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 \u201cquiet storm\u201d but (usually white) snobs dismissed as sugary schmaltz. As Phyllis Hyman\u2019s rich voice filled the cab and synths twinkled like passing tenements, my driver sang along in ecstatic reverie, feeling every word. Now it all made sense.<\/p>\n
Even if I hadn\u2019t had such a memorable induction, these two discs would still beautifully commemorate the towering, troubled talent who first appeared with a sultry cover of The Stylistics\u2019 Betcha By Golly Wow before recording her self-titled debut album for Buddah. She started enjoying success after moving to Arista, releasing Somewhere In My Lifetime <\/i>(with its Barry Manilow-produced title track) and further albums that established Phyllis as both disco-soul queen and quiet storm goddess, underscored by memorable recordings with jazz greats Pharoah Sanders, McCoy Tyner and Grover Washington Jr.<\/p>\n
Key tracks, 12\u201ds and rarities document her career until moving to Philadelphia International in 1986, sultry sparklers including Living Inside Your Love and the Michael Henderson duet Can\u2019t We Fall In Love Again. Tragically, Phyllis committed suicide in 1995 but her memory is well served by this lovingly crafted labour of passion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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