Stoned Soul Picnic
by Roy Ayers
- Type: Album
- Released: December 1968
- Label: Atlantic
- Country: United States
- Length: 38:26
- Community rating: 3.56/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Emerging as a formidable bandleader after years of supporting Herbie Mann, the vibraphonist crafts a warm, highly rhythmic set of modern jazz. 'Stoned Soul Picnic' incorporates subtle Brazilian bossa nova elements and deep soul-jazz grooves, anchored by a breezy instrumental cover of the Laura Nyro title track. The recording signals Ayers' impending pivot toward the lush jazz-funk fusion that would define his seventies output.
Genres
Descriptors: uncommon-time-signatures, improvisation, instrumental, rhythmic
Tracklist
- A Rose For Cindy (9:00)
- Stoned Soul Picnic (2:47)
- Wave (8:00)
- For Once In My Life (3:54)
- Lil's Paradise (6:34)
- What The People Say (8:09)
Credits
- Roy Ayers - primary artist, vibraphone, written-by
- Gary Bartz - alto saxophone
- Miroslav Vitous - bass
- Ron Carter - bass
- Grady Tate - drums
- Charles Tolliver - flugelhorn, trumpet, arranged by, written-by, flugelhorn trumpet
- Hubert Laws - flute
- Herbie Hancock - piano
- Herbie Mann - producer, liner notes