Roy Ayers Ubiquity Running Away 1977 Jazz Funk Purrfection Version

Time to take it down a Ayers has been a favorite artist of mine since the 70 s, his rendering of disco funk Running Away is classic and I was overjoyed to hear Erykah Badu cover his Searching years later. Ayers was born September 10, 1940 in Los Angeles California to a musical family, mom played the piano and daddy blew the trombone. He became a jazz sideman in 1962 then joined Herbie Mann in 1966 and broke up the band in 1970. He then started Roy Ayers Ubiquity, which means a state of being everywhere at the same He was pegged to write and produce the music for the 1973 blaxploitation film Coffy starring Pam Grier and came up with a stellar and well regarded soundtrack. His next hit was 1976 s Everybody Loves The Sunshine which has become a staple of urban jazz and jazz funk radio stations. This is his biggest disco hit ever, peaking at, 14 in the late summer of 1977. I used to play the hell out of this one while running