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Thread started 01/16/10 7:12pm

motownlover

roy ayers anyone a fan ?

i was in the record store today and i saw this name, roy ayers.
and it was in the soul and funk section and i wanted to know if it iss any good
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Reply #1 posted 01/16/10 7:16pm

maytelover18

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motownlover said:

i was in the record store today and i saw this name, roy ayers.
and it was in the soul and funk section and i wanted to know if it iss any good



http://www.youtube.com/wa...yKhsOeA4wI
that's a cover of one of his songs
i'm not necessarily a fan but i find this song very cool
"i may be dead,but i'm still pretty" -Buffy Anne Summers
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Reply #2 posted 01/16/10 7:30pm

bellanoche

Yes! If you like funk, soul, jazz, vibes and great musicianship, you will dig him. Just buy some stuff. Start with a compilation - preferably two discs so that you get a good sampling of his sound. You should also check for Roy Ayers Ubiquity.

Here are some of my favorites, but I have too many to list. These are good introductions.






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perfection is a fallacy of the imagination...
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Reply #3 posted 01/16/10 7:44pm

bellanoche

Then you can go deeper.










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perfection is a fallacy of the imagination...
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Reply #4 posted 01/16/10 8:05pm

motownlover

jazz soul and funk are my favorite genres , so i was just asking for some winner advice
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Reply #5 posted 01/16/10 8:54pm

Cinnie

Roy Ayers Ubiquity. Of course.
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Reply #6 posted 01/16/10 9:18pm

myfavorite

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i do remember a project with roy ayers and 2 brothers, i cant remember if it was the brothers johnson, or those marsailas boys... smile
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Reply #7 posted 01/16/10 10:00pm

JamFanHot

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Ubiquity..HELL ya
music
Funk Is It's Own Reward
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Reply #8 posted 01/16/10 11:05pm

sweething

got lotsaplay backinthaday
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Reply #9 posted 01/16/10 11:06pm

sweething

you send me - great rendition, very melodic
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Reply #10 posted 01/16/10 11:11pm

Harlepolis

Start with this...


And pick up from there nod
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Reply #11 posted 01/17/10 1:02am

Caramelpfe

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Im a Roy Ayers junkie . . . . the man is legend

saw him in concert on new years day & what a way to start the new year music

recommended albums

"Everybody Loves The Sunshine"

"A Tear To A Smile"

"Vibrations"

"You Send Me"

if you want a good best of to start off with then "Destination Motherland : The Roy Ayers Anthology" is a good way to get you started




those will wet your appetite music
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Reply #12 posted 01/17/10 5:20am

Harlepolis

Caramelpfe said:

if you want a good best of to start off with then "Destination Motherland : The Roy Ayers Anthology" is a good way to get you started


Great suggestion nod thats how I started out myself.
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Reply #13 posted 01/17/10 6:47am

Cinnie

The 1997 comp I started with was a one-discer:



1 Love Will Bring Us Back Together 5:52
2 Running Away 3:57
3 Red Black And Green 4:36
4 Mystic Voyage 3:39
5 What You Won't Do For Love 5:49
6 Don't Stop The Feeling 8:12
7 Coffy Is The Color 2:59
8 We Live In Brooklyn, Baby 3:43
9 Searching 4:06
10 Everybody Loves The Sunshine 3:56
11 Gotta Find A Lover 7:08
12 You Send Me 8:25
13 For Real 3:47
14 Destination Motherland 4:51
15 He's A Superstar 5:34
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Reply #14 posted 01/17/10 7:50am

IAintTheOne

Are you fucking Kidding me? oh man dont let me get RAMP up in here
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Reply #15 posted 01/17/10 8:02am

SoulAlive

Harlepolis said:

Start with this...


And pick up from there nod


I agree,this is a good place to start.The title track is my favorite song by him.
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Reply #16 posted 01/17/10 8:04am

Styles

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Yes!

Roy Ayers is friggin awesome!!!!

peace

Jshua
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Reply #17 posted 01/17/10 8:13am

Cinnie

SoulAlive said:

Harlepolis said:

Start with this...


And pick up from there nod


I agree,this is a good place to start.The title track is my favorite song by him.


And commonly carried at the wrecka stow. nod
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Reply #18 posted 01/17/10 10:33am

pippet

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IAintTheOne said:

Are you fucking Kidding me? oh man dont let me get RAMP up in here


giggle

was my first thought

s'all good tho motownlover thumbs up!....

If ya aren't sure...ask...always a good thing to do

rose
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Reply #19 posted 01/18/10 10:04am

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Cinnie said:

The 1997 comp I started with was a one-discer:



1 Love Will Bring Us Back Together 5:52
2 Running Away 3:57
3 Red Black And Green 4:36
4 Mystic Voyage 3:39
5 What You Won't Do For Love 5:49
6 Don't Stop The Feeling 8:12
7 Coffy Is The Color 2:59
8 We Live In Brooklyn, Baby 3:43
9 Searching 4:06
10 Everybody Loves The Sunshine 3:56
11 Gotta Find A Lover 7:08
12 You Send Me 8:25
13 For Real 3:47
14 Destination Motherland 4:51
15 He's A Superstar 5:34


This is the one I started with also. Great introduction, I now own about all of his albums. I even saw him in concert last year. Great musician, great show!
Lady Cab Driver is one of the greatest songs ever!
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Reply #20 posted 01/20/10 12:04am

SoulAlive

You can't go wrong with this excellent 2-disc set
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Reply #21 posted 01/20/10 4:16am

Caramelpfe

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definetly pick up a 2disc best of, as his work is so vast that a single disc wont give you the best sample of his great work
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Reply #22 posted 01/20/10 6:43am

Graycap23

Saw Roy live a few months ago. They tore that stage up.
Great show and showmanship.
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Reply #23 posted 01/20/10 9:25am

MidniteMagnet

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My favorite Ayers song is DC City. biggrin

I made my own compilation a while back called Roy Ayers Presents...I put on my favorite cuts by him, plus some cuts by RAMP, Sylvia Striplin, and Eighties Ladies (the group Sylvia originated from). Great mellow collection...
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