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Jazz & World Artist
Roy Ayers
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Biography
Long before becoming an acid jazz icon and figurehead to a new generation of hip-hop and house musicians, Roy Ayers was a promising young jazz vibraphonist. Released in 1967, Stoned Soul Picnic, his debut album for Atlantic, is a vital root note for all future keepers of the funk, while
Its follow up, Daddy Bug, boasts a stellar cast including Herbie Hancock on piano, Hubert Laws on flute, Charles Tolliver on trumpet, bassists Ron Carter and future Weather Report member Miroslav Vitous, saxophonist Gary Bartz and drummer Grady Tate. His 3rd and final album for the label, the very collectable Virgo Vibes from 1969, forebodes his adventures with his Ubiquity band a year later.
