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]

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)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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" (Al Broomfield) - 4:13
2. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) - 5:04
3. "Piece of Your World" (Broomfield) - 4:32
4. "Passion Fruit" (Donaldson, Johnny Brantley, Rick Willard) - 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
• 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