Karyn White performs Facts of Love with Jeff Lorber (1986)

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15 жыл бұрын

This may have been Karyn's first national live TV appearance. She sings the song that started it all for her, courtesy of jazz-fusion keyboardist/producer Jeff Lorber, and also with backing vocals by Michael Jeffries. Song written by Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers. After the performance, Jeff chats with host Joan Rivers about jazz fusion!

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@JRLOC 4 жыл бұрын

Karyn White still looks amazing. She’s ageless!

@francishodge5189 Ай бұрын

Rewind back to 1986 and this brilliant Soul funk Jazz fusion smooth groove track by Jeff Lorber feat the superb Karyn White The Facts of Love Even in 2024 If it moves funk it

@patrickkelly6597 9 жыл бұрын

Each time I see this performance, I can't help but wonder what musical heights this woman could have soared to. She had beauty, she had style, she had class, she had a mesmerizing presence, she impeccable phrasing and what's more she could sing !!! LaFace records was responsible for bringing many incredible female performers to the masses such as Pebbles, TLC, and Tony Braxton, but for me Karen White was and will always be the "first lady of LaFace records".

@timothyypearson 7 жыл бұрын

Yep i said that to

@timothyypearson 6 жыл бұрын

patrick kelly she went back to regular 9 to 5 after 4 big albums marriage and divorce to award winning music producer she has updates of her life on youtube beautiful talent

@landocalrisian2014 5 жыл бұрын

Karyn was signed to Warner Bros, not LaFace. I love her music as well but she worked with La Reid and Face a lot in the beginning but wasn't a LaFace artist.

@catboyzee 5 жыл бұрын

Everything you just said is one of the main reasons why a lot of Jazz musicians don't mess with singers. Karyn White was brought in to be a session vocalist on Jeff Lorber's record. But when 'Fact of Love' started blowing up, Jeff's label tried to push him to the background...on his own record! I don't care how great Karyn is(and she is great), that's just not right. The music industry is a dirty business...

@JRLOC 4 жыл бұрын

They saw Karyn’s talent and presence and offered her a deal if her work with Jeff Lorber did well and the rest is history.

@bourgeoisbrats 15 жыл бұрын

The band killed it! I really like the guitar player's tone.

@benzz2006 3 жыл бұрын

Jazz Fusion was such a great time. Kinda came along during the New Jack era. Lasted for about 10 years. Jeff, The Rippingtons, Najee, Hiroshima, Art Porter, etc. Which is another reason why 80s spat out the best realm of music. No doubt about it.

@tallyflower1337 3 жыл бұрын

Dang that girl had energy!

@catboyzee 7 жыл бұрын

Jeff Lorber wrote some cold music, underrated as a keyboardist IMO.

@sabrinanatalie8663 2 жыл бұрын

I was exposed to Jeff Lorber in 1979, he is still in my opinion underrated!!!

@anthonytaylor7928 Жыл бұрын

Are u high? He's one of the all time greats dum dum not underrated

@anthonytaylor7928 Жыл бұрын

@@sabrinanatalie8663he's not underrated he's one of the all time greats dummy

@marvinjosephhenderson9553 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, Joan Rivers, I love you Joan

@richardvallee109 8 жыл бұрын

Amazing song/great live performance. I wish Karyn White would put of some new material.

@suavehinrg 8 жыл бұрын

+Richard Vallee She has. Her recent album is titled "Carpe Diem."

@yukstrat 14 жыл бұрын

This was and still is a favorite song of mine.....(FYI) The drummer for Jeff's band at the time was Bruce Carter, one of the most under rated overlooked drummers ever.(He was a member of the funk/R&B group PLEASURE. (R.I.P. Bruce)

@VINZBROWN 6 жыл бұрын

ohhh damnnnnnn. i thought so!!!!

@marvingonzalez6891 4 жыл бұрын

LIVE BABY!!!! that's how it's done

@thomashodge7740 9 жыл бұрын

yes one of my soul funk jazz tunes of 1986 the sexy Karyn White Feat Jeff Lorber facts of love timeless

@EarthWindandFirepower0990 4 жыл бұрын

RIP JOAN BABY

@jayn7817 Жыл бұрын

Jeff Lorber a Jazz legend my favorite song Private Passion

@doubleolove 15 жыл бұрын

A Classic performance! Some people forget this song is where we first heard Karyn. What memories! Thanks for posting! :>

@rodneybrown8683 6 ай бұрын

Awesome indeed ❤️👍💕

@rawfoodnoob 12 жыл бұрын

What a piece she was.

@JRLOC 4 жыл бұрын

Still is.

@blackopsroyalty 11 жыл бұрын

Jeff could always funk it out. Karyn White, need I say more?

@Farzee49 14 жыл бұрын

I was 11 when this came out and I was OBSESSED with this song and Karyn...I just loved her voice and jus sang her stuff to death. Thanks for puttin' this up :-)

@red.guevarra 10 жыл бұрын

baddest, sickest beat ever!!!

@edwardkim2511 2 жыл бұрын

I missed Karyn White concert at the Riveria theater Chicago back in the 80` s. I got to see Evln King and Denice Williams . The 80` s were the best !

@719kai719 14 жыл бұрын

I had the Jeff Lorber tape with this song featuring Karyn White! FI know she sang with O'Bryan too.

@joannehines7806 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love these two & this song!!

@islandbee 15 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing retrorhythms! This was such a great crossover for Jeff Lober, and a great for Karyn White.

@TheLanard 14 жыл бұрын

Great performer.

@catboyzee 3 жыл бұрын

Dave Koz (playing the EWI wind instrument) rocking the mullet...

@tallyflower1337 3 жыл бұрын

omgosh! I didn't even notice Dave K! Thanks for pointing that out! :)

@Dan.d649 Жыл бұрын

I miss the '80s!! This is one song that came up live on the airwaves back then. It was one of Karyn White's big hits back around the years 1987 or 1988. This song was released in 1986. It really has a good "beat" to it.

@JRLOC 4 жыл бұрын

Had this on endless repeat BITD. I always wondered what happened to her career. She had a string of major hits, her career soared and then abruptly ended, leaving an unreleased album behind. We never really know what happens behind the scenes.

@user-du7pe6pm7d Жыл бұрын

thXxx Retrorhythms - Great Moment in Time Captured when Contemporary Jazz kinda got its beginnings - As If it were in its Infancy stages - Hoping for Much More of it to Show up in the near future ! * -- ROARing out of the 70s era of Folk Acid Rock - I Missed a lot of it - I was so busy trying to get my Kite back down - It was all quite a Blur -- ahahahahahaha

@stressfulg 13 жыл бұрын

Taking me right back!

@marine3391 14 жыл бұрын

Dave Koz looks so young in here.

@SexyAzzHell93 5 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous.

@djayOSCARINNN 4 жыл бұрын

My love

@patrickbroaden9820 Жыл бұрын

CLASSIC....✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿💯💯💯💯💯

@Scotty-P 13 жыл бұрын

Wow! My peak year and a babe I woul have loved then!

@patrickbroaden9820 4 жыл бұрын

FINE...AS.... WINE....😍

@retrorhythms 14 жыл бұрын

She sang on several albums by jazz artist Eddie M in the late 90s/early 00's. There's also a couple of more recent, previously unreleased songs (from a never released album called "Sista") on her Greatest Hits CD.

@hollidayevery 13 жыл бұрын

@DeeNice681 He did not stop her...He bumped into her accidentally from behind...These interviews are already set up as to who will go over and talk...Karyn took an inadvertent step to her right, just as Jeff was coming forward....The name of the band is JEFF LORBER FUSION...this particular song featured KARYN WHITE, but he is the name artist, and NOT A JERK! It's his band, his interview...Her career did not suffer a bit from not doing an interview on this performance.

@JRLOC 4 жыл бұрын

FACTS! (Of Love 😌)

@theresap.3305 3 жыл бұрын

@hollidayevery, exactly!

@thundorkat 3 жыл бұрын

THIS!

@hotfunkcooljazz 13 жыл бұрын

I haven't herd Jeff sing background vocals-since they did -On Broadway- with Lester McFarland at RAYS HELM back in the day !

@TonyExumJr Ай бұрын

Young Dave Koz on the EWI

@retrorhythms 14 жыл бұрын

I didn't even realize he was in here. I'm gonna have to watch more closely!

@spencermaxwell4287 3 жыл бұрын

Driver hot tracks back in 1987

@ClearYourMindTravel 6 жыл бұрын

She seems a but it doesn't matter because she still sounds great.

@diMizza09 8 жыл бұрын

Good Chocalate sistas never go out of sexy

@timothyypearson 7 жыл бұрын

Right and she still to this day havent aged shes more sexier than ever.

@funkmasters 6 жыл бұрын

Dave Koz blowing his hooter :-D

@Rahxn 13 жыл бұрын

LOL...Michael Jeffries starts to grandstand right there at the end...........

@retrorhythms 14 жыл бұрын

@dal4018 Actually, she got her start before this...touring as a back-up vocalist with O'Bryan!!

@babarockyofthebronx22 Жыл бұрын

They Sound Good, Karen' Voice Is Fire🔥, I Think She Performs Better With Males💯

@NewCreationInChrist896 3 жыл бұрын

Proverbs 9:10🙏

@kurthenry5043 6 жыл бұрын

Whos the bassist

@videobrains 8 ай бұрын

Hi. This is the only real live played version of this song I've seen in YT. Loved the video but was bothered by the sound. So I mirrored the left channel to the right. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i7x1aruD0JzSdJ8.html

@taysdad45 12 жыл бұрын

Is that Dave Koz playing that horn?

@thomassalhuteru2055 Жыл бұрын

EWI.

@paganalexandria 10 жыл бұрын

I used to think she was so pretty.

@JRLOC 4 жыл бұрын

She still is.

@tallyflower1337 3 жыл бұрын

ANYbody who criticized my man, can go jump in the Berkley School of Music lake!

@vincespell 2 жыл бұрын

Babyface grabbed her after this song, hence "I'm not your Super Woman"

@doubleolove 15 жыл бұрын

I do think Jeff should have invited Karyn on the couch during the interview segment. Kind of annoyed me.

@JRLOC 4 жыл бұрын

Same. I was like wait, what? At least have them both.

@thundorkat 3 жыл бұрын

For what?? This is HIS song. He wrote, composed, and arranged every single thing.

@charlestonchewy 13 жыл бұрын

Jeff Lorber looks like Boney James on here.

@emankeys 14 жыл бұрын

I think that there was probably another plan maybe that's why Jeff didn't invite her to the couch!!

@DeeNice681 13 жыл бұрын

At 3:37 Karyn tries to walk over to the couch but Jeff Lorber stop's her. What a jerk.

@thundorkat 3 жыл бұрын

He bumped into her you dipshit.

@larenabillingsley7250 Ай бұрын

I wondered why wasn’t she given an chance to be interviewed!