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Music CD - Roy Ayers, Nuyorican Soul: The Best of Roy Ayers: Love Fantasy
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Music CD: The Best of Roy Ayers: Love Fantasy
Artist: Roy Ayers, Nuyorican Soul
List Price: $11.98
Our Price: $8.05
Your Save: $ 3.93 ( 33% )
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Manufacturer: Fontana Polydor
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Tracks:
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1. Love Will Bring Us Back Together
2. Running Away
3. Red Black And Green
4. Mystic Voyage
5. What You Won't Do For Love
6. Don't Stop The Feeling
7. Coffy Is The Color
8. We Live In Brooklyn, Baby
9. Searching
10. Everybody Loves The Sunshine
11. Gotta Find a Lover
12. You Send Me
13. For Real
14. Destination Motherland
15. He's A Superstar
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0731453707429
Label: Fontana Polydor
Manufacturer: Fontana Polydor
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Fontana Polydor
Release Date: 1997-02-04
Studio: Fontana Polydor
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Roy at his best
Comment: If you don't know Roy Ayers this is the one to get all the hits ,and a great price.
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Summary: Get the Vibe, man
Comment: To say the words 'Roy Ayers' invokes the very elements of the late 70s Jazz-funk scene; when his music was heard in discos across the UK, the funkateers danced to them with a loyal respect. They were cool then, they still are. Not all of the tracks are floorfillers of course, this is a compilation of sounds of a musician's musician. There are tracks here I have only heard before as a sample on some unremembered dance mix. The originals are here, unmolested and much the better for it. This is what made me like this album. Not only are there tunes that bring a faraway and wistful look to my face, there are tunes that are completely new to me. Fifteen tracks are not enough but expanding to a 2-CD set you'll still not have it all. Don't stop the feeling.
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Summary: Dressed up Jazz
Comment: As the cover shows, and as anyone whose seen early Roy Ayers video footage knows, he had a love for costumes! Now, we all know what a great vibes virtuoso Mr. Ayers is. This music is both showy and fun. Deep? No. But a feel-good session, indeed!
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Summary: ALL YOUR FAVORITE'S WITHOUT THE EXTRA
Comment: WOW, I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS CD. DEFINATLY BETTER THAN THE 2 CD SET. "YOU SEND ME" MYSTIC VOYAGE, RUNNIN AWAY ALL IN THIER ENTIRETY. ALL ROY AYERS FAN WILL APPRECIATE AND REMEMBER. IF YOU LOVE ROY AYERS YOU'LL LOVE THIS CD.
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Summary: Introducing Jazz-Funk 101
Comment: Ok, maybe this isn't a 5-Star album in the truest sense, but not for nothing, Roy Ayers is damn sure a 5-Star artist. Although his recording catalogue is copious, on your best groove-hunting day you'll do well to find 5 of his albums at your best record store.
With the "Neo-Soul" movement currently afoot, there are countless artists producing music that is undoubtedly indebted to Mr. Ayers. Fusing Soul and Jazz was Roy's forte and if you're a jazz purist judging him on jazz merits alone, you're simply missing the point.
Roy is love, spirituality, black power and groove personified. Almost every Roy song is on point and in the pocket and although his most prolific recording days are behind him, his jazz-funk-fusion is at it's freshest heard right now.
Given the rarity of his music on CD I have to WHOLEHEARTEDLY recommmend buying the 2-Disc Polydor Anthology instead of "Best Of." It will be worth every penny of the 30 bucks it will set you back. Regrettably, I grabbed "Best of" 6 years ago, and while it's great Quintessential Roy, there's so much more to be had.
One more thing. I had the pleasure of seeing Roy in concert 4 years ago and not only was he still cooking, but I had the pleasure of meeting the man - he was as humble and kind as his music is timeless. Tune in and love the sunshine.
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