Daddy Bug is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Roy Ayers, released on the Atlantic 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, Ray Gilbert) - 2:51 "This Guy's in Love with You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 4:49 "I Love You Michelle" (Edwin Birdsong) - 4:50 "Shadows" (Buster Williams) - 3:43 "Emmie" (Laura Nyro) - 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 Herbie Hancock - piano Sonny Sharrock - guitar (track 6) Ron Carter (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7), Buster Williams (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 8) - bass Bruno Carr (track 6), Freddie Waits (tracks 3, 4 & 7), Mickey Roker (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 8) - drums Hubert Laws - flute, bass flute (tracks 1, 3–5 & 7) George Marge, Romeo Penque, Jerome Richardson - soprano saxophone, bass clarinet (tracks 1, 3–5 & 7) Bill Fischer - arranger, conductor (tracks 1–5, 7 & 8) Alfred Brown, Kermit Moore, George Ricci - cello (tracks 1, 5 & 8) Gene Orloff - string director (tracks 1, 5 & 8)
Charts + Chart performance for Daddy Bug Chart (2026) Peakposition
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