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A Tear to a Smile holds a unique place in Roy Ayers' vast catalog. Released in 1975, it follows a string of albums that began in 1971 with He's ... More

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Depending on who you talk to, 1975's Mystic Voyage is either a classic or an example of a talented musician lowering his standards in order to make ... More

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Whenever someone makes the transition from jazz instrumentalist to R&B singer, he/she is bound to be lambasted by jazz purists and denounced as a ... More

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Although Lifeline captures Roy Ayers in creative freefall, his commercial prospects never looked brighter. The record's clear highlight, "Running ... More

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Roy Ayers' leap to the Polydor label inaugurates his music's evolution away from the more traditional jazz of his earlier Atlantic LPs toward the ... More

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Roy Ayers's had long made his shift into R&B/soul by 1976's Everybody Loves the Sunshine. His recordings of this period can be very hit and miss, and ... More

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He's Coming captures Roy Ayers at the absolute top of his game, masterminding jazz-funk grooves as taut as a tightrope. Profoundly inspired by the ... More

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Its misleading title notwithstanding, Change Up the Groove does little to alter the inimitable jazz-funk aesthetic Roy Ayers perfected on earlier LPs ... More

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Despite contributions from an abundance of soul-jazz greats including Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jimmy Owens, and Garnett Brown, Virgo Red is the most ... More

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Generally disregarded by jazz purists, Roy Ayers' Live At the Montreux Jazz Festival is nevertheless a thoroughly engaging set of funky jazz fusion. ... More

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When you obtained a Roy Ayers/Ubiquity album in the late '70s you could usually count on two things: the funk smokers would be gritty and infectious, ... More

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Club Classics, Vol. 2: Give Your Body Up gathers ten more dance favorites from the late '70s and early '80s, including Cecil & Linda Womack's "Baby I ... More

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Rhino's Smooth Grooves series continues with Jazzy Soul, Vol. 2, a collection of jazzy soul hits from Michael Henderson, Teena Marie, Bobby Caldwell, ... More

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The second volume of Polygram's Let's Start the Dance is another combination of obscure and well-known dance-oriented tracks from the label's back ... More

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Rare Grooves, Vol. 1: The Originals does fans of modern soul music a great favor by providing a treasure trove of the songs that influenced today's ... More

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