Written, produced, arranged and performed by vibraphone player/producer/composer Roy Ayers, 1973’s Coffy is one of the strongest, most sonically-consistent Black film soundtracks of the era. Coffy offers up steamy funk like ‘King George’ and ‘Brawling Brawds,’ high-tension jazz funk like ‘Aragon’ and plenty of slick, atmospheric soul-jazz that all fits together as part of a greater whole. It’s a great sounding record too: the percussion is crisp and upfront in the mix, the bass is full, the synths, guitars and keys all occupy their own space in the sonic spectrum, the musical parts all interlocking like a well-oiled piece of musical machinery.