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ROY AYERS

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Mystic Voyage

Like Change Up The Groove, Mystic Voyage has a strong Fusion influence to it, but I like it better. The fast paced Brother Green (The Disco King) is a great start…

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ROY AYERS

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Stoned Soul Picnic

Stoned Soul Picnic is one of Roy Ayers’ earlier releases when he was still recording with Herbie Mann, who also did production. Joining them were Gary Bartz,…

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ROY AYERS

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Everybody Loves The Sunshine

Everybody Loves The Sunshine was the last really consistent record Ayers recorded in the mid-1970s. Besides the title track, one of my all time favorite songs, Everybody…

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ROY AYERS

Sunday, January 31, 2010

You Send Me

By the time You Send Me was released, Roy Ayers was reduced to playing really slick Soul. The title track was sped up and looped by the Pharcyde and Can’t You…

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ROY AYERS

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Red, Black & Green

Roy Ayers is one of my all time favorite jazz performers, and this is one of the few remaining Roy Ayers records I didn’t have. This was when Ayers was at his…

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ROY AYERS

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Daddy Bug

Roy Ayers is one of my all time favorite Jazz musicians. His soulful playing has always caught my attention. Ayers started his career in the West Coast Jazz scene,…

Filed under: Music, Jazz, Soul

ROY AYERS

Sunday, January 31, 2010

A Tear To A Smile

A Tear To A Smile was sort of a turning point in Ayers work. His songs just got a little too slick and fusiony for me at this point in his career. I’ll still…

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ROY AYERS

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Ubiquity

Ubiquity was Roy Ayers first album for Polydor. The album marked a change not only in labels but also in sound for Ayers. Gone was the light Jazz that Ayers had recorded…

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ROY AYERS

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Change Up The Groove

Change Up The Groove highlights Roy Ayers’ Ubiquity’s Fusion sound. There’s the title cut that matches a slick Fusion rhythm to Ayers’ usual…

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ROY AYERS

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Virgo Red

Virgo Red is my favorite Roy Ayers LP. Yeah, people always talk about Everybody Loves The Sunshine or He’s Coming, but I’d still take Virgo Red. Ayers…

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ROY AYERS

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Vibrations

By the time Vibrations came out in 1976, Roy Ayers and Ubiquity were playing really commercial Fusion and Soul. That doesn’t mean they couldn’t pull a…

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ROY AYERS

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Lifeline

Anything good you get out of a Jazz album made in 1977 is gravy. By this time, Roy Ayers and Ubiquity had almost run their course of making good music. The hot track…

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Sunday, January 31, 2010

He’s Coming

It’s taken me oh so long to track down a copy of this fine record, but it’s been well worth the wait. He’s Coming is probably the hardest to find…

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