Roy Ayers Ubiquity“Vibrations”
( LP Polydor Records (US), 1976 )
Catalog # PD-1-6091
Also on Verve Rec., Cat.#001101602
Tracklisting:
01 Domelo (Give It to Me) [Ayers, Birdsong] 4:00
02 Baby I Need Your Love [Ayers] 2:31
03 Higher [Ayers] 4:02
04 The Memory [Allen, Ayers, Birdsong] 4:32
05 Come out and Play [Allen, Ayers, Birdsong] 3:46
06 Better Days [Ayers] 3:19
07 Searching [Ayers] 4:00
08 One Sweet Love to Remember [Allen, Ayers] 3:58
09 Vibrations [Ayers] 3:02
10 Moving Grooving [Ayers] 4:30
11 Baby You Gave Me a Feeling [Ayers, Birdsong] 3:02
Personnel & Credits:
Chano O’Ferral – Congas, Percussion
Steve Cobb – Drums
Calvin Banks – Guitar
Chicas – Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals
Philip Woo – Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Harmonica
Roy Ayers – Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals,
Vibraphone [Deagan Vibraharp],
Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Percussion
Justo Almario – Saxophone [Tenor]
John Mosley – Trumpet
Review:
Whenever someone makes the transition from jazz instrumentalist to R&B singer, he/she is bound to be lambasted by jazz purists and denounced as a sellout. Roy Ayers was no exception — like George Benson, George Duke, and Patrice Rushen, Ayers was frequently attacked by jazz’s hardcore in the late ’70s for turning away from instrumental jazz and making vocal-oriented soul and funk his main focus. But what didn’t interest jazz snobs excited R&B lovers, who found a lot to admire about Vibrations and other Ayers albums from that period. This 1976 LP boasted the moody hit “Searching,” which has jazz overtones but is essentially an R&B song, and the title track which has become nothing less less than a funky soul classic. Ayers and his band Ubiquity are also quite appealing on gems that range from the sweaty, driving funk of “One Sweet Love to Remember,” “Moving Grooving,” “Higher,” and “Domelo (Give It to Me),” to mellow quiet storm numbers like “Baby, You Give Me a Feeling” and “Baby, I Need Your Love.” With Vibrations, Ayers reminded us that jazz’s loss was certainly soul/funk’s gain.
By Alex Henderson (AMG)
01 Domelo (Give It to Me) [Ayers, Birdsong] 4:00
02 Baby I Need Your Love [Ayers] 2:31
03 Higher [Ayers] 4:02
04 The Memory [Allen, Ayers, Birdsong] 4:32
05 Come out and Play [Allen, Ayers, Birdsong] 3:46
06 Better Days [Ayers] 3:19
07 Searching [Ayers] 4:00
08 One Sweet Love to Remember [Allen, Ayers] 3:58
09 Vibrations [Ayers] 3:02
10 Moving Grooving [Ayers] 4:30
11 Baby You Gave Me a Feeling [Ayers, Birdsong] 3:02
Personnel & Credits:
Chano O’Ferral – Congas, Percussion
Steve Cobb – Drums
Calvin Banks – Guitar
Chicas – Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals
Philip Woo – Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Harmonica
Roy Ayers – Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals,
Vibraphone [Deagan Vibraharp],
Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Percussion
Justo Almario – Saxophone [Tenor]
John Mosley – Trumpet
Review:
Whenever someone makes the transition from jazz instrumentalist to R&B singer, he/she is bound to be lambasted by jazz purists and denounced as a sellout. Roy Ayers was no exception — like George Benson, George Duke, and Patrice Rushen, Ayers was frequently attacked by jazz’s hardcore in the late ’70s for turning away from instrumental jazz and making vocal-oriented soul and funk his main focus. But what didn’t interest jazz snobs excited R&B lovers, who found a lot to admire about Vibrations and other Ayers albums from that period. This 1976 LP boasted the moody hit “Searching,” which has jazz overtones but is essentially an R&B song, and the title track which has become nothing less less than a funky soul classic. Ayers and his band Ubiquity are also quite appealing on gems that range from the sweaty, driving funk of “One Sweet Love to Remember,” “Moving Grooving,” “Higher,” and “Domelo (Give It to Me),” to mellow quiet storm numbers like “Baby, You Give Me a Feeling” and “Baby, I Need Your Love.” With Vibrations, Ayers reminded us that jazz’s loss was certainly soul/funk’s gain.
By Alex Henderson (AMG)
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