Roy Ayers - Virgin Ubiquity (Unreleased Recordings 1976-1981)The late 70s were such a creatively fertile period for Roy Ayers and his associates that many of his finest recordings never made it onto the official releases. Ayers kept the master tapes in storage until Peter Adarkwah of BBE Records in London got wind of them, at which point they were collected on the aptly named Virgin Ubiquity. The songs feature all the different permutations of Roy Ayers band, which maintained a core philosophy through shifting

the ecstatic promise of a party (“there’s a lot of people dancing downtown”) that you might not ever be able to leave (“yeah we all fall down/but some stay where they got dropped

It’ll All Be Over pinpoints a fatalistic mood exemplified by the title

) Once Were Dancers’ nods to the 1994 drama Once Were Warriors

offbeat zones

A perfect mix of accessible

and Nightmares on Wax

the album also features guest such as Self Esteem

He deejayed alongside Damu in the past

designed to partner with the 2019 vinyl reissue of their singles and rarities compilation

He began his career in music at the age of 9 by playing Congo and carried on with the darbuka at 13 and made his musical dream come true by working with famous musicians

bubby jazz-funk

‘Amor’ in 1982 plus several more before she sadly passed away late in 2017