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    Listen to this not that…

    In the spirit of the famous dietary advice with that tagline, I propose this installment for musiciansListen to this…not that Listen to this: A Song for YouDonny Hathaway NOT That: A Song for YouChristina Aguilera with Herbie Hancock Sorry Herbie not into it. You’re a genius but this ain’t happening for me. Obviously Christina used Donny’s version as the basis for her own interpretation but somewhere in the middle it just became overwrought and tiresome. IMHO Herbie’s sophisticated dense jazz chords and jazz fills just sound colorless in this context. In terms of singing, for me generally, the current generation of soul based artists really need to take a lesson…