Mystic Voyage

Mystic Voyage
Mystic Voyage
Studio album by Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Released	1975
Studio	Kaye-Smith/Van Ackeren Studios (Seattle, WA); Electric Lady Studios (New York City, NY);
Genre	Jazz-funk
Length	42:02
Label	Polydor
Producer	Roy Ayers
Roy Ayers Ubiquity chronology
Singles from Mystic Voyage
	"Mystic Voyage"; Released: 1975;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

Mystic Voyage is a studio album by Roy Ayers Ubiquity. It was released in 1975 through Polydor Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at Kaye-Smith/Van Ackeren Studios in Seattle, Washington and at Electric Lady Studios in New York City. This album is dedicated to the memory of Julian "Cannonball" Adderley.

The album peaked at number 90 on the Billboard Top LPs chart and number 13 on the R&B albums chart in the United States. Its lead single, "Mystic Voyage", reached No. 70 on the R&B singles chart.

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Brother Green (The Disco King)"	Roy Ayers Edwin Birdsong	5:41
2.	"Mystic Voyage"	Roy Ayers	3:40
3.	"A Wee Bit"	Calvin Brown	2:46
4.	"Take All the Time You Need"	Nickolas Ashford Valerie Simpson	5:36
5.	"Evolution"	Roy Ayers	4:33
6.	"Life Is Just a Moment, Pt. 1"	Roy Ayers Chano O'Ferral	4:04
7.	"Life Is Just a Moment, Pt. 2"	Roy Ayers Chano O'Ferral	2:32
8.	"Funky Motion"	Ronnie Foster	3:16
9.	"Spirit of Doo Do"	Edwin Birdsong	5:57
10.	"The Black Five"	Roy Ayers	3:57
Total length:			42:02

Personnel[edit]

Roy Ayers Ubiquity

Roy Ayers – lead vocals, vibraphone, electric piano, clavinet, percussion, ARP synthesizer, arrangement (tracks: 1, 2, 4–10), producer
Debby "Chicas" Darby – lead vocals, backing vocals
Edwin L. Birdsong – vocals
Calvin Brown – vocals, guitar, arrangement (track 3)
Byron Lee Miller – bass, backing vocals
Richard David Lawson – drums
Chano O'Ferral – bongos, congas
Willie Michael – percussion
Joe Brazil – soprano saxophone
Onzy Durrett Matthews, Jr. – arrangement

Technical

Ron Gangnes – recording
Ralph Moss – engineering
Buzz Richmond – engineering
Neal Teeman – assistant engineering
Sheri Leverich – art direction
David Rawcliffe – photography
Joel Brodsky – photography
Robert Hickson – illustration

Chart history[edit]

Chart (1976)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	90
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[4]	13

References[edit]

^ Gorton, TJ (July 30, 2018). "BeatCaffeine's 100 Best Jazz-Funk Songs". BeatCaffeine. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
^ Henderson, Alex. "Mystic Voyage – Roy Ayers / Roy Ayers Ubiquity". AllMusic. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
^ "Roy Ayers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
^ "Roy Ayers Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2018.

External links[edit]

Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Mystic Voyage at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Gorton, TJ (July 30, 2018). "BeatCaffeine's 100 Best Jazz-Funk Songs". BeatCaffeine. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2021.

[2] Henderson, Alex. "Mystic Voyage – Roy Ayers / Roy Ayers Ubiquity". AllMusic. Retrieved September 3, 2018.

[ac_Billboard200_Roy_Ayers-3] "Roy Ayers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2018.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_Roy_Ayers-4] "Roy Ayers Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2018.

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