West Coast Vibes

by Roy Ayers

West Coast Vibes cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1964
  • Label: United Artists
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:58
  • Community rating: 3.29/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'West Coast Vibes' presents Roy Ayers early in his career, before his later prominence in jazz-funk and soul-jazz contexts. The album centers on his vibraphone work within a straight-ahead jazz framework, showing the melodic clarity that remained central to his later recordings.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, improvisation

Tracklist

  1. Sound and Sense (6:41)
  2. Days of Wine and Roses (3:34)
  3. Reggie of Chester (3:47)
  4. It Could Happen to You (3:14)
  5. Donna Lee (3:12)
  6. Ricardo's Dilemma (5:01)
  7. Romeo (3:02)
  8. Out of Sight (6:25)
  9. Young and Foolish (3:43)
  10. Well, You Needn't (3:13)

Credits

  • Roy Ayers - primary artist, composed by, vibraphone
  • Bill Plummer - bass
  • Tony Bazley - drums
  • Jack Wilson - piano, composed by
  • Curtis Amy - saxophone
  • Victor Gaskin - bass
  • Henry Mancini - composed by
  • Johnny Mercer - composed by

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