Growing up in a musical family - his father played trombone, his mother taught him the piano - the five-year-old Ayers was given a set of vibe mallets by Lionel Hampton, but.
His own reaction to being canonized by the hip-hop crowd is tempered with the detachment of a survivor in a rough business. Yet Ayers' own playing has always been rooted in hard bop it's crisp, lyrical, and rhythmically resilient. Augustine High School Marching 100 and New Orleans-based Gospel Soul Children choir. The song also features the marching band from his alma mater, the St. Artist:Roy Ayers Title Of Album:Discography Year Of Release:1963-2013 Label:Various Genre:Jazz-Funk, Soul, Disco Quality:APE / Flac (tracks/image+. Roy Ayers wrote Brother Green (the Disco King), Everybody Loves the Sunshine and The Boogie Back. Jon Batiste Shares New Song, We Are: GRAMMY-nominated artist/Colbert bandleader/activist Jon Batiste has shared a new single, We Are, from his forthcoming album. to Grant Green were filling their albums with bold reinterpretations of contemporary pop and R&B songs, but few of them hit the sort of trifecta Roy Ayers Ubiquity nailed on Red, Black & Green. Roy Ayers originally did Bonita, Donna Lee, It Could Happen to You, Days of Wine & Roses and other songs. Roy Ayers Ubiquity Red, Black & Green (Polydor, 1973) Listen / Buy By the early ’70s, jazz musicians from Rahsaan Roland Kirk to Grover Washington, Jr. Titled Roy Ayers JID002, the collaborative project is Ayers’ first album in nine years, according to Pitchfork. Roy Ayers covered Bonita, Donna Lee, It Could Happen to You, Days of Wine & Roses and other songs. A tune like 1972's "Move to Groove" has a crackling backbeat that serves as the prototype for the shuffling hip-hop groove that became almost ubiquitous on acid jazz records, and his relaxed 1976 song "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" has been frequently sampled. Roy Ayers is releasing a new album alongside Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge. One of the most visible and winning vibraphonists since the 1960s, Roy Ayers' reputation is that of one of the prophets of jazz-funk and acid jazz, a man decades ahead of his time.