The Black Brilliance of Barry White
I was scrolling through my feed and a video of Barry White and ‘Love’s Theme’ [1] pops up. I come back and say, the Barry White. But not only Mr. White but his entire 40-piece Love Unlimited Orchestra[2] …which I had never seen before. Why? I don’t know especially since I was born in 1970 and am a huge Barry White fan...of his music and clearly not the man but I digress. Here was this big Black man, conducting an orchestra, in the 70’s. I was in awe. And he wasn’t conducting