Narada Michael Walden | Whitney Houston @ The GRAMMY Museum:LA |
Whitney Houston: The Voice, The Music, The Inspiration |
The Clive Davis Theater, where a selected group of us had the pleasure
and honor of listening to the brilliant musicology of Narada Michael Walden.
The evening started off with a very sincere, warm welcome from Narada Michael Walden, who was being interviewed by Billboard Magazine's Senior Editor, Gail Mitchell.
You see, clearly the Music executive, power house, man with the Midas Touch, Clive Davis, founder of Arista Records, truly has a remarkable track record for bringing together brilliant, talent like the late, beautiful Whitney Houston, with the genius of Narada Michael Walden.
Clive Davis knew instinctively, that the God given skills, the love & the light of Narada Michael Walden would be needed to successfully write and produce Whitney Houston's debut album "How Will I Know". The music was composed by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam.
When Narada Michael Walden stepped onto the scene, he altered the lyrics and produced it as an up-tempo dance song, adding flavor and the Bing!Bang!Boom! - making us all snap our fingers and get up and dance!
Everyone knows Whitney Houston as an American Iconic Beauty with a mellifluous voice.
She was (and always will be) Bobbi Kristina's Mother, Cissy Houston and John Russell Houston's daughter. We love you, Whitney Houston!
http://youtu.be/FNElX-Ocv3QClive Davis knew instinctively, that the God given skills, the love & the light of Narada Michael Walden would be needed to successfully write and produce Whitney Houston's debut album "How Will I Know". The music was composed by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam.
When Narada Michael Walden stepped onto the scene, he altered the lyrics and produced it as an up-tempo dance song, adding flavor and the Bing!Bang!Boom! - making us all snap our fingers and get up and dance!
Everyone knows Whitney Houston as an American Iconic Beauty with a mellifluous voice.
She was (and always will be) Bobbi Kristina's Mother, Cissy Houston and John Russell Houston's daughter. We love you, Whitney Houston!
To show more love, Narada Michael Walden invited the brilliant song writer| producer| scholar, Preston Glass, on stage and they discussed their multiple collaborations on songs written and produced over a period of almost four decades for Whitney Houston, the Queen of Soul, Ms. Aretha Franklin, Natalie Cole, just to name a few of their Global talents in their repertoire!
Preston Glass (l) & Narada Michael Walden (r) |
Preston Glass (l) & Narada Michael Walden (r) @ The GRAMMY Museum LA |
Then to top it all off, Narada Michael Walden introduced us to a newly discovered talent -
Shelea Frazier, who blew us away with her tribute to Whitney Houston!
Did I tell you that that girl can sang!?
While Shelea Frazier was singing, Narada Michael Walden was on drums rockin' the house! There were so many people swaying to the beat and singing along with Shelea Frazier!
Shelea Frazier, who blew us away with her tribute to Whitney Houston!
Did I tell you that that girl can sang!?
While Shelea Frazier was singing, Narada Michael Walden was on drums rockin' the house! There were so many people swaying to the beat and singing along with Shelea Frazier!
Narada Michael Walden & Preston Glass in a jam packed house, reflect on the positive aspects of the life of Whitney Houston @The GRAMMY Museum |
Narada Michael Walden sitting @ Whitney Houston's Piano |
Cousin Rhonda, Lynn & Sheila Calvert and I truly enjoyed the entire evening!
Love & light, Carla
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