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.

Coffy
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedMay 1973
RecordedApril 5, 1973 – April 8, 1973 at Sound Ideas Studios, New York City, New York, US
GenreJazz-funk[1]
Length36:03
LabelPolydor PD-5048
ProducerRoy Ayers
Roy Ayers chronology
Red, Black and Green
(1973)
Coffy
(1973)
Virgo Red
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing

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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.TitleVocalsLength
1."Coffy Is the Color"Dee Dee Bridgewater, Roy Ayers, Wayne Garfield3:03
2."Priscilla's Theme" 3:58
3."King George"Roy Ayers3:00
4."Aragon" 2:55
5."Coffy Sauna" 2:16
6."King's Last Ride" 1:10
7."Coffy Baby"Dee Dee Bridgewater2:26
8."Brawling Broads" 2:46
9."Escape" 2:18
10."Shining Symbol"Wayne Garfield3:53
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

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Music score composed, arranged and conducted by Roy Ayers; orchestrations by Harry Whitaker.

Charts

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Chart (1973) Peak
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Billboard Jazz LPs[3] 31

References

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