Roy Ayers - Coffy OST (1973)

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Roy Ayers Ubiquity - He's Coming (1971)

This record should be considered one of the great blaxploitation soundtracks, as well as some of Ayers' finest work. It plays out like a series of evocative vignettes, tending towards in-the-pocket grooves that lend themselves well to Ayers' virtuosic improvisations. Some songs are as funky as anything he has recorded, but there's also plenty of spaced-out jazz-funk, as well as some great vocal-driven numbers.

Track listing:
1. Coffy Is the Color
2. Priscilla's Theme
3. King George
4. Aragon
5. Coffy Sauna
6. King's Last Ride
7. Coffy Baby
8. Brawling Broads
9. Escape
10. Shining Symbol
11. Exotic Dance
12. Making Love
13. Vittroni's Theme - King Is Dead
14. End of Sugarman

Sweet as a chocolate bar

Roy Ayers Ubiquity - He's Coming (1971)

Pioneering jazz-funk from the great Roy Ayers, whose vibraphone mallets turned everything they touched to gold. In the early 70s, Ayers, already an accomplished jazz musician, formed the Roy Ayers Ubiquity, with whom he applied his technical prowess to the world of funk and soul, spawning a few classic records in the process, of which He's Coming is the first. Laid-back and breezy, but plenty buoyant and vivacious, with stellar performances all around.

Track listing:
1. He's a Superstar
2. He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother
3. Ain't Got Time
4. I Don't Know How to Love Him
5. He's Coming
6. We Live in Brooklyn Baby
7. Sweet Butterfly of Love
8. Sweet Tears
9. Fire Weaver

Free to stay forever, or to fly