Brother Green (The Disco King)

Recorded in 1975 for Mystic Voyage, the track was written by Roy Ayers and Edwin Birdsong and produced by Ayers. The album sessions took place at Kaye-Smith/Van Ackeren Studios in Seattle and Electric Lady Studios in New York, with Byron Miller on bass and Ricky Lawson on drums. Opening Mystic Voyage, the track became an underground dance-floor hit. Its vocals, electric keyboards and tightly organised rhythm section reflected Ayers's growing emphasis on dance-oriented recordings. The recording became part of Ayers's catalogue rediscovered by DJs and sampling producers. Def Duo sampled it on Parlayin' in 1992.