Roy Ayers Ubiquity: He’s Coming (Verve Vault Series) 1LP ETJSAU-125.1 Even by the high-water marks

Even by the high-water marks set by Herbie Hancock’s tremendous 1960s Blue Note output

Charles Moore on trumpet

The Humpback

this set has some tasteful big band arrangements by Lalo Schifrin and some other-worldly playing by the great organist on a variety of other blues-oriented material

The 10 tracks here include 7 new Ross originals as well as pieces by John Coltrane (“equinox” & “central park west”) and Thelonious Monk (“evidence”) many of which are performed as spontaneous suites with the band moving seamlessly across the blues-imbued musical terrain

Roy Ayers Ubiquity: He’s Coming (Verve Vault Series) 1LP ETJSAU-125.1 Even by the high-water marksVerve, 1972 Released on Polydor in 1972, "He's Coming" captures vibraphonist Roy Ayers at a creative apex, as Ubiquity's sound settled into the blend of jazz improvisation, funk rhythm, soul harmony, and spiritual import that would define his work throughout the decade. Emerging at the start of the 1970s, the album reflects Ayers's deepening move toward a groove centered musical language rooted in soul jazz and early jazz funk. The vibraphonist,