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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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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"
Chart (1973)
Peak positions
Billboard Jazz LPs[3]
31
References [ edit ]
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
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