Mystic Voyage
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{{Infobox album
| name = Mystic Voyage
| type = Studio album
| artist = Roy Ayers Ubiquity
| cover = Mystic Voyage.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1975
| studio = {{hlist|Kaye-Smith/Van Ackeren Studios (Seattle, WA)|Electric Lady Studios (New York City, NY)}}
| genre = Jazz-funk{{cite web |url=https://beatcaffeine.com/100-best-jazz-funk-songs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825081205/https://beatcaffeine.com/100-best-jazz-funk-songs/ |title=BeatCaffeine's 100 Best Jazz-Funk Songs |last=Gorton |first=TJ |website=BeatCaffeine |date=July 30, 2018 |archive-date=August 25, 2018 |access-date=September 19, 2021}}
| length = 42:02
| label = Polydor
| producer = Roy Ayers
| prev_title = Change Up the Groove
| prev_year = 1974
| next_title = A Tear to a Smile
| next_year = 1975
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Mystic Voyage
| type = studio
| single1 = Mystic Voyage
| single1date = 1975
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mystic-voyage-mw0000619623|title=Mystic Voyage – Roy Ayers / Roy Ayers Ubiquity|website=AllMusic|last=Henderson|first=Alex|access-date=September 3, 2018}}
}}
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
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = Brother Green (The Disco King)
| length1 = 5:41
| writer1 = {{hlist|Roy Ayers|Edwin Birdsong}}
| title2 = Mystic Voyage
| length2 = 3:40
| writer2 = Roy Ayers
| title3 = A Wee Bit
| length3 = 2:46
| writer3 = Calvin Brown
| title4 = Take All the Time You Need
| length4 = 5:36
| writer4 = {{hlist|Nickolas Ashford|Valerie Simpson}}
| title5 = Evolution
| length5 = 4:33
| writer5 = Roy Ayers
| title6 = Life Is Just a Moment, Pt. 1
| length6 = 4:04
| writer6 = {{hlist|Roy Ayers|Chano O'Ferral}}
| title7 = Life Is Just a Moment, Pt. 2
| length7 = 2:32
| writer7 = {{hlist|Roy Ayers|Chano O'Ferral}}
| title8 = Funky Motion
| length8 = 3:16
| writer8 = Ronnie Foster
| title9 = Spirit of Doo Do
| length9 = 5:57
| writer9 = Edwin Birdsong
| title10 = The Black Five
| length10 = 3:57
| writer10 = Roy Ayers
| total_length = 42:02
}}
Personnel
;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
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope="col" |Chart (1976) ! scope="col" |Peak |
| scope="row" {{album chart|Billboard200|90|artist=Roy Ayers|accessdate=September 3, 2018}} |
|---|
| scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|13|artist=Roy Ayers|accessdate=September 3, 2018}} |
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|118099|Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Mystic Voyage}}
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