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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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]

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.

• 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