings over the ensuing decades, including George Benson, David Bowie, Aretha Franklin, Art Garfunkel, Billy Joel, Quincy Jones, Carole King, Miriam Makeba, David Sanborn, Paul Simon, Steely Dan etc.
He co-founded publishing/production company Antisia Music, Inc. with longtime songwriting partner William Salter and William Eaton in 1968. He founded Rosebud Recording Studio in the mid-1970s.
Father of Anthony MacDonald.