Mixing trad-folk, funk and soul with straight jazz sensibilities, Callier’s “Candyman” is the cornerstone of his 1973 LP What Color Is Love?. Due to the strength of the album as a whole, cornerstone is high praise (see: “Dancing Girl,” and “What Color is Love”). Within the tracks seven minutes and twenty-one seconds, Callier, lyrically, lays his shit down – backed by a wave of percussion and a bassline that would make would Shuggie Otis sit up and take notice. Words cannot do this song justice. Press play.
Genius
1 | Nils October 28th, 2012 at 4:56 pmsuch an epic record
2 | MICHAELS October 29th, 2012 at 12:17 amGreat Album, even the cover is great!
3 | Talent4Free October 29th, 2012 at 11:03 ami always loved this track, he will be missed
4 | malaco October 30th, 2012 at 9:51 amSo great. The rhythm and percussion on this is incredibly fluid and propulsive. Is that an actual bass, or is it Charles Stepney on a Fender Rhodes?
5 | Campfires & Battlefields October 30th, 2012 at 4:33 pmInfinite, thank you.
6 | UrbanCannibal November 8th, 2012 at 9:15 am