Excellent words by @corgiesing75, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Roy Ayers Ubiquity’s legendary album “He’s Coming”. Also, check @corgiesing75’s bio for a Spotify playlist of songs that sampled this album! What’s your favorite song from “He’s Coming”? Slides 1-4: Front / Back / Insert of album Slides 5-7: Roy Ayers early 70s (sans mustache) (credit unknown) (Repost @corgiesing75) ・・・ Fifty years ago 'He's Coming' was released, Roy Ayers Ubiquity's CLASSIC sophomore album. He's Coming captures Roy Ayers at the absolute top of his game, masterminding jazz-funk grooves as taut as a tightrope. Profoundly inspired by the Broadway musical 'Jesus Christ Superstar' (and including a reading of the soundtrack's 'I Don't Know How to Love Him'), the album is a deeply felt exploration of Ayers' spiritual and social beliefs, celebrating the life and rebirth of Jesus with 'He's a Superstar' and its follow-up title cut before delivering the equally impassioned political manifesto 'Ain't Got Time' a wake-up call for slumbering revolutionaries. Aided by an exemplary backing unit featuring saxophonist Sonny Fortune, bassist John Williams, keyboardist Harry Whitaker, and drummer Billy Cobham, Ayers channels the intensity of his message into his music, creating the most vibrant and textured music of his career to date. The atmospheric 'We Live in Brooklyn, Baby' is an absolute masterpiece, a haunting hybrid of jazz, funk, and soul that exemplifies the Ayers aesthetic at its most far-reaching and inventive. Roy Ayers Ubiquity-He's Coming: Samples & Covers: Spotify playlist via linktree in bio. #royayers #royayersubiquity #hescoming #hesasuperstar #aintgottime #weliveinbrooklynbaby #sonnyfortune #johnwilliams #harrywhitaker #billycobham #jazz #funk #soul #brooklyn #newyork https://www.instagram.com/p/CeB1j4xpbzL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
