Roy Ayers/ Ubiquity S/D?

Just go and get his greatest hits, Love Fantasy, and groove to all of it. He's best known for his many sweet singles (as opposed to any certain album).

SEEK:
"Everybody Loves the Sunshine"
"Expansions"
"Sweet Tears" (from NuYorican Soul)
"Daylight" (as RAMP)

Just wonderful stuff.

The earlier stuff is more afro-centric; the later stuff is more disco.

Can't You See Me is my fave non-sampled (?) track on there. Dancy and uplifting.

You've heard Everybody Loves the Sunshine in one form or another if you've been a Hip-Hop/R&B fan in the mid 90's.

Tribe's "Description of a Fool" is nothng but Ayers' "Running".

Donald Byrd
The Blackbyrds
Lonnie Liston Smith
Bobbi Humphrey
Johnny Hammond Smith
Gary Bartz

anybody produced by Larry Mizell

and he has an album with Fela Kuti (that i haven't heard) called "Music of Many Colors" from 79

THE FONKY DONKY

Yeah

How is this thread not, like, 900 messages long?

Love Fantasy

Yeah, I picked up Anthology the other day super cheap and it's bleeding great.

Both sides of this Ayers-produced Jaymz Bedford 12" are gold!

"I believe in the spirit of doo doo"????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

not enough about him on ilx tbh

my life my life my life my life

in the sunshiiiiine

never sought this dude out before! man the synths in everybody loves the sunshine are a huge joy.

search:
mystic voyage
coffy ost
everybody loves the sunshine

(what else? red black and green? he's coming?)

"We Live in Brooklyn Baby"

red black and green

i'm completely in love with "We Live in Brooklyn Baby" (heard it on the W+L/Soul Clap 5 Years at the Marcy mix) and i'm hoping that its indicative of how incredibly awesome the rest of the guy's output is b/c i'm really looking forward to gorging on it asap. just judging by album titles alone i am super excited. that and the fact that he specialized in the vibraphone

this album is pretty good, mellow jazz-funk with a pronounced jesus freak vibe (the "he" who's coming) also includes "we live in brooklyn baby"

http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/a/ayers_roy~~_hescoming_101b.jpg

disappointed by that album on first listen. "we live in brooklyn baby" is so slinky and hungry... the rest of the album seemed meh. its driving me crazy that i can't think of what song sampled the wiggly keyboard bit from "he's a superstar", though.

oh, its dj sprinkles - "sisters, i don't know what this world is coming to"

Coffey soundtrack is among the best stuff I've heard of his

happy 80th birthday to roy ayers!!

https://youtu.be/CghK8iVUHBs

Really should have grabbed the rest of the reissues whenever that was. I mean to be a fan of this type of stuff and not have all the early 70s Ubiquity really shouldn't be done should it?

I just saw that the lp before Ubiquity has Sonny Sharrock on so wondering how feral he is in th egroove.

Could do with an Original album series of that early stuff. BUt is it more likely to be later 70s material that would get one?

picked up Everybody Loves the Sunshine on a whim and I really love it, it's one of those albums that sounds like every track could be twice the length but was edited down to just the good part. insane synth work too. are the other ones any good?

hell yes they are

RIP Roy Ayers...what a fantastic musician...how many times have I rocked 'Everybody Loves The Sunshine" never grows old

Rest In Light

RIP Roy wonderful legacy of great tunes

I had bought Everybody Loves the Sunshine based on the cover alone. one of those covers where you just know the music has to be good. incredible album, nothing on it sounds like the title track but it's all amazing just the same...what are the other ones I should be picking up??

I think he's pretty well served by the various comps, the Anthology on Polydor most of all. A couple of overlooked gems in the catalogue are Music of Many Colours, the collaboration with Fela Kuti (2 lengthy jams, one by each guy) and You Might Be Surprised, produced/co-written mainly with James Mtume, and full of mid 80's slippery funk grooves/programmed drums which is way better than that probably sounds.

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"programmed for love," great song

Love his Live at Montreux set. Great cover of Silent Way/About That Time.

RIP and much respect

rest well to one of my musical heroes. peak soul jazz, and then smooth jazz/quiet storm innovator.

this is an anytime jam. as in, "sounds good anytime":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqy89qMkcFU

roy ayers ubiquity - "the third eye" (1976)

i may be back later with more expansive thoughts, but just know: roberta flack and now him... these are my musical abc's teachers in a way and it's wearing on me. their records are still here, thankfully.

word to the wise: the roy ayers catalogue is kind of wonky on streaming. he's got at least two profiles, one for "roy ayers" and one for "roy ayers ubiquity." there's undeniably classic material under both.

He was so ahead of the game its a bit mind blowing...he was predicting house/garage well before anyone else...this is ridiculous ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWUOyLLIufU

ayers on a bee gee groove

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho3HgsAncI8

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