![]() ![]() The album’s curveball is its title track, an unusual but nonetheless seductive re-envisioning of Sam Cooke’s classic 1957 love song. Almost everything takes place in gloriously rich mid-range and bass tones. There are very few sharp trebles on this album. ![]() ![]() The shuffling “Rhythm” provides a different kind of enjoyment, while “Can’t You See Me” is a signature Ayers disco jam that would blend easily into the immortal “Running Away” (from the previous year). Ayers was no stranger to sexual overtures, but “I Wanna Touch You Baby,” “And Don’t You Say No” and “Everytime I See You” could liquefy granite. The sexual chemistry between Ayers and Vaughn was intense, and served as the album’s underlying theme. Though Dee Dee Bridgewater, Merry Clayton and Chicas each contributed their own set of classic recordings, no one was sultrier than Carla Vaughn, who only made one album with Ayers: 1978’s You Send Me. The project was done in collaboration Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, formerly of legendary hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest. Throughout the changes of the ‘70s one quality remained consistent in the music of Roy Ayers: his records always featured a female singer. Roy Ayers has announced his first album in 18 years, titled Roy Ayers: Jazz Is Dead 2.The new LP will arrive this Friday, June 19. ![]()
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