TERRY CALLIER
Massive Attack share unreleased Terry Callier music as a tribute
Dec 06, 2012
Massive Attack's 3D has paid tribute to the later Terry Callier by posting a new mixtape of their collaborations together online - listen below.
The influential folk singer passed away at the end of October, collaborated with the Bristol group on his own 2009 album Hidden Conversations, though these recordings date from 2005.
"We reloaded the Terry Callier tapes from 2005. It felt right to honour the short time we had with him in Bristol," explained 3D.
"We created a mixtape of the pieces I worked on with Terry. I also took the liberty of stripping them back to a more personal space and cut in alternative vocals and chuckles, in an attempt to share a little of the spirit of the great man."
Originally posted over at Q Magazine
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Terry Callier Special
By on November 4, 2012
Soul/Jazz Folk singer and guitarist Terry Callier, passed away last week (October 27, 2012) aged 67 after suffering from throat cancer. Terry released a string of enduring and influential albums between the early 60′s and the late 80′s and enjoyed a creative rebirth during the late 90’s – 2012 in the UK when his Folk, Soulful music was revived by the acid-jazz movement. Terry released some great new albums via Talkin Loud Records and Mr Bongos also during this period. Terry’s more modern collaborators included Beth Orton, Massive Attack, 4hero, Incognito, Paul Weller and Nujabes. It wasn’t just the distinct voice and guitar playing that made Terry Callier so special in his early era but his sometimes radical out-there songwriting skills were picked up by the likes of The Dells, Jerry Butler, Dee Sharp Gamble and The Rotary Connection. Credit also goes to Terry for Spotting Minnie Riperton as she worked as a receptionist at Chess Cadet Records (so the story goes). Some of my personal favorites from Terry is his work with arrangers Charles Stepney and Richard Evans at Cadet records.
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Listen to a two-hour Fireside Chat with folk-jazz legend Terry Callier. Certainly no “Ordinary Joe”!
Folk-jazz legend Terry Callier was for far too long the exclusive province of a fierce but small cult following. After singing soul and doo-wop in various outfits and releasing a glorious single-debut on Chess aged only 17, Terry Callier discovered folk music for himself in the mid-60s. Accordingly, he started cutting his teeth on the post-beatnik bohemian hideouts and open mic spots of his hometown of Chicago, forging a soulful and spiritual version of folk that took critics and contemporaries like Curtis Mayfield by storm. In the early 70s, Terry Callier hit his most prolific stride crafting a much noticed album trilogy with legendary producer Charles Stepney for Cadet between 1972 and 1974. But despite all critical acclaim and artistic mastery, it was not before the early nineties that the masses caught on, and he eventually received the mainstream recognition that he so rightly deserved. Having retired in 1983 to re-train as a computer programmer and make a home for his daughter who decided she wanted to join him in Chicago, it was a call from Eddie Piller at Acid Jazz that led to some legendary and emotional performances at London’s Jazz Cafe, and a new recording career with Talkin’ Loud, and collaborated with Massive Attack’s Robert del Naja or Beth Orton, just to name a few. On October 28, 2012, one of the great voices of jazz and folk fell silent, aged only 67.
- 1 It’s About Time Terry Callier Prestige
- 2 Move On Up Curtis Mayfield Buddah
- 3 What Colour Is Love Terry Callier Cadet
- 4 You Don’t Care Terry Callier Cadet
- 5 Look At Me Now Terry Callier Cadet
- 6 I’m A Drifter Terry Callier Prestige
- 7 Ordinary Joe Terry Callier Cadet
- 8 Dancing Girl Terry Callier Cadet
- 9 You’re Gonna Miss Your Candyman Terry Callier Cadet
- 10 Turn You To Love Terry Callier Elektra
- 11 Ho Tsing Mee (A Song Of The Sun) Terry Callier Cadet
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