Genres: Soul, Singer/Songwriter, Folk Jazz, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Progressive Folk, Alternative/Indie Rock, Chicago Soul Active: 60's, 70's, 90's, 2000's Born: May 24, 1945 in Chicago, IL
Leadbelly, Johnny Hartman, John Coltrane, Bud & Travis, Oscar Brown, Jr., Leon Thomas, Wayne Shorter, Curtis Mayfield, Bob Dylan, Paul Robeson, Josh White, Pete Seeger, The New Lost City Ramblers, Odetta, Pharoah Sanders
Billy Paul, Curtis Mayfield, Cassandra Wilson, Isaac Hayes, The Chi-Lites, Jerry Butler, Joan Armatrading, Stevie Wonder, Bobby Womack, José Feliciano, Aaron Neville, John Martyn, Jon Lucien, Richie Havens, Donny Hathaway, Willie Wright, Harry Belafonte
The Beauty Room, Anthony David, Victor Davies, Elizabeth Shepherd, Jose James, Edwin Moses, Damon Aaron, Zero 7, Lionel Loueke, Beth Orton, Paul Weller, 4hero, Jon Lucien, Tim Buckley
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For far too long, folk-jazz mystic Terry Callier was the exclusive province of a fierce but small cult following; a singer/songwriter whose cathartic, deeply spiritual music defied simple genre categorization, he went all but unknown for decades, finally beginning to earn the recognition long due him after his rediscovery during the early '90s. Born in Chicago's North Side -- also home to Curtis Mayfield, Jerry Butler, and Ramsey Lewis -- and raised in the area of the notorious Cabrini Green housing projects, Callier began studying the piano at the age of three, writing his first songs at the age of 11, and regularly singing in doo wop groups throughout his formative years. While attending college, he learned to play guitar, eventually setting up residency at a Chicago coffeehouse dubbed the Fickle Pickle and in time coming to the attention of Chess Records arranger Charles Stepney, who produced Callier's debut single "Look at Me Now" in 1962.
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Release: June 26, 2009
Label: Mr. Bongo
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Release: May 12, 2009
Label: Beat Goes Public
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