Roy Ayers - Fever

Styles: Piano, Clarinet, Jazz Funk
Year: 1979
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:38
Size: 93,7 MB
Art: Front

(5:52)  1. Love Will Bring Us Back Together
(4:42)  2. Simple And Sweet
(4:08)  3. Take Me Out To The Ball Game
(5:00)  4. I Wanna Feel It (I Wanna Dance)
(5:44)  5. Fever
(4:33)  6. Is It Too Late To Try?
(5:34)  7. If You Love Me
(5:01)  8. Leo

A great little album by Roy Ayers one that features none of his hits, which means lots of fresh material and which has great examples of both sides of Roy's talents at the time! The dancefloor side of Roy kicks in with "Love Will Bring Us Back Together", an extremely catchy groover that's very much in the mode of "Running Away", with plenty of choppy funky riffs, and a good soul base at the core. Even better, though, is the mellow spacey side of Roy  which shows up wonderfully in the cuts "Is It Too Late To Try" and "If You Love Me" two overlooked gems that float along in a perfect blend of jazz and modern soul, with great breathy vocals and vibes, very much in the spirit of stuff on the You Send Me album. Other cuts include "I Wanna Feel It", "Leo", "Take Me Out To The Ball Game", and "Simple & Sweet" all nice too!  © 1996-2019, Dusty Groove, Inc. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/1648/Roy-Ayers:Fever

Personnel:  Roy Ayers – lead vocals (tracks: 1-7), backing vocals (track 2), electric piano (tracks: 1, 5, 6, 8), clavinet (tracks: 1, 5, 6), handclaps (track 1), cowbell (track 2), ARP String Synthesizer (track 4), vibraphone (tracks: 6-8), ARP Omni (track 8), producer; Carla Vaughn – lead vocals (tracks: 2, 3, 6), backing vocals (tracks: 1, 5), co-producer; Wayne Garfield – lead vocals (track 4); Kathleen Jackson – lead vocals (track 4); Ethel Beatty – backing vocals (track 2); Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (track 5); Philip Woo – ARP String Synthesizer & Oberheim piano (track 2); Harold Land – electric piano (tracks: 4, 7), piano (track 7);  Chuck Anthony – guitar (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 8); George Baker – guitar (tracks: 2, 3); Gregory David Moore – guitar (track 7);  William Henry Allen – bass (tracks: 1, 3, 6), handclaps (track 1);  Kerry Turman – bass (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 7); Neil Jason – bass (track 8); Bernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie – drums (tracks: 1-4, 8); Gene Dunlap – drums (tracks: 5, 7);
Howard Terrance King – drums (track 6); Chano O'Ferral – percussion (track 2), congas (tracks: 5, 7);  James Richard "Dick" Griffin – trombone (track 2); Justo Almario – tenor saxophone (tracks: 3, 4, 7, 8); John Clifford Mosley, Jr. – trumpet (track 4); Sinclair Acey – trumpet (track 7)

Fever

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