Jass-Ay-Lay-Dee

Infobox Album |
Name = Jass-Ay-Lay-Dee
Type = Album
Artist = Ohio Players


Released = 1978
Recorded = The Chicago Recording Company (Chicago), Paragon Recording Studios (Chicago), The Record Plant (Los Angeles), Wally Heider Studios (Los Angeles)
Genre = Soul/Funk
Length =
Label = Mercury
Producer = Ohio Players
Reviews =*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://wc05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:h9fuxqe5ldke link]
Last album = "Mr. Mean"
(1977)
This album = "Jass-Ay-Lay-Dee"
(1978)
Next album = "Everybody Up"
(1979)

"Jass-Ay-Lay-Dee" is the 14th album by The Ohio Players. It was the 8th and last album they would record for Mercury. The title is a unique spelling of the term "jazzy lady". Unlike their last two efforts, the group remained with the nine-man roster that they had with "Mr. Mean".

The group returned to the soul and funk that had been a big part of their sound, since the mellower, jazzier sounds of "Mr. Mean" (a soundtrack for a film directed by and starring Fred Williamson) failed to move fans and critics. Low sales of that album would also lead to lower-than-expected sales for "Jass-Ay-Lay-Dee".

Track listing

# "Funk-O-Nots" (4:48)
# "Sleepwalkin"' (5:27)
# "Jass-Ay-Lay-Dee" (8:18)
# "Nott Enuff" (4:58)
# "Time Slips Away/Shoot Yer Shot" (7:13)
# "Dance (If Ya Wanta)" (6:13)

Personnel

*Clarence "Satch" Satchell - flute, alto saxophones, tenor saxophones, baritone saxophones, Varitone and vocals
*Leroy "Sugar" Bonner - guitars, percussion, and lead vocals
*Robert "Rumba" Jones - electric bass
*Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks - trumpets
*James "Diamond" Williams - drums, congas, cowbell, percussion, and vocals
*Billy Beck - Grand piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Hohner D-6 Clavinet, RMI Electric piano, ARP Odyssey Synthesizer, ARP string ensemble, percussion, and vocals
*Mervin Pierce - trumpets, trombones & flugelhorn
*Clarence "Chet" Willis - guitars & vocals
*Robert "C.D." Jones - congas