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But as luck would have it, it also gave us possibly his best single of the decade’s second half, and easily one of. He’s carved a mean score for blaxploitation joint Coffy (1973), and cut the joint classic with Fela Kuti, Music of Many Colors (1980). Nao Negue Seu Coracao feat João Donato 8. Aquarius (Bring Her Back Home To Me) feat João Donato 5. Lifeline, the last album to be credited to Roy Ayers Ubiquity, came close to signalling the point where a potential late ’70s creative slump threatened to set in. He’s done everything from free-wheeling jazz to lean R&B. Instrumentals JID009 by Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, released 01 October 2021 1. Joining Ayers, Younge & Shaheed Muhammad onthis musical journey are drummer Greg Paul, vocalists Loren Oden, Joy Gilliam, Saudia Yasmein, Elgin Clark & Anitra Castleberry, as well as Phil Ranelin & Wendell Harrison of the legendary Spiritual Jazz label Tribe Records. Roy Ayers ‘Running Away’ 12 (Polydor, 1977) Listen / Buy. We are displaying available and recently sold out items. Over the course of its eight original compositions, written collaboratively by Younge, Shaheed Muhammad & Ayers and recorded at Younge s Linear Labs in Los Angeles, the resulting album sounds both like an unearthed an unreleased album from Ayers' classic period in the 1970s (which produced the oft-sampled Red, Black & Green, We Live In Brooklyn, Baby, Everybody Loves The Sunshine, and Running Away), as well as something startling, new and unexpected. It wasn't until 2020 that fans of Ayers discovered that in addition to those shows, the legendary vibraphone player had also recorded an entire album of new material with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad. Respected vibist Roy Ayers takes a turn with this album towards the sound of jazz-funk.And without even knowing the mixture of funkiness and mellowness this album possessed eventually led to the creation of a whole genre called acid jazz.How this all happened is easy to explain.The year is 1971 and so much in R&B and jazz is brewing that it isn't even worth mentioning.The presense of funk in. In February 2018, Roy Ayers performed four sold out shows in Los Angeles as part of the Jazz Is Dead Black History Month series.