Roy Ayers - Stoned Soul PicnicAvailable on Record Store Day, 22nd April Ayers' 1968 Masterwork Issued On Splatter Coloured Vinyl Exclusively For RSD 2023. In the late 1960s, vibraphonist Roy Ayers was among the top young talents in jazz, thriving during a remarkable era for the genre. While Ayers would later become a jazz funk pioneer and delve heavily into R&B fusions, his third album Stoned Soul Picnic is a masterful showcase of soul jazz grooves. Produced by Herbie Mann, Stoned

that formed in 1966

And it's hard to believe that insistently catchy 'How to Handle a Rope' didn't make a greater impact on mainstream radio upon its initial release

the Recoys

in which songwriter and visual artist Terry Allen and fellow iconic artist Horace Clifford “Cliff” Westermann both exhibited

” a magnificent string section suddenly appearing on the nostalgic acoustic folk ditty “Dread and Butter” and a dizzying array of sounds linking arms on the title track

"Something for You”

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It expands upon where their debut left off with a leaning more towards 70's jazzfunk than soul and a stronger focus on the rhythm section

psaltery and lots of improvised percussion including bread bins

Those two tracks bookend Pensée Sans Tête

which came out at the end of February to great acclaim

While it was Hermeto's first album released under his own name