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Evolution: The Polydor Anthology charts Roy Ayers' 12 years and 20 LPs with Polydor, a rich time where his gliding, loose-groove jazz-funk gained many fans -- though perhaps fewer than it did 20 years later in the midst of the rare groove/acid jazz revival. During the 1970s, Ayers and his band, Ubiquity, progressed from political- and social-commentary funk to blaxploitation to disco to some surprisingly touching R&B ballads, and this two-disc set covers it all with grace and a smooth flow. Fans of hip-hop, groove music, funk, and jazz will all be able to find something to enjoy on the collection. Highlights include "We Live in Brooklyn Baby," "Evolution," "Running Away," and "Get on up, Get on Down," among others.
© John Bush /TiVo
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Roy Ayers, MainArtist, RecordingArranger, Vibraphone, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Edwin Birdsong, RecordingArranger, Organ, Vocalist - James Riley, Congas - ALPHONSE MOUZON, DrumKit - Michelle Birdsong, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Ayers Ubiquity, MainArtist - Myrnaleah Williams, Producer - Harry Whitaker, RecordingArranger, ComposerLyricist - Roy Ayers, RecordingArranger, Vocalist - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Ayers Ubiquity, MainArtist - Myrnaleah Williams, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Harry Whitaker, RecordingArranger - Roy Ayers, RecordingArranger, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Ayers, MainArtist, Vibraphone, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Schoenbaum, Producer - William Fischer, StringArranger - Clint Houston, BassGuitar - Charles Tolliver, Trumpet - Garnett Brown, Trombone - Edwin Birdsong, ComposerLyricist - Roselle Weaver, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Ayers, MainArtist, Producer, RecordingArranger, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Dee Dee Bridgewater, FeaturedArtist, Vocalist - Wayne Garfield, FeaturedArtist, Vocalist - Carl Clay, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Ayers, MainArtist, Producer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Wayne Garfield, FeaturedArtist, Vocalist - George Klabin, RecordingEngineer - Denise Bridgewater, Vocalist - Carl Clay, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Ayers Ubiquity, MainArtist - Jerry Schoenbaum, Producer - Eddie Kramer, RecordingEngineer, MixingEngineer - James Green, Engineer - Roy Ayers, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Ayers, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Schoenbaum, Producer
℗ 1974 Polydor Inc.
Roy Ayers, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Schoenbaum, Producer
℗ 1974 Polydor Inc.
Roy Ayers, MainArtist, Producer - James Green, CoProducer - William Allen, RecordingArranger - Carl Clay, ComposerLyricist - Wayne Garfield, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Ayers, MainArtist, Producer, Vocalist, Piano, Vibraphone, Organ, ComposerLyricist - James Green, CoProducer - William Allen, RecordingArranger, BassGuitar, ComposerLyricist - Bernard Purdy, DrumKit
℗ 1975 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Ayers, MainArtist, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 Polydor Inc.
Roy Ayers, MainArtist - Edwin Birdsong, ComposerLyricist - Michelle Birdsong, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 Polydor Inc.
Roy Ayers, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Chano O'Ferral, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 Polydor Inc.
Roy Ayers Ubiquity, MainArtist - Roy Ayers, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Maurice Green, Producer - James Green, RecordingEngineer - Jerry Soloman, RecordingEngineer - Doug Rhodes, DrumKit - John "Shaun" Solomon, ElectricBassGuitar - Ronald "Head" Drayton, Guitar - Chano O'Ferral, Congas - PHILIP WOO, Piano
℗ 1976 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Ayers Ubiquity, MainArtist - Roy Ayers, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Maurice Green, Producer - James Green, RecordingEngineer - Jerry Soloman, RecordingEngineer - Doug Rhodes, DrumKit - John "Shaun" Solomon, ElectricBassGuitar - Ronald "Head" Drayton, Guitar - Chano O'Ferral, Congas - PHILIP WOO, Piano
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Ayers Ubiquity, MainArtist - Roy Ayers, Producer, RecordingArranger, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Maurice Green, Producer - James Green, RecordingEngineer - Jerry Soloman, RecordingEngineer - Doug Rhodes, DrumKit - John "Shaun" Solomon, ElectricBassGuitar - Ronald "Head" Drayton, Guitar - Chano O'Ferral, Congas - PHILIP WOO, Piano
℗ 1976 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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Roy Ayers Ubiquity, MainArtist - Roy Ayers, RecordingArranger, Vibraphone, Vocalist, BackgroundVocalist, Piano, Synthesizer, ComposerLyricist - Edwin Birdsong, CoProducer, RecordingArranger, Vocalist - William Allen, CoProducer, Bass - James Green, CoProducer, Engineer - Maurice Green, AssociateProducer - Chano O'Ferral, Congas - Chuck Anthony, Guitar - PHILIP WOO, Piano, ElectricPiano, Synthesizer - Steve Cobb, DrumKit - Justo Almario, TenorSaxophone - John Mosley, Trumpet
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Ayers Ubiquity, MainArtist - Roy Ayers, Producer, RecordingArranger, Vibraphone, Vocalist, BackgroundVocalist, Piano, Synthesizer, ComposerLyricist - William Allen, CoProducer - James Green, CoProducer, Engineer - Maurice Green, AssociateProducer - Greg Phillinganes, ElectricPiano - Ronald "Head" Drayton, Guitar - Byron Miller, Bass - Ricky Lawson, DrumKit - Chano O'Ferral, Congas - Lew Soloff, Trumpet
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Ayers, MainArtist, Producer, RecordingArranger, ComposerLyricist - William Allen, CoProducer - Edwin Birdsong, CoProducer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Ayers Ubiquity, MainArtist - Roy Ayers, Producer, RecordingArranger, ComposerLyricist - William Allen, CoProducer - Edwin Birdsong, CoProducer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Ayers, MainArtist, Producer, ComposerLyricist - William Allen, Producer - Edwin Birdsong, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 Polydor Inc.
Roy Ayers, MainArtist, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Bruce Carleton Fisher, ComposerLyricist - Stanley Richardson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Ayers, MainArtist, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Edwin Birdsong, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Ayers, MainArtist, Producer - Sam Cooke, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Ayers, MainArtist, Producer, Vocalist, Vibraphone - Wayne Henderson, MainArtist, Producer, Trombone, ComposerLyricist - McKinley Jackson, StringArranger - Barry "Bo" Henderson, BackgroundVocalist - Greg Matta, BackgroundVocalist - Reggie Ellis, BackgroundVocalist - Vance Tenort, BackgroundVocalist - Vernell Shaw, BackgroundVocalist, Vocalist - JAMES GADSON, DrumKit - ALLEN SIDES, MixingEngineer - Richard E. Flowers Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Ayers, MainArtist - Wayne Henderson, Producer - Richard E. Flowers Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 Polydor Inc.
Roy Ayers, MainArtist, Producer, RecordingArranger, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Maurice Green, Producer - Carla Vaughan, CoProducer - Carla Vaughn, BackgroundVocalist - William Allen, BassGuitar - Bernard Purdy, DrumKit - Chuck Anthony, Guitar
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Ayers, MainArtist, Producer, RecordingArranger, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Ayers, MainArtist, Producer, RecordingArranger - William Allen, Producer, RecordingArranger, StringArranger - James Bedford, Producer, RecordingArranger - Fela Kuti, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings
Roy Ayers, MainArtist, Producer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - William Allen, Producer - James Bedford, Producer - Tanya Woods, ComposerLyricist - Luther Wilson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Review: Roy Ayers - Evolution: The Polydor Anthology
Evolution: The Polydor Anthology charts Roy Ayers' 12 years and 20 LPs with Polydor, a rich time where his gliding, loose-groove jazz-funk gained many fans -- though perhaps fewer than it did 20 years later in the midst of the rare groove/acid jazz revival. During the 1970s, Ayers and his band, Ubiquity, progressed from political- and social-commentary funk to blaxploitation to disco to some surprisingly touching R&B ballads, and this two-disc set covers it all with grace and a smooth flow. Fans of hip-hop, groove music, funk, and jazz will all be able to find something to enjoy on the collection. Highlights include "We Live in Brooklyn Baby," "Evolution," "Running Away," and "Get on up, Get on Down," among others.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 31 track(s)
- Total length: 02:34:51
- Main artists: Roy Ayers
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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