ROY AYERS WAYNE HENDERSON – STEP IN TO OUR LIFE LP – Nr MINT UK 1978 FUNK JAZZ FUSION

Roy Ayers Wayne Henderson – Step In To Our Life
(Polydor Records  1978  POLS1004)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Very Good+ condition
– some wear to edges/corners & small tear at opening edge

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light dust crackles)

Roy Edward Ayers Jr. (September 10, 1940 – March 4, 2025) was an American vibraphonist, record producer, and composer. Ayers began his career as a post-bopjazz artist, releasing several studio albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped to pioneer jazz-funk. He was a key figure in the acid jazz movement, and has been described as “The Godfather of Neo Soul”.He was best known for his compositions “Everybody Loves the Sunshine”, “Running Away”, and “Freaky Deaky” and others that charted in the 1970s. At one time, Ayers was listed among the performers whose music was most often sampled by rappers.

Wayne Maurice Henderson (September 24, 1939 – April 5, 2014) was an American jazz fusion and soul jazz trombonist and record producer. In 1961, he co-founded the soul jazz/jazz fusion group The Jazz Crusaders. Henderson left the group (who by then had changed their name to The Crusaders) in 1976 to pursue a career in producing, but revived The Jazz Crusaders in 1995.

“Step In To Our Life” is a studio album by American vibraphonist, record producer, and composer Roy Ayers along with American jazz fusion and soul jazz trombonist and record producer Wayne Henderson. It was released in 1978 through Polydor Records.