Roy Ayers (born September 10, 1940) is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk. He is a key figure in the acid jazz movement, which is a mixture of jazz into hip-hop and funk, and has been dubbed by many as "The Godfather of Neo Soul". He is most well known for his signature compositions "Everybody Loves The Sunshine" and "Searchin". and is also famous for having more sampled hits by rappers than any other artist.
Biography
Early life
Ayers was born in Los Angeles, and grew up in a musical family, where his father played trombone and his mother played piano. At the age of five, he was given his first pair of vibraphone mallets by Lionel Hampton. The area of Los Angeles that Ayers grew up in, now known as "South Central" but then known as "South Park", was the epicenter of the Southern CaliforniaBlack music scene. The schools he attended (Wadsworth Elementary, Nevins Middle School, and Thomas Jefferson High School) were all close to the famed Central Avenue, Los Angeles' equivalent of Harlem's Lenox Avenue and Chicago's State Street. Roy would likely have been exposed to music as it not only emanated from the many nightclubs and bars in the area, but also poured out of many of the homes where the musicians who kept the scene alive lived in and around Central. During high school, Ayers sang in the church choir and fronted a band named The Latin Lyrics, in which he played steel guitar and piano. His high school, Thomas Jefferson High School, produced some of the most talented new musicians, such as Dexter Gordon.
Stoned Soul Picnic is the third album by Americanpop group The 5th Dimension, released in 1968 (see 1968 in music). Early versions of the album had a lyric sheet inserted in the sleeve.
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Stoned Soul Picnic (Digitally Remastered 1997)
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Stoned Soul Picnic (Digitally Remastered 1997) · The 5th Dimension
Up-Up And Away: The Definitive Collection
℗ 1968 Arista Records LLC
Released on: 2006-11-30
Engineer, Producer: Bones Howe
Composer, Lyricist: L. Nyro
Drums, Percussion: Hal Blaine
Vocal Arranger: Bob Alcivar
Mastering Engineer: Bob Irwin
Bass Guitar: Joe Osborn
Bass Guitar, Guitar, Arranger: Ray Pohlman
Arranger: Bill Holman
Keyboards, Piano: Larry Knechtel
Keyboards, Piano: Jimmy Rowles
Guitar: Tommy Tedesco
Guitar: Mike Deasy
Associated Performer, Marimba, Percussion: Larry Bunker
Associated Performer: The Sid Sharp Strings
Associated Performer: The Bill Holman Brass
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Swing Out Sister - Stoned Soul Picnic (LIVE)
Swing Out Sister performing Stoned Soul Picnic, available in the DELUXE edition of their new release "Private View" CD/DVD set at Amazon and wherever CD's are sold.
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The 5th Dimension Stoned Soul Picnic on Frank Albert Sinatra Does His Thing 1968
published: 25 Oct 2013
Stoned Soul Picnic
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Eli And The Thirteenth Confession
℗ Originally released 1968. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1968-03-13
Arranger, Producer: Charlie Calello
Engineer: Stan Tonkel
Engineer: Roy Segal
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Stoned Soul Picnic (Digitally Remastered 1997) · The 5th Dimension
Up-Up And Away: The Definitive Collection
℗ 1968 Aris...
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Stoned Soul Picnic (Digitally Remastered 1997) · The 5th Dimension
Up-Up And Away: The Definitive Collection
℗ 1968 Arista Records LLC
Released on: 2006-11-30
Engineer, Producer: Bones Howe
Composer, Lyricist: L. Nyro
Drums, Percussion: Hal Blaine
Vocal Arranger: Bob Alcivar
Mastering Engineer: Bob Irwin
Bass Guitar: Joe Osborn
Bass Guitar, Guitar, Arranger: Ray Pohlman
Arranger: Bill Holman
Keyboards, Piano: Larry Knechtel
Keyboards, Piano: Jimmy Rowles
Guitar: Tommy Tedesco
Guitar: Mike Deasy
Associated Performer, Marimba, Percussion: Larry Bunker
Associated Performer: The Sid Sharp Strings
Associated Performer: The Bill Holman Brass
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Stoned Soul Picnic (Digitally Remastered 1997) · The 5th Dimension
Up-Up And Away: The Definitive Collection
℗ 1968 Arista Records LLC
Released on: 2006-11-30
Engineer, Producer: Bones Howe
Composer, Lyricist: L. Nyro
Drums, Percussion: Hal Blaine
Vocal Arranger: Bob Alcivar
Mastering Engineer: Bob Irwin
Bass Guitar: Joe Osborn
Bass Guitar, Guitar, Arranger: Ray Pohlman
Arranger: Bill Holman
Keyboards, Piano: Larry Knechtel
Keyboards, Piano: Jimmy Rowles
Guitar: Tommy Tedesco
Guitar: Mike Deasy
Associated Performer, Marimba, Percussion: Larry Bunker
Associated Performer: The Sid Sharp Strings
Associated Performer: The Bill Holman Brass
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Swing Out Sister performing Stoned Soul Picnic, available in the DELUXE edition of their new release "Private View" CD/DVD set at Amazon and wherever CD's are s...
Swing Out Sister performing Stoned Soul Picnic, available in the DELUXE edition of their new release "Private View" CD/DVD set at Amazon and wherever CD's are sold.
Swing Out Sister performing Stoned Soul Picnic, available in the DELUXE edition of their new release "Private View" CD/DVD set at Amazon and wherever CD's are sold.
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Stoned Soul Picnic · Laura Nyro
Eli And The Thirteenth Confession
℗ Originally released 1968. All rights reserved by Columbia...
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Stoned Soul Picnic · Laura Nyro
Eli And The Thirteenth Confession
℗ Originally released 1968. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1968-03-13
Arranger, Producer: Charlie Calello
Engineer: Stan Tonkel
Engineer: Roy Segal
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Stoned Soul Picnic · Laura Nyro
Eli And The Thirteenth Confession
℗ Originally released 1968. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1968-03-13
Arranger, Producer: Charlie Calello
Engineer: Stan Tonkel
Engineer: Roy Segal
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Stoned Soul Picnic (Digitally Remastered 1997) · The 5th Dimension
Up-Up And Away: The Definitive Collection
℗ 1968 Arista Records LLC
Released on: 2006-11-30
Engineer, Producer: Bones Howe
Composer, Lyricist: L. Nyro
Drums, Percussion: Hal Blaine
Vocal Arranger: Bob Alcivar
Mastering Engineer: Bob Irwin
Bass Guitar: Joe Osborn
Bass Guitar, Guitar, Arranger: Ray Pohlman
Arranger: Bill Holman
Keyboards, Piano: Larry Knechtel
Keyboards, Piano: Jimmy Rowles
Guitar: Tommy Tedesco
Guitar: Mike Deasy
Associated Performer, Marimba, Percussion: Larry Bunker
Associated Performer: The Sid Sharp Strings
Associated Performer: The Bill Holman Brass
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Swing Out Sister performing Stoned Soul Picnic, available in the DELUXE edition of their new release "Private View" CD/DVD set at Amazon and wherever CD's are sold.
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Stoned Soul Picnic · Laura Nyro
Eli And The Thirteenth Confession
℗ Originally released 1968. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1968-03-13
Arranger, Producer: Charlie Calello
Engineer: Stan Tonkel
Engineer: Roy Segal
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Roy Ayers (born September 10, 1940) is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk. He is a key figure in the acid jazz movement, which is a mixture of jazz into hip-hop and funk, and has been dubbed by many as "The Godfather of Neo Soul". He is most well known for his signature compositions "Everybody Loves The Sunshine" and "Searchin". and is also famous for having more sampled hits by rappers than any other artist.
Biography
Early life
Ayers was born in Los Angeles, and grew up in a musical family, where his father played trombone and his mother played piano. At the age of five, he was given his first pair of vibraphone mallets by Lionel Hampton. The area of Los Angeles that Ayers grew up in, now known as "South Central" but then known as "South Park", was the epicenter of the Southern CaliforniaBlack music scene. The schools he attended (Wadsworth Elementary, Nevins Middle School, and Thomas Jefferson High School) were all close to the famed Central Avenue, Los Angeles' equivalent of Harlem's Lenox Avenue and Chicago's State Street. Roy would likely have been exposed to music as it not only emanated from the many nightclubs and bars in the area, but also poured out of many of the homes where the musicians who kept the scene alive lived in and around Central. During high school, Ayers sang in the church choir and fronted a band named The Latin Lyrics, in which he played steel guitar and piano. His high school, Thomas Jefferson High School, produced some of the most talented new musicians, such as Dexter Gordon.
Coming with the realness lyrics of life Some people need to watch what they say Watch what you're saying Someone's gonna hear exactly what you said Soon you'll be paying in the dead of night They'll be nowhere to run while you were laying Laying for the doom that's coming to a head, no kind of praying Is gonna save us from the past that will surely come Warning, rappers be like boring they're sleeping It's deep man, so peep in closely when I'm speaking Weaklings, it's obvious you can't like up to Your petty pointless words, yet and still you love to Run off your jibs, now there come a time for judgment Punishment, what if we take away your ornaments And strip you down to the raw deal then I'd reveal the evidence 'Cause you don't really represent Watch what you're saying Someone's gonna hear exactly what you said Soon you'll be paying in the dead of night They'll be nowhere to run while you were laying Laying for the doom that's coming to a head, no kind of praying Is gonna save us from the past that will surely come Listen here, I'm getting tired of you shooting lip You better tighten up or you will really slip up And say something that you mean to do Turn around and it'll be on you To save yourself from your call and blunder And bury your [unverified] like the world it's under And like a fool you'll sit and wonder What, who do you wanna know? Wish no water No magic spell can save you from your self made hell You've made your bed and you know darn well You got a lay it in the [unverified] and there's no magic potion To save you from the wheels you've set in motion The stone is cut, the die is cast, what were you thinking? Watch what you're saying Someone's gonna hear exactly what you said Soon you'll be paying in the dead of night They'll be nowhere to run while you were laying Laying for the doom that's coming to a head, no kind of praying Is gonna save us from the past that will surely come I can't understand it, they should ban it, can it? Too much weak talk and not enough real hip-hop I sense a purpose is filling me to display credibility And show responsibility, willingly I'll take on any Johnny Dangerous Pull his file, for he knows, he cannot hang with this The illest king, I smack the jokers No hocus pocus, a real MC when I kick vocals Watch what you're saying Someone's gonna hear exactly what you said Soon you'll be paying in the dead of night They'll be nowhere to run while you were laying Laying for the doom that's coming to a head, no kind of praying
StonedSoulPicnic... One of these albums, Virgo Vibes (Atlantic), was re-released for last year's April drop, and this year sees a reissue of his 1968 album Stoned Soul Picnic (Atlantic).