| 词条 | Ralph MacDonald |
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|image = |name = Ralph MacDonald |birth_name = Ralph Anthony MacDonald |birth_date = {{birth date|1944|03|15}} |birth_place =Harlem, New York, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2011|12|18|1944|03|15}} |death_place =Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. |occupation = Composer, arranger, pannist |instrument = Steelpan, Percussion, Keyboards |background = non_vocal_instrumentalist }} Ralph Anthony MacDonald (March 15, 1944 – December 18, 2011) was a Trinbagonian-American percussionist, songwriter, musical arranger, record producer, steelpan virtuoso and philanthropist. His compositions include "Where Is the Love", a Grammy Award winner for the duet of Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway; "Just the Two of Us", recorded by Bill Withers and Grover Washington, Jr.; and "Mister Magic" recorded by Grover Washington, Jr. CareerGrowing up in Harlem, New York, United States, under the close mentorship of his Trinbagonian father, Patrick MacDonald (a calypsonian and bandleader originally from Trinidad and Tobago who went by the stage name "Macbeth the Great"), MacDonald began showing his musical talent, particularly with the steelpan, and when he was 17 years old started playing pan for the Harry Belafonte show. He remained with the Belafonte band for a decade before deciding to strike out on his own. In 1967, together with Bill Eaton and William Salter, he formed Antisia Music Incorporated. Antisia is based in Stamford, Connecticut. In 1971, Roberta Flack recorded "Where Is the Love", which MacDonald and Salter had written. The duet with Donny Hathaway won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The single was awarded gold status and sold more than one million copies.[1] MacDonald played on the session for the song.[2] One of MacDonald's best-known co-compositions is "Just the Two of Us", a single sung by Bill Withers, with saxophone performance by Grover Washington, Jr. It reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, and has since been covered and sampled by many artists, including Will Smith. Later lifeMacDonald regularly travelled back to Trinidad and Tobago, where he renewed his work in the steelpan, particularly on the hills of Laventille, Trinidad with the multiple Steelband Panorama champions Desperadoes Steel Orchestra, whose shows he attended and with whom he played whenever he got the opportunity, "beating iron" in "The Engine Room" (as a steelband's rhythm section is often called). Calypso and the steelpan were Ralph MacDonald's roots. He recorded a song called "You Need More Calypso", written by William Eaton to articulate how he felt the music world could more benefit by the genre his homeland had given to the world. At 12:50 AM on Sunday, December 18, 2011, MacDonald died of lung cancer. His wife, Grace, son Atiba and their daughter, Nefra-Ann survive him.[3][4] DiscographyHis recording credits number in the hundreds and include Burt Bacharach, George Benson, David Bowie, Aretha Franklin, Art Garfunkel, Billy Joel, Quincy Jones, Carole King, Miriam Makeba, David Sanborn, Paul Simon, Steely Dan, James Taylor, Luther Vandross, Amy Winehouse, Bob James, Ashford and Simpson, Nana Mouskouri, The Average White Band, Hall & Oates, The Brothers Johnson, and spent years as a charter member of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band. He is also featured on percussion on George Benson's 1976 album, Breezin'; on percussion on Carole King's 1975 album, Thoroughbred, and on Looking Glass's 1973 album Subway Serenade. His song "Jam on the Groove" was featured on the breakbeat compilation Ultimate Breaks and Beats. His "Calypso Breakdown" is on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. He provided the percussion to "Mister Magic" recorded by saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr.. MacDonald also appears on Amy Lee's CD Use Me. As leader
As sideman{{expand section|date=February 2012}}With Bob James
References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Ralph%20MacDonald.html |title=Ralph MacDonald| publisher=Soulwalking.co.uk |accessdate= 2014-06-30}} 2. ^{{cite web|author=Ed Hogan |url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/where-is-the-love-t809536 |title=Where Is the Love? - Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway | Listen, Appearances, Song Review |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2014-06-30}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/21/arts/music/ralph-macdonald-pop-percussionist-dies-at-67.html?ref=nyregion&_r=0 |title=Ralph MacDonald, Pop Percussionist, Dies at 67 |first=Paul |last=Vitello |authorlink=Paul Vitello |newspaper=The New York Times |page=B11 |date=20 December 2011}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.panonthenet.com/news/2011/dec/desperadoes-mourns-ralphmacdonald-12-19-2011.htm |work=Desperadoes Steel Orchestra |title=WITCO Desperadoes Mourns the Passing of Ralph MacDonald |accessdate=25 November 2014}} External links
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