He's Coming (Dig) [Original recording remastered]

Roy Ayers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 14, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Verve
• ASIN: B001UE27TM
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #144,299 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Produced by Sergio Mendes for A&M and wielding a sound comparable to Brasil '66, Bossa Rio boasted two bona-fide Brazilian stars in their ranks: Manfredo Fest and Pery Ribeiro. CD debut for this jazzy bossa-nova gem!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nuyorican Funk Explosion!, January 4, 2010

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Andre S. Grindle "Andre' Grindle" (Brewer Maine) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: He's Coming (Dig) (Audio CD)

No doubt;Ubiquity set the stage for Roy Ayers in the 70's but this album really clinched it with everything he was doing on that album. The R&B and jazz world was by this time thoroughly emmersed in the united funk sound and spirit and this album really captured the moment it was really hitting it's stride. The music on this album is polyrhythmic,improvisational and meaningful through and through. Perhaps getting into the tip of the whole Jesus Christ Superstar "He's A Superstar" initiates a full on wah wah led groove with the gospel/rock theater theme that really gells well together. Putting the emphasis on his social agenda "Ain't Got Time" warns of people tiring of the revolution a "slowing down" as the war on injustice in all forms goes on and must continue. It truly emodies the spirit of this entire genre of funk about to perfection as much as anything this side of Gil Scott Heron and The Last Poets. The title song is a quintessential Nuyorican instrumental funk jam that finds Roy seriously working out on his vibes. "We Live In Brooklyn Baby" is amazing and one of the most powerful songs on the album. Not only does it's moody chordings and orchestration preceed his work on the blacksploitation soundtrack Coffy but also anticipates the type of latin/funk/jazz rhythmic fusion that would be a key base in the rhythmic foundation of the disco sound that was just beginning to gestate with music such as they type sound on albums such as Mandrill's Solid. The same track continues on "Sweet Tears" and "Fire Weaver". In between these funk monsters there are of course a series of mellower slow jams such as versions of "He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother" and the Broadway number "I Don't Know How To Love Him" which,despite the softness of the production have a heavy banked fire underneath it all. Roy Ayers funk era sound really grew by numbers on this album and it is an essential part of any good Roy Ayers and/or jazz-funk collection.