''I Just Can't Help Myself'' is a studio album from American musician

Terry Callier Terrence Orlando "Terry" Callier (May 24, 1945 – October 27, 2012) was an American soul music, soul, Folk music, folk and jazz guitarist and singer-songwriter. Life and career Callier was born in the North Side of Chicago, Illinois, and was r ...

. Released by

Cadet Records Cadet Records was an American record label that began as Argo Records in 1955 as the jazz subsidiary of Chess Records. Argo changed its name in 1965 to Cadet to avoid confusion with the similarly named label in the UK. Cadet stopped releasing r ...

in 1973, this is the artist's fourth album since his debut a decade prior and the final of three that he recorded in short succession for Cadet with producer

Charles Stepney Charles Stepney (March 26, 1931– May 17, 1976) was an American record producer, arranger, songwriter and musician. Stepney is noted for his work with artists such as The Dells, Ramsey Lewis, Rotary Connection and Earth, Wind & Fire. Career He ...

. It has received positive critical reception.

Critical reception

The editorial staff of

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gave the release five out of five stars, with Jason Ankeny writing that the album is Callier's "most soulful and supple" for Cadet, comparing it to

Marvin Gaye Marvin Pentz Gay Jr., who also spelled his surname as Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), was an American singer and songwriter. He helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo ar ...

's classic run at

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Track listing

All songs written by Terry Callier, except where noted. #"(I Just Can't Help Myself) I Don't Want Nobody Else" (Callier, Larry Wade)– 3:15 #"Brown-Eyed-Lady" (Callier, Wade)– 3:18 #"Gotta Get Closer to You" (Callier, Wade)– 3:22 #"

Satin Doll "Satin Doll" is a jazz standard written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Written in 1953, the song has been recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, 101 Strings, Terry Callier, and Nancy Wilson. Its chord progressio ...

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Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based ...

Johnny Mercer John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallich ...

Billy Strayhorn William Thomas Strayhorn (November 29, 1915 – May 31, 1967) was an American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger, who collaborated with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington for nearly three decades. His compositions include "Take ...

)– 4:16 #"Until Tomorrow"– 5:39 #"Alley-Wind Song"– 9:04 #"Can't Catch the Trane"– 3:52 #"Bowlin' Green" (Callier, Holmes Daylie)– 8:00

Personnel

– guitar, vocals,

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*Arthur W. Ahlman–

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*Roger Anfinsen–

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*Jerry Sabransky– violin *Errol Batts– backing vocals *Sol Bobrov– violin *Fred Breitberg–

remixing A remix (or reorchestration) is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, book, video, poem, or photograph can all be remixes. The o ...

*Leonard Chausow–

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

*Malcolm Chisholm– remixing *Bobby Christian– percussion *Edward Druzinsky– harp *Cleveland Eaton– bass guitar *Richard Evans– bass guitar,

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on "Satin Doll", "Alley-Wind Song", and "Bowlin' Green" *William Faldner– violin *Karl Fruh– cello *Joseph Golan– violin *Elliott Golub– violin *Ruth Goodman– violin *Bruce Hayden– viola *John Howell– trumpet *Arthur Hoyle– trumpet *

Morris Jennings Morris Jennings was an American drummer and musician from Chicago. He recorded as Moe Jennings, M. Jennings, Maurice Jennings, Morris "Gator" Jennings, and Morris Jennings Jr. Jennings is best known for having played drums on the ''Electric Mud' ...

– drums *Irving Kaplan– violin *Harold D. Klatz– viola *Phylis Knox– backing vocals *Harold Kupper– viola * Ethel Merker–

French horn The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most ...

*Roger Moulton– viola *

Don Myrick Donald Myrick (April 6, 1940 – July 30, 1993) was an American saxophonist. A member of The Phenix Horns, he is best known for his work with Earth, Wind & Fire and Phil Collins. He played alto, tenor, and soprano sax as a member of Earth, Wind ...

–

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*Alfred Nalls– percussion *Louis Satterfield– bass guitar *Bob Schiff– arrangement on "(I Just Can't Help Myself) I Don't Want Nobody Else" and "Gotta Get Closer to You" *Donald Simmons– drums *Theodore Silavin– violin *Gary Starr– engineering *

–

electric piano An electric piano is a musical instrument which produces sounds when a performer presses the keys of a piano-style musical keyboard. Pressing keys causes mechanical hammers to strike metal strings, metal reeds or wire tines, leading to vibrations ...

, piano, production, arrangement on "Brown-Eyed-Lady", "Until Tomorrow", and "Can't Catch the Trane" *Neil Terk– design, photography *Paul Tervelt– French horn *

Phil Upchurch Philip Upchurch (born July 19, 1941) is an American jazz and blues guitarist and bassist. Career Upchurch started his career working with the Kool Gents, the Dells, and the Spaniels, before going on to work with Curtis Mayfield, Otis Rush, and ...

– guitar *Larry Wade– backing vocals, production *Fred Walker– percussion *Everett Zlatoff-Mirsky– violin

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