1973 soundtrack album by Roy Ayers
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Coffy is a soundtrack produced, composed, and arranged by Roy Ayers for the blaxploitation film Coffy . It was released in 1973 on Polydor Records and peaked at number 31 on the jazz albums chart.
Track listing
All songs written by Roy Ayers, except by "End of Sugarman" Ayers and Harry Whitaker. Lyrics to "Coffy Is the Color", "King George" and "Shining Symbol" written by Carl Clay; lyrics to "Coffy Baby" written by Roselle Weaver.
Title Vocals 1. "Coffy Is the Color" Dee Dee Bridgewater , Roy Ayers , Wayne Garfield3:03 2. "Priscilla's Theme" 3:58 3. "King George" Roy Ayers 3:00 4. "Aragon" 2:55 5. "Coffy Sauna" 2:16 6. "King's Last Ride" 1:10 7. "Coffy Baby" Dee Dee Bridgewater 2:26 8. "Brawling Broads" 2:46 9. "Escape" 2:18 10. "Shining Symbol" Wayne Garfield 3:53 11. "Exotic Dance" 3:18 12. "Making Love" 2:49 13. "Vittroni's Theme – King Is Dead" 2:03 14. "End of Sugarman" 1:05 Total length: 36:03
Personnel
Music score composed, arranged and conducted by Roy Ayers ; orchestrations by Harry Whitaker.
Harry Whitaker - Electric piano, organ, harpsichord, piano
Billy Nichols , Bob Rose - Guitar
Richard Davis - Acoustic and electric bass
Dennis Davis - Drums
William King - Bongos, congas, percussion
Cecil Bridgewater - Trumpet, flugelhorn
Jon Faddis - Trumpet, flugelhorn
Wayne Andre , Garnett Brown - Trombone
Peter Dimitriades, Harry Lookofsky , Irving Spice, Emanuel Vardi - Strings
Denise "Dee Dee" Bridgewater - Vocals on "Coffy Is the Color" and "Coffy Baby"
Wayne Garfield - Vocals on "Coffy Is the Color" and "Shining Symbol"
Roy Ayers - Vibraphone, vocals on "Coffy Is the Color" and "King George"
Charts
Chart (1973)
Peak positions
Billboard Jazz LPs[ 3]
31
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
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