Color as a Way of Life

Color as a Way of Life
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
A Different Scene (1976) Color as a Way of Life (1977) Sweet Poppa Lou (1981)

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Source	Rating
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

1. "Too Much to Explain" () - 4:13
2. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) - 5:04
3. "Piece of Your World" (Broomfield) - 4:32
4. "Passion Fruit" (Donaldson, , ) - 4:03
5. "Comin' Thru the Back Door" (Broomfield) - 3:42
6. "Ebb Tide" (Robert Maxwell, Carl Sigman) - 5:18
7. "Maker's Dream" - 4:53
8. "Walkin' Sally" - 4:46

• • Recorded at Groove Sound Studios, NYC, December, 1976.

Personnel[]

• Lou Donaldson - alto saxophone
• , Ernie Royal - trumpet, flugelhorn
• - trombone, bass trombone
• Seldon Powell - flute, baritone saxophone
• -
• , , , Louis Stone - violin
• William Phipps - electric piano, clavinet
• - guitar
• - electric bass
• Jimmy Young - drums
• - vocals
• Mike Goldberg - arranger, conductor
• Dennis Williams - horn and string arranger

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