Child Is Father to the Man
by Blood, Sweat & Tears
- Type: Album
- Released: 21 February 1968
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:03:48
- Community rating: 4.08/5 from 6 ratings
Artists on this release: Dick Halligan, Steve Katz, Jerry Weiss, Fred Lipsius, Al Kooper, Randy Brecker, Bobby Colomby, Jim Fielder
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Child Is Father to the Man' showcases Blood, Sweat & Tears' pioneering fusion of rock with sophisticated jazz and classical elements, a sound driven by founder Al Kooper's expansive musical vision. The album combines Kooper's ambitious, bluesy songwriting and distinctive vocals with lush horn and string arrangements, captured with dynamic immediacy by producer John Simon. As the sole album featuring Kooper before his contentious departure, it stands as the purest and most eclectic realization of his original jazz-rock concept.
Genres
Descriptors: complex, progressive, fusion, soulful, ambitious
Tracklist
- Overture (01:32)
- I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know (05:56)
- Morning Glory (04:15)
- My Days Are Numbered (03:19)
- Without Her (02:41)
- Just One Smile (04:38)
- I Can't Quit Her (03:38)
- Meagan's Gypsy Eyes (03:24)
- Somethin' Goin' On (08:00)
- House in the Country (03:04)
- The Modern Adventures of Plato, Diogenes and Freud (04:12)
- So Much Love / Underture (04:42)
- Refugee from Yuhupitz - Instrumental (03:45)
- I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know (05:54)
- The Modern Adventures of Plato, Diogenes and Freud (04:48)
Credits
- Al Kooper - organ, piano, lead vocals (tracks 2, 4–7, 9–12), ondioline (track 8)
- Fred Lipsius - piano, alto saxophone, arranger
- Randy Brecker - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Jerry Weiss - trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals (track 4)
- Dick Halligan - trombone
- Steve Katz - guitars, lead vocals (tracks 3, 8), backing vocals (tracks 3), lute (track 6)
- Jim Fielder - bass guitar, fretless bass guitar
- Bobby Colomby - drums, percussion, backing vocals (tracks 4, 10)
- Fred Catero - sound effects, engineer, arranger
- Al Gorgoni - organ, guitar, vocals, arranger
- Doug James - shaker
- Anahid Ajemian - violin
- Manny Green - violin
- Gene Orloff - violin
- Harry Katzman - violin
- Harry Lookofsky - violin
- Julie Held - violin
- Leo Kruczek - violin
- Paul Gershman - violin
- Manny Vardi - viola
- Harold Coletta - viola
- Alan Schulman - cello, arranger
- Charles McCracken - cello
- Melba Moore - backing vocals
- Valerie Simpson - backing vocals
- John Simon - organ, piano, conductor, cowbell, producer, mixing, arranger
- Bob Irwin - producer
- Vic Anesini - mastering
- Howard Fritzson - art direction
- Bob Cato - photography
- Don Hunstein - photography
- Michael Cimicata - packaging