Product Description

Originally released in 1976, VARIATIONS found Roy Ayers settling comfortably into the soul-funk grooves that would helpestablish him as a pioneer of the acid jazz and jazz-rap sound (Ayers became a legend in the `90s as a source for sampling jazzy, funky grooves). On VARIATIONS, Ayers turns further away from traditional bop-oriented jazz and more toward vocal R&B.

Crate diggers will appreciate the churning funk of "Higher" or "One Sweet Love to Remember" and the smooth R&B ballads like "Baby You Give Me a Feeling", but the highlights of this set are unquestionably the hit "Searchin'"and the funky, good-time title track. The technical playing, especially Ayers's cool-toned vibes, keeps the instrumental jazz flame alive, but VARIATIONS is essentially a funky R&B record, and a fine one at that.

Track Listing

1. Domelo (Give It To Me)
2. Baby I Need Your Love
3. Higher
4. The Memory
5. Come Out And Play
6. Better Days
7. Searching
8. One Sweet Love To Remember
9. Vibrations - Edwin Birdsong, James Green, Maurice Green, Roy Ayers, Roy Ayers Ubiquity, William Allen
10. Moving, Grooving
11. Baby You Give Me A Feeling

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38456 in Music
• Released on: 2008-07-28
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Original recording remastered, Restored
• Dimensions: .13 pounds
• Running time: 41 minutes

Customer Reviews

after years of waiting
The seminal album from the RAU- this is just one of the best Jazz-funk albums that have ever been pressed to vinyl- and what a wait for a CD! Incredible opening with 'Domelo', a fantastic jazz-funk groove, the tempo hits a brick wall and is slowed to a jazz-funk smooth cruise with the rare 'Baby, I need your love'- the haunting, 'Baby I need you' and oh dear, it's all too much...this is THE Roy Ayers album to have in your collection- wonderful....