Color as a Way of Life
1977 studio album by Lou Donaldson
Color as a Way of Life | ||||
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Studio album by Lou Donaldson | ||||
Released | 1977 | |||
Recorded | December 1976 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 36:31 | |||
Label | Cotillion | |||
Producer | John Brantley, Rick Willard | |||
Lou Donaldson chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Color as a Way of Life is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson, his second recorded for the Cotillion label, featuring Donaldson with an orchestra arranged by Mike Goldberg and Dennis Williams.[2]
The album was awarded 2 stars in an Allmusic review.[3]
Track listing
- All compositions by Lou Donaldson except as indicated
- "Too Much to Explain" (Al Broomfield) – 4:13
- "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) – 5:04
- "Piece of Your World" (Broomfield) – 4:32
- "Passion Fruit" (Donaldson, Johnny Brantley, Rick Willard) – 4:03
- "Comin' Thru the Back Door" (Broomfield) – 3:42
- "Ebb Tide" (Robert Maxwell, Carl Sigman) – 5:18
- "Maker's Dream" – 4:53
- "Walkin' Sally" – 4:46
- Recorded at Groove Sound Studios, NYC, December, 1976.
Personnel
- Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
- Paul G. Bogosian, Ernie Royal – trumpet, flugelhorn
- John Drew Kelly – trombone, bass trombone
- Seldon Powell – flute, baritone saxophone
- Irving Spice – lead violin
- Louis Haber, Elliott Rosoff, David Sackson, Louis Stone – violin
- William Phipps – electric piano, clavinet
- A.C. Drummer Jr. – guitar
- Jacob Hunter – electric bass
- Jimmy Young – drums
- Jacqueline Copeland – vocals
- Mike Goldberg – arranger, conductor
- Dennis Williams – horn and string arranger
References
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- Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (1952)
- Wailing with Lou (1957)
- Swing and Soul (1957)
- Jimmy Smith Trio + LD (1957)
- Lou Takes Off (1957)
- Blues Walk (1958)
- Light-Foot (1958)
- LD + 3 (1959)
- The Time Is Right (1959)
- Sunny Side Up (1960)
- Midnight Sun (1960)
- Here 'Tis (1961)
- Gravy Train (1961)
- A Man With a Horn (1961)
- The Natural Soul (1962)
- Good Gracious! (1963)
- Signifyin' (1963)
- Possum Head (1964)
- Cole Slaw (1964)
- Rough House Blues (1964)
- Musty Rusty (1965)
- Blowing in the Wind (1966)
- Lou Donaldson at His Best (1966)
- Lush Life (1967)
- Alligator Bogaloo (1967)
- Mr. Shing-A-Ling (1967)
- Midnight Creeper (1968)
- Say It Loud! (1968)
- Hot Dog (1969)
- Everything I Play Is Funky (1970)
- Pretty Things (1970)
- Cosmos (1971)
- Sophisticated Lou (1972)
- Sassy Soul Strut (1973)
- Sweet Lou (1974)
- A Different Scene (1976)
- Color as a Way of Life (1976)
- Sweet Poppa Lou (1981)
- Forgotten Man (1981)
- Back Street (1982)
- Play the Right Thing (1990)
- Birdseed (1992)
- Caracas (1993)
- Sentimental Journey (1995)
- Fried Buzzard (1965)
- The Scorpion (1970)
- Live in Bologna (1984)
- Relaxing at Sea: Live on the QE2 (2000)