We need to talk about Robert Mcferrin. He was an operatic baritone and the first African-American man to sing at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. His voice was described by critic Albert Goldberg in the Los Angeles Times as "a baritone of beautiful quality, even in all registers, and with a top that partakes of something of a tenor's ringing brilliance." "I believe that my singing of gospel music and hymns strengthened my voice and gave me the ability to sustain my singing and endure wha

Despite not recording any music until he was in his 30s, Bobby McFerrin had already spent half a decade honing a quite striking craft. He wanted a sound unlike anybody else’s, refraining from listening to any other singers for two whole years. For this concert, at the Munich Summer Piano Festival in 1988, we see Bobby at a very special moment in his career, just before everything changed. Indeed, a few months after this performance, he would release "Don’t Worry, Be Happy," a track that got to N