Stoned Soul Picnic (Roy Ayers album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Stoned Soul Picnic

| type = Studio

| artist = Roy Ayers

| cover = Stoned Soul Picnic (Roy Ayers album).jpg

| alt =

| released = 1968

| recorded = June 20, 1968

| venue =

| studio = NYC

| genre = Jazz

| length = 38:17

| label = Atlantic
SD 1514

| producer = Herbie Mann

| chronology = Roy Ayers

| prev_title = Virgo Vibes

| prev_year = 1967

| next_title = Daddy Bug

| next_year = 1969

}}

Stoned Soul Picnic is the third studio album by American jazz vibraphonist Roy Ayers, released in 1968 by Atlantic Records.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1500-series/#sd-1514 Atlantic Records Catalog: 1500 series] accessed September 24, 2015

Critical reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

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AllMusic noted "the group keeps the groove percolating nicely throughout, making Stoned Soul Picnic one of Ayers' better jazz-oriented outings".{{AllMusic|first=Steve |last=Huey |class=album |id=mw0000762362 |title=Stoned Soul Picnic – Review |accessdate=September 24, 2015}}

Track listing

  1. "A Rose for Cindy" (Roy Ayers) — 8:56
  2. "Stoned Soul Picnic" (Laura Nyro) — 2:50
  3. "Wave" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) — 7:59
  4. "For Once in My Life" (Ron Miller, Orlando Murden) — 3:50
  5. "Lil's Paradise" (Charles Tolliver) — 6:33
  6. "What the People Say" (Edwin Birdsong) — 8:09

Personnel

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