23/01/2023

Roy Ayers "Feeling Good" (1982) -Soul Jazz / Jazz Funk-



Label : Polydor Records


États-Unis Side A

01 - Fire Up The Funk (Roy Ayers III, Vesta Maxey & Roy Ayers)
02 - Let's Stay Together (Teri Wells, James King & John King)
03 - Ooh (Roy Ayers)
04 - Our Time Is Coming (Roy Ayers)

Side B

01 - Turn Me Loose (Roy Ayers)
02 - Knock, Knock (Roy Ayers & Vesta Maxey)
03 - Stairway To The Stars (Mitchell Parish, Matt Malneck & Frank Signorelli)
04 - Feeling Good (Roy Ayers & Peter Brown)


Produced by Roy Ayers for Ro-Ayer Production Co. Inc.
"Fire Up The Funk" & "Knock, Knock" Produced & Arranged by Roy Ayers III, Vesta Maxey & Roy Ayers
"Let's Stay Together" Produced & Arranged by Terri Wells, James King, John King & Roy Ayers
Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, New York
"Ooh" Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios, New York
Engineer : Dave Witman except "Ooh" Engineered by Carla Bandini
All Compositions Mixed by Dave Whitman
Mastered at Frankfort Wayne, New York
Mastered by Herb Powers


Side A

01 - Fire Up The Funk

Roy Ayers : Vibes, Vocals, Quadra, Mini Moog
Vivian Prince : Vocals
Ricky Williams : Vocals
Peter Brown Bass
Dennis Davis : Drums
Ronald Lewis : Guitar
John Mosley : Trumpet
Tony Campbell : Alto Sax

02 - Let's Stay Together

Roy Ayers : Vibes, Piano, Electric Piano, Quadra
Terri Wells : Lead vocals, Fingersnaps
John King : Lead vocals, Fingersnaps
James King : Fingersnaps
Chuck Anthony : Guitar
Peter Brown Bass
Omar Hakim : Drums

03 - Ooh

Roy Ayers : Vibes, Vocals, Electric Piano, Quadra
William Allen : Bass
José Ortiz : Drums

04 - Our Time Is Coming

Roy Ayers : Vibes, Vocals, Electric Piano
Ricky Williams : Vocals
Chuck Anthony : Guitar
William Allen : Bass
Chano O'Ferral : Congas, Handclaps
Bernard Purdie : Drums
Peter Brown : Handclaps
Wes Remseur : Handclaps


Side B

01 - Turn Me Loose

Roy Ayers : Vibes, Piano, Quadra
Terri Wells : Lead vocals
John King : Lead vocals
James King : Lead vocals
Peter Brown Bass
Chuck Anthony : Guitar
Omar Hakim : Drums
Quadra Arranged by William Allen

02 - Knock, Knock

Roy Ayers : Vibes, Vocals, Piano, Electric Piano, Quadra
Vesta Maxey : Vocals
William Allen : Bass
Chuck Anthony : Guitar
Bernard Purdie : Drums

03 - Stairway To The Stars

Roy Ayers : Vibes, Vocals, Quadra
Ethel Beatty : Lead vocals
Harold Land : Electric Piano
Peter Brown : Bass
Steve Cobb : Drums

04 - Feeling Good

Roy Ayers : Vibes, Vocals, Electric Piano, Handclaps, Quadra
Ethel Beatty : Vocals
John Mosley : Trumpet
Tony Campbell : Alto Sax
Chuck Anthony : Guitar, Handclaps
Peter Brown : Bass, Handclaps
Ricky Lawson : Drums