Terry Callier was a Chicago born folk-jazz-soul guitarist, singer and songwriter. Long time forgotten and rediscovered by the acid-jazz scene in the early noughties. Raised in several doo-wop groups and the friendship of Curtis Mayfield and Gil Scott-Heron he became also a remarkable voice of the liberation of black music in the early seventies. 1972 he released Dancing Girl a perfect symbiosis between folk, soul and jazz with critical lyrics about the situation of the black population in America. The song begins with a folk guitar and you expect Nick Drake to start singing. But Callier himself takes over with his soft soul voice, which reaches falsetto before falling into soul towards the end of the song. A forgotten masterpiece.
Terry Callier - Dancing Girl
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