Roy Ayers - Evolution: The Polydor Anthology (1995)

Polydor did a hell of a job compiling and choosing the perfect songs for this project. For one can only imagine what it must've been like to select and choose what would be included, especially since Roy has so many terrific songs. I guess they settled on a little dash of everything, from the very funky, the very soft, the very electric and the downright jazzy. Roy Ayers is the man, always has been and always will be..he's the cream of the crop and at the top of the heap, with tasty songs like "Running Away, Searchin', Freaky Deaky to putting his spin on the classic "You Send Me," which by the way, runs a full (8) plus minutes! This set also includes the often sampled: Everybody Loves the Sunshine! Another song draped in greatness! Whew! They just don't do it like this anymore. This is truly a best of and some.

Tracklist:

CD1:

01. Pretty Brown Skin
02. We Live in Brooklyn, Baby
03. He's a Superstar
04. Red Black and Green
05. Coffy Is the Color
06. Shining Symbol
07. Des Nude Soul
08. Fikisha
09. Change Up the Groove
10. 2000 Black
11. A Tear to a Smile
12. Evolution
13. Spirit of Doo Do
14. Life Is Just a Moment - Part I
15. The Golden Rod
16. The Third Eye
17. Everybody Loves the Sunshine

CD 2:

01. Searching
02. Vibrations
03. Running Away
04. Gotta Find a Lover
05. Freaky Deaky
06. Get on Up, Get on Down
07. Can't You See Me
08. You Send Me
09. Heat of the Beat
10. For Real
11. Love Will Bring Us Back Together
12. Turn Me Loose
13. Africa, Center of the World
14. Destination Motherland