What Color Is Love

by Terry Callier

Overview

Like the artist himself, the music on this brilliant album defies all categories, embracing Terry Callier's wide range of influences and experiences. Callier's musical kaleidoscope is filled with funk, rock, folk, jazz, and even classical influences. "Dancing Girl" opens the album with Charles Stepney's majestic orchestration. This opus is the album's pinnacle, moving with soft intensity toward soul-stirring crescendos. Songs like "What Color Is Love" and "Ho Tsing Mee (A Song of the Sun)," an elegant antiwar prayer of confusion, somehow avoid cliches or take them to another level. "You Goin' to Miss Your Candyman" was made popular by Urban Species when they sampled it on "Listen" in the early '90s, and not surprisingly, it sounds better in its original form. No matter where you turn, Callier's passionate voice captures the sweeping drama of the human condition. A lost romantic amid "concrete front yards," this album is a must-have for any music connoisseur. ~ Ryan Randall Goble

Product Details

Release Date:	06/23/2015
Label:	Music On Vinyl
UPC:	0600753605189

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Terry Callier   Primary Artist,Guitar
John Howell   Trumpet
Ruth Goodman   Violin
Roger Moulton   Viola
John S. Howell   Trumpet
Leonard Chausow   Cello
Harold E. Kupper   Viola
Joseph Golan   Violin
Phil Upchurch   Guitar
Jerry Sabransky   Violin
Arthur Ahlman   Viola
Don Simmons   Drums
Fred Walker   Congas,Percussion
Elliott Golub   Violin
William Faldner   Violin
Arthur Hoyle   Trumpet
Ethel Merker   French Horn
Shirley Wahls   Vocals (Background)
Kitty Haywood   Vocals (Background)
Theodore Silavin   Violin
Charles Stepney   Piano,Conductor,Piano (Electric)
Morris Jennings   Drums
Bobby Christian   Percussion
Bruce Hayden   Viola
Paul Tervelt   French Horn
Don Myrick   Flute,Sax (Alto)
Vivian Harrell   Vocals (Background)
Harold Klatz   Viola

Technical Credits

Terry Callier   Composer
Terry Collins   Composer
Mia Krinsky   Coordination
Kevin Reeves   Mastering
Bob Scerbo   Production Supervisor
Hollis King   Art Direction
David Krieger   Art Direction
Isabelle Wong   Design
Andy Kman   Production Coordination
Phyllis Braxton-Knox   Composer
Roger Anfinsen   Engineer
Jerry Butler   Composer
Brian Christian   Remixing
Harry Weinger   Reissue Supervisor
Larry Wade   Composer
Gary Starr   Supervising Engineer
Charles Stepney   Arranger,Producer
Phyllis Bra   Composer
Joel Brodsky   Photography