Mystic Voyage

Mystic Voyage
Studio album by Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Released	1975
Studio	Kaye-Smith/Van Ackeren Studios (Seattle, WA) Electric Lady (New York City, NY)
Genre	Jazz-funk [1]
Length	42:02
Label	Polydor
Producer	Roy Ayers
Roy Ayers Ubiquity chronology
Change Up the Groove (1974) Mystic Voyage (1975) A Tear to a Smile (1975)
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. The recording sessions took place at Kaye-Smith/Van Ackeren Studios in Seattle, Washington, and at Electric Lady Studios in New York City. The 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

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

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

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

References

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.
3. "Roy Ayers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
4. "Roy Ayers Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2018.

External links

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