''Daddy Bug'' is an album by American jazz vibraphonist
Roy Ayers
Roy Ayers (born September 10, 1940) is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Pol ...
released on the
Atlantic
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label in 1969.
Atlantic Records Catalog: 1500 series
accessed September 24, 2015 Several tracks from the album were re-released without string and woodwind overdubs on ''Daddy Bug & Friends'' in 1976.
Track listing
# "Daddy Bug" (Roy Ayers) - 3:08
# " Bonita" (Antônio Carlos Jobim
Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (25 January 1927 – 8 December 1994), also known as Tom Jobim (), was a Brazilian composer, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, arranger, and singer. Considered one of the great exponents of Brazilian mu ...
, Ray Gilbert
Ray Gilbert (September 5, 1912 – March 3, 1976) was an American lyricist. He grew up in Hartford, Connecticut.
Career
Gilbert is best remembered for the lyrics to the Oscar-winning song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" from the film ''Song of the South'', w ...
) - 2:51
# "This Guy's in Love with You
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" (Burt Bacharach
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, Hal David
Harold Lane David (May 25, 1921 – September 1, 2012) was an American lyricist. He grew up in New York City. He was best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach and his association with Dionne Warwick.
Early life
David ...
) - 4:49
# "I Love You Michelle" (Edwin Birdsong
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) - 4:50
# "Shadows" (Buster Williams) - 3:43
# "Emmie" (Laura Nyro
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) - 4:14
# "Look to the Sky" (Jobim) - 4:56
# "It Could Only Happen with You" (Jobim, Gilbert, Louis Oliveira) - 2:53
Recorded at Atlantic Studios and A & R Studios in NYC on March 11, 1969 (tracks 3, 4 & 7), May 12, 1969 (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 8) and August 13, 1969 (track 6) with overdubbed woodwinds and strings recorded on July 21, 1969 (tracks 1, 3-5, 7 & 8)
Personnel
*Roy Ayers - vibraphone
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*Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he help ...
- piano
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*Sonny Sharrock
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One of only a few prominent guitarists who participated in the firs ...
- guitar
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(track 6)
*Ron Carter
Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy awards, and is also a cellist who has recorded nu ...
(tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7), Buster Williams
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(tracks 1, 2, 5 & 8) - bass
*Bruno Carr (track 6), Freddie Waits
Frederick "Freddie" Douglas Waits (April 27, 1943 – November 18, 1989) was a hard bop and post-bop drummer.
Waits never officially recorded as leader, but was a prominent member and composer in Max Roach's M'Boom percussion ensemble. He worked ...
(tracks 3, 4 & 7), Mickey Roker
Granville William "Mickey" Roker (September 3, 1932 – May 22, 2017) was an American jazz drummer.
Biography
Roker was born into extreme poverty in Miami to Granville (Sr.) and Willie Mae Roker. After his mother died (his father never lived wi ...
(tracks 1, 2, 5 & 8) - drums
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*Hubert Laws
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- flute
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, bass flute
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(tracks 1, 3-5 & 7)
*George Marge, Romeo Penque, Jerome Richardson
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- soprano saxophone
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, bass clarinet
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(tracks 1, 3-5 & 7)
*Bill Fischer - arranger
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, conductor (tracks 1-5, 7 & 8)
*Alfred Brown, Kermit Moore
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Early life and education
Of African American
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, George Ricci - cello
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(tracks 1, 5 & 8)
*Gene Orloff
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Background
The son of a Russian immigrant violin maker, Orloff would try and get his father's violin down from th ...
- string director (tracks 1, 5 & 8)
References
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1969 albums
Roy Ayers albums
Atlantic Records albums