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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.

The album was awarded 2 stars in an Allmusic review.

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.

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