William Allen

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Roy Ayers Ubiquity Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers

US bassist, composer and arranger. He was a member of Mongo Santamaria's band. Died in 2016.

Do NOT confuse with songwriter Bill Allen/William E. Allen.

ALBUMS

Roy Ayers Ubiquity / Ramp

Everybody Loves The Sunshine / Daylight

2016, 7", Universal Music, Captain Vinyl,

The Complete 80's Soul Weekender

2005, 3xCD, Comp, Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom, Warner Dance,

Dimitri From Paris / Jazzie B / Quentin Harris

Southport Weekender Volume3

Soul-Jazz/House/Soul/Disco/Jazz-Funk/Deep House/Acid Jazz/Garage House/Funk

The Best Of Roy Ayers

1997, CD, Comp, Polydor,

Soul/Funk/Disco

The Best Disco Album In The Universe Volume 1

Dance Classics - The Hits IX

Get On Up Get On Down

Jazz-Funk/Disco

Don't Stop the Feeling / Running Away

Isaac Hayes / Roy Ayers

Don't Let Go / Don't Stop The Feeling

1989, 12", RE, Polydor

Crack Is In The Mirror (Wake Up) / Spirit Of Dodo 89 (Special 12" Version)

Africa, Center Of The World

Give It Up / District 6

No Stranger To Love

What You Won't Do For Love / Shack Up, Pack Up, It's Up (When I'm Gone)

Don't Stop The Feeling (Full Length Version)

Mongo Santamaria

Afro-Cuban/Latin Jazz/Disco

Never Like This Before / The Long And Winding Road

I'm The One (For Your Love Tonight)

Amerykahn Promise

2007, 12", Universal Motown

New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War)

Future Jazz/Soul/Funk/Conscious/Contemporary R&B

David Morales / Trevor Nelson / Jade Jagger

Renaissance Presents Pacha Ibiza Vol 2

2005, 3xCD, Comp, Mixed, Renaissance,

Soul-Jazz/House/Disco/RnB/Swing/Deep House/Hip Hop

70-80 Soul Explosion Vol.2

2003, CD, Comp, Sony Music Media

Let The Music Play: 80's Groove

2001, 2x CD Segued,

RnB/Swing/House/Electro/Synth-pop/Disco

2000, Box + 4xCD, Comp, Hip-O Records,

Psychedelic/Free Funk/P.Funk/Soul/Disco/Rhythm & Blues/Funk/Space-Age/Jazz-Funk

Roy Ayers / Rick James

1999, CDr, Album, Uno Melodic Records, Uno Melodic Records

Summer Of Sam (Original Soundtrack)

Soul/Disco/Boogie/New Wave

Dance Classics (The Hits XII)

A Shining Symbol - The Ultimate Collection

Jazz-Funk/Disco

Original Motion Picture Sound Track: Young Soul Rebels

Reunited: 25 Years Of Polydor Funk

Soul/Funk/Disco

Let’s Start The Dance (PolyGram Dance Classics) Vol. 2

Soul/Funk/Disco

Can't You See Me / Love Will Bring Us Back Together / Sweet Tears

Polydor Dance Classics

1985, 12", Polydor,

Soul/Funk/Disco

Poo Poo La La / Running Away / Compadre

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Funk

Boogie/Electro/Jazz-Funk

Funk/Rhythm & Blues/Jazz-Funk/Disco

The Best Of Roy Ayers

Running Away / Can't You See Me

The Jazz Rock Album

1979, 2x Vinyl Gatefold,

Steppin' Out - Disco's Greatest Hits

Jazz-Funk/Disco

Everybody Loves The Sunshine

Come Into Knowledge

Roy Ayers Ubiquity

Roy Ayers Ubiquity

1977, Vinyl Gatefold Sleeve,

Jazz-Funk/Disco

Roy Ayers Ubiquity

Searching / Come Out And Play

Roy Ayers Ubiquity

Domelo (Give It To Me)

1976, Vinyl Richmond Pressing,

Roy Ayers Ubiquity

Jazz-Funk/Funk/Disco/Soul

Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers

The Best Of Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers

Afro-Cuban Jazz/Latin Jazz/Cha-Cha/Rumba/Guaguancó

Roy Ayers Ubiquity

Everybody Loves The Sunshine

Roy Ayers Ubiquity

A Tear To A Smile

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk

Roy Ayers Ubiquity

Change Up The Groove

1974, Vinyl All Disc Press,

Roy Ayers Ubiquity

Running Away / Love Will Bring Us Back Together

APPEARANCES +

House of Lion Babe

Daylight / Everybody Loves The Sunshine

2023, 7", South Street Soul

Reaching For The Highest Pleasure / I Am Your Mind Part 2 (Pépé Bradock Main Mix)

2022, 10", BBE,

Jazz-Funk/House

You Got The Power (Northern Soul 1964-1967)

2021, 2x Vinyl Blue,

BBE Staff Selections 2020

Afrobeat/House/Soul/Funk/Trip Hop/Jazz-Funk

Booker T. & The MG's*

The Complete Stax Singles, Vol. 1 (1962-1967)

Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Holiday

Spiritual Jazz 10: Prestige (Modal, Esoteric And Deep Jazz From Prestige Records)

Soul-Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Hard Bop/Modal

The Best Of Uno Melodic Records

Contemporary R&B

The Funk And Soulful Side Of Roy Ayers

The Legacy Of Hip Hop East Coast

Groove Revolution

Jazz-Funk/Soul-Jazz/Funk/Fusion/Soul/Rhythm & Blues

2014, 5xCD, Comp, Wagram Music,

Salsa/Boogaloo/Cha-Cha/Guajira/Latin Jazz/Soul

2013, CD, Comp, RM, Universal Music Group, Verve Records,

Mongo Santamaria

Soul Bag & Stone Soul

2013, 2xCD, Comp, Blue Label (3),

Afro-Cuban Jazz/Latin Jazz

Louie Vega Presents Elements Of Life

House/Deep House/Latin

El Barrio: Latin Funk - Nu Yorican Funk 1968-76

Mongo Santamaria

Funk Down (The Sacred Rhythm LP Version)

2011, 12", S/Sided, Ltd, Promo, Sacred Rhythm Music, Fania Records

Joaquin "Joe" Claussell*

Hammock House - Africa Caribe

Le Coffret Idéal Jazz

2010, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Warner Music France,

Cool Jazz/Smooth Jazz/Easy Listening/Fusion/Jazz-Funk

Spaced Out Jazz

2009, CD, Comp, RM, Verve Records, Universal Music Group,

2008, CD, Album + CD, Comp, Knife Edge, Jazzy Sport,

Neo Soul/Broken Beat/Future Jazz/Afrobeat/House

2008, CD, Comp, RM, Verve Records,

Disco/Fusion/Jazz-Funk/Smooth Jazz/Soul

Dance The Latin Funk (Six Slices Of Hot Latin Funk From The Vaults Of Fania, Cotique And Tico)

2007, CD, Comp, RM, Verve Records,

Rare Trax Vol. 53 - Cuca Latina - Jazz From South Of The Border

2007, CD, Comp, Rolling Stone,

Lounge Experience

2007, CD, Comp, Dig, Brunswick News, Universal Music Group

20 Years Of Rage

Alternative Rock/Grunge/Indie Rock/House/Shoegaze/Hip Hop

The Old One, Two / Paint Me Any Color

Party Fo'Sho Loungin'

2006, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG,

RnB/Swing/Conscious/Contemporary R&B/New Jack Swing/Gangsta

Virgin Ubiquity Remixed

House/Jazz-Funk/Deep House/Acid Jazz/Drum n Bass/Funk

Can't Hide Love

2006, 2x Vinyl,

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Funk

Virgin Ubiquity Remixed EP 3

2005, 2x12", EP, Rapster Records, BBE,

Downtempo/Future Jazz/Deep House/Drum n Bass

Groove Collective

People People Music Music

2005, CD Digipak,

House/Contemporary Jazz/Hip Hop

Virgin Ubiquity II (Unreleased Recordings 1976-1981)

Soul-Jazz/Fusion

Mongo Santamaria

Funk Up / Funk Down

2004, 7", Single, Vampi Soul

Searching - The Africa 70 Version (Yoruba Mixes)

House/Broken Beat

Ragga HipHop/Acid Jazz/Downtempo

Mongo Santamaria

Mongo (Best Of Vaya Recordings 1973-1980)

Cha-Cha/Cubano/Rumba/Mambo

Gilles Peterson

Worldwide Exclusives

Broken Beat/Future Jazz

Sugar (Joey Negro Remix)

The Trip Created By Tom Middleton

Ambient/Downtempo/Funk/Disco/Drum n Bass/Acid Jazz/Sunshine Pop/Soca/Jazz-Funk

The NuYorican Funk Experience

Afro-Cuban/Boogaloo/Funk/Salsa

Monica Feat. Busta Rhymes

So Gone (Remix)

Searching / Brand New Feeling

Virgin Ubiquity (Unreleased Recordings 1976-1981)

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Disco

A Tribe Called Quest

Hits, Rarities & Remixes

2003, 2x Vinyl,

Conscious/Boom Bap/Jazzy Hip-Hop

Destination Motherland / The Roy Ayers Anthology / Limited Edition Album Sampler

2002, 12", Ltd, Promo, Smplr, Universal Records

80s Groove Sessions

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Sessions,

Electro/Soul/Funk/Disco

Essential Vibes

AnotherLateNight

Trip Hop/Downtempo/House

Brown Sugar: Latin Breakbeats, Basslines & Boogaloo

Boogaloo/Descarga/Funk/Soul/Salsa

Showbiz Blues 1968-1970

2001, 2x CD Digibook,

Mongo Santamaria

Mucho Mambo Mongo

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Recall 2cd,

Afro-Cuban/Mambo/Descarga/Latin Jazz

Who Is Jill Scott? (Words And Sounds Vol. 1)

Club Africa 2 (Hard African Funk, Afro-Jazz And Original Afro-Beat)

2000, 2x Vinyl,

Afro-Cuban Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Afrobeat

Mojo Club Dancefloor Jazz Volume 9 (Never Felt So Free)

Mongo Santamaria

Afro American Latin

Mambo/Boogaloo/Afro-Cuban Jazz

Strange Games And Funky Things III

2000, 3x Vinyl,

Jazz-Funk/Soul/Funk/Disco

Latin Cool! (Essential Latin Jazz)

Latin Jazz/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Mambo/Boogaloo/Samba/Salsa

Puerto Rico Jazz Jam

Puerto Rico Jazz Jam

A Tribe Called Quest

1999, 2x Vinyl,

Electric Blue - Plug In And Turn On

Fusion/Jazz-Funk

Nu Yorica 2! (Further Adventures In Latin Music: Chango In The New World 1976-1985)

Latin/Funk/Jazz-Funk/Disco/Latin Jazz/Rumba

Beats & Rhymes - Hip-Hop Of The '90s, Part I

Swingbeat/Soul/Contemporary R&B

The Wicked Buddah Baby

1996, 2x Vinyl,

The Best Of Charly Groove

1995, Box, Comp, Smplr + 2xCD, Charly Groove,

Funk/Disco/Rhythm & Blues

1995, CD, Comp, Charly Groove,

Salsa/Funk/Latin Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Boogaloo

Mongo Santamaria

1995, CD, Comp, Charly Latin

Clasic Jazz-Funk 5

Lost In Brooklyn

Southern Comfort

Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers*

The Best Of Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers

1993, CD, Comp, BGP Records,

Afro-Cuban/Latin Jazz

The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Volume 2: 1968-1971

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

Mongo Santamaria And Friends*

A Tribe Called Quest

People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm

Conscious/Jazzy Hip-Hop

Mongo Santamaria

Live At Jazz Alley

Afro-Cuban Jazz/Mambo

Contemporary Jazz/Latin Jazz

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk

Disco/Funk/Afrobeat

I'm The One (For Your Love Tonight)

Jorge Dalto & The Interamerican Band

Soul-Jazz/Latin Jazz/Jazz-Funk

Ralph MacDonald

Universal Rhythm

Jazz-Funk/Post Bop

Jazzdance/Disco

Ralph MacDonald

Universal Rhythm

1983, LP, MiniAlbum, Uno Melodic Records, Uno Melodic Records

Silver Vibrations

Baby Don't You Know

Mongo Santamaria With Dizzy Gillespie And Toots Thielemans

"Summertime" - Digital At Montreux 1980

1981, Vinyl Red,

Sylvia Striplin

Give Me Your Love

Fela Anikulapo Kuti* And Roy Ayers

Music Of Many Colours

Jazz-Funk/Disco

Dee Dee Bridgewater

Jazz-Funk/Soul/Soul-Jazz/Rhythm & Blues/Funk

Roy Ayers / Wayne Henderson

Step In To Our Life

Jazz-Funk/Disco

Mongo Santamaria

1977, 12", Vaya Records

The Best Of Disco And Soul

Mongo Santamaria

Soul-Jazz/Latin Jazz/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Guajira/Afro-Cuban

Belmonte & His Afro Latin 7

Hey Uh-What You Say Come On

Arista-Freedom Sampler - Free And Easy

1975, LP, Promo, Smplr, Arista, Freedom, Arista, Freedom,

Mongo Santamaria

No Question / Magic Lady

Carnival (Live At Montreux '74)

1975, Vinyl Santa Maria Press,

The Gentlemen & Their Ladies

Now Generation / You're Gonna Need (Somebody To Love You)

1974, 7", Styrene, Jean

Gentlemen And Their Ladies*

Mongo Santamaria

Naked (Desnudo) / Dr. Gasca

Gentlemen And Their Lady*

Mongo Santamaria

Live At Yankee Stadium

Mongo Santamaria

Latin Jazz/Cha-Cha

Mongo Santamaria

Mongo Santamaria's Greatest Hits

Afro-Cuban Jazz

Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers*

Mongo Santamaria

Workin' On A Groovy Thing

Afro-Cuban/Soul-Jazz

Mongo Santamaria

The Now Generation / Where We Are

Mongo Santamaria

Afro-Cuban/Jazz-Funk/Funk/Latin Jazz

The Four Exceptions

You Got The Power / A Sad Goodbye

Booker T. & The MG's*

Boot-Leg / Outrage

Ahmed Abdul-Malik

The Eastern Moods Of Ahmed Abdul-Malik

Baritone Recital

4xShellac, 10", Album, Musicraft

Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic*

Live At The Woodshop

CD, Not On Label

Fania All Stars

1999, 2xCD, Comp, Globe Music,

Roy Ayers / Ramp

Everybody Loves The Sunshine

Ahmed Abdul-Malik

The Eastern Moods Of Ahmed Abdul-Malik

Baby Don't You Know

Belmonte & His Afro Latin Seven*

2010, CD, Comp, Unofficial, Dig, Rareza Music,

Mambo/Latin Jazz/Cha-Cha

Sylvia Striplin

Give Me Your Love

Come Into Knowledge

AnotherLateNight

Trip Hop/Downtempo/House

A Shining Symbol - The Ultimate Collection

Jazz-Funk/Disco/Afrobeat