The Best of Roy Ayers: Love Fantasy

The Best of Roy Ayers: Love Fantasy

by Roy Ayers
The Best of Roy Ayers: Love Fantasy

The Best of Roy Ayers: Love Fantasy

by Roy Ayers

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Overview

This greatest-hits title was the first of its kind upon its release in 1979. During that time, Roy Ayers was one of the leading acts on Polydor Records and solidified his R&B/disco success with "Running Away," included here. The dichotomy between Ayers as a jazz act and an R&B/jazz quiet storm presence is all but kicked off by this album. The emphasis is on the earlier work. The definitive early-'70s songs "Red Black and Green" and "We Live in Brooklyn Baby" both retain their snap and visceral charm. A few great tracks aren't here (including "Kiss" and "Is It Too Late to Try"), but The Best of Roy Ayers: Love Fantasy goes the extra mile to include not only the best of Roy Ayers' work but also key non-hits such as "Gotta Find a Lover" and "You Send Me." ~ Jason Elias

Product Details

Release Date: 02/04/1997
Label: Polydor / Motown / Polygram / Universal / Universal Music
UPC: 0731453707429
Rank: 2124

Tracks

  1. Love Will Bring Us Back Together
  2. Running Away
  3. Red, Black and Green
  4. Mystic Voyage
  5. What You Won't Do for Love
  6. Don't Stop the Feeling
  7. Coffy Is the Color
  8. We Live in Brooklyn, Baby
  9. Searching
  10. Everybody Loves the Sunshine
  11. Gotta Find a Lover
  12. You Send Me
  13. For Real
  14. Destination Motherland
  15. He's a Superstar

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Roy Ayers   Primary Artist,Congas,Vocals,Marimba,Strings,Clavinet,Percussion,Vibraphone,Synthesizer,Handclapping,Piano (Electric)
Carl Clay   Primary Artist
Roy Ayers Ubiquity   Primary Artist
Carla Vaughn   Vocals (Background),Vocals
Las Chicas   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Doug Rhodes   Drums
J.T. Lewiks   Drums
Philip Woo   Piano (Electric),Piano,Strings,Synthesizer
Gloria Jones   Vocals (Background)
Clint Houston   Bass
Sonny Fortune   Flute,Sax (Soprano)
Chano O'Ferral   Congas,Vocals,Percussion
Garnett Brown   Trombone
Jaymz Bedord   Synthesizer,Handclapping,Bells,Clavinet
Marguerite Arthurton   Vocals
Marty Robinson   Vocals (Background)
Glen Jeffery   Guitar
Peter Brown   Bass
Justo Almario   Sax (Tenor)
Harry Lookofsky   Strings
Byron Miller   Bass
Carol Smiley   Vocals (Background)
Willie Michael   Percussion
Sylvia Cox   Vocals
Darryl Moore   Guitar
John Williams   Bass
Joe Brazil   Sax (Soprano)
Shaun Solomon   Bass (Electric)
Wayne Garfield   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
David Barron   Guitar
William King   Bongos,Congas,Percussion
Ed Reddick   Bass
Wes Ramseur   Vocals,Handclapping
Bob Fusco   Guitar
Calvin Banks   Guitar
Jeffrey Quinton   Guitar,Handclapping
Steve Cobb   Drums
Peter Dimitriades   Strings
Ronald Drayton   Guitar
Quintin Denard   Drums
Calvin Brown   Guitar
Gregory Matta   Vocals
Richard Bass   Bass,Bass (Electric)
Mondee Oliver   Vocals
Vance "Mad Dog" Tenort   Percussion
Kerry Turman   Bass
Claudia Moore   Vocals (Background)
Samuel "Little Sonny" Brown   Guitar
Laverne Seabrook   Vocals (Background)
Bob Rose   Guitar
Billy Nichols   Guitar
Chuck Anthony   Guitar,Handclapping
James Gadson   Drums
Edwin Birdsong   Piano,Vocals
Emanuel Brown   Strings
James Mason   Guitar
Tamara Richardson   Vocals (Background)
Alfred Brown   Strings
Charles McCracken   Strings
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie   Drums
Charles Tolliver   Trumpet
Jumma Santos   Congas
Dom Um Romao   Percussion
Gene Dunlap   Drums
Emanuel Vardi   Strings
Dee Dee Bridgewater   Vocals
Dennis Davis   Drums
Wayne Andre   Trombone
Ron Carter   Bass
Ricky Lawson   Drums
Irving Spice   Strings
Harry Whitaker   Organ,Vocals,Piano (Electric)
Kermit Moore   Strings
William Allen   Bass,Bells,Marimba,Shekere
Billy Cobham   Drums,Vocals
Wayne Henderson   Trombone
Lesette Wilson   Piano (Electric)

Technical Credits

Carla Vaughn   Producer
Alfons Fernando Kettner   Composer
Chano O'Ferral   Composer
Jaymz Bedord   Producer,Arranger
Myrnaleah Williams   Composer,Producer
Luther Wilson   Composer,Composer
James Green   Producer
Tanya Woods   Composer
Terri Tierney   Project Coordinator
Wes Ramseur   Composer
Greg Casseus   Liner Notes
Catherine Ladis   Project Assistant
Carl Clay   Composer
P. Craig Turner   Programming
Roselle Weaver   Composer
Clarence Paul   Composer
Edwin Birdsong   Composer
Ed Townsend   Composer
Alfons Kettner   Composer
Bobby Caldwell   Composer
Gene Orloff   Leader
Sam Cooke   Composer
Jerry Schoenbaum   Producer
Pee Wee Maddux   Composer
Maurice Green   Associate Producer
Roy Ayers   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Richard Flowers   Composer
Onzy Matthews   String Arrangements
Harry Whitaker   Arranger,Composer
Harry Weinger   Producer
William Allen   Arranger,Producer
William S. Fischer   String Arrangements
Gary N. Mayo   Digital Remastering
Bill Levenson   Executive Producer
Wayne Henderson   Arranger,Producer
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