Coffy (soundtrack)

Coffy
Coffy
Soundtrack album by Roy Ayers
Released	May 1973
Recorded	April 5, 1973 – April 8, 1973 at Sound Ideas Studios, New York City, New York, US
Genre	Jazz-funk
Length	36:03
Label	Polydor PD-5048
Producer	Roy Ayers
Roy Ayers chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

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.

No.	Title	Vocals	Length
1.	"Coffy Is the Color"	Dee Dee Bridgewater, Roy Ayers, Wayne Garfield	3:03
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

^ 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.
^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r230370/review
^ "Roy Ayers US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-06-17.

[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] ttps://www.allmusic.com/album/r230370/review

[allmusic_albums-3] "Roy Ayers US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-06-17.

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v t e Dee Dee Bridgewater
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader	Afro Blue (1974) Dee Dee Bridgewater (Atlantic, 1976) Just Family (1977) Bad for Me (released 1979) Dee Dee Bridgewater (Elektra, 1980) Live in Paris (1986) Victim of Love (released 1989) In Montreux (1990) Keeping Tradition (1992) Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver (1994) Prelude to a Kiss: The Duke Ellington Album (1996) Dear Ella (1997) Live at Yoshi's (1998) This Is New (2001) J'ai deux amours (2005) Red Earth (2006) Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee Bridgewater (2009) Dee Dee's Feathers (2015) Memphis... Yes, I'm Ready (2016)
Compilations	Midnight Sun (released 2011)
With others	Children of Forever (Stanley Clarke, 1972) The Loud Minority (Frank Foster, 1972) Black Love (1974) Mutima (Cecil McBee, 1974) Conversations with Christian (Christian McBride, released 2011) Genesis (Charles Sullivan, 1974) Lean on Him (Buddy Terry, 1972)
Soundtracks	Coffy (Roy Ayers, 1973)