It took a midnight taxi ride from Harlem in the late 80s for this writer to understand the significance of the silken soul ballads black music fans tagged “quiet storm” but (usually white) snobs dismissed as sugary schmaltz. As Phyllis Hyman’s rich voice filled the cab and synths twinkled like passing tenements, my driver sang along in ecstat…
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