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- Ayers started his career in the 1960s playing straight-ahead instrumental jazz but radically changed his musical approach in 1970 after forming the band Ubiquity, where he sang in addition to playing the vibes and dramatically upped his music’s funk quotient.
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Roy Ayers (born September 10, 1940) is an American vibraphonist, record producer and composer. [1] Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk. [2]
Jul 1, 2020 · Now in the twilight of his career, Ayers, 79, has just released a soul-funk album, “Roy Ayers JID002,” drawing on ideas from his prime “… Sunshine” era.
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Nov 20, 2023 · By 1977, Ayers was a commercial success and had merged towards R&B rather than pure jazz. 1977's Lifeline contained one of Ayers's biggest hits, "Running Away" which put Ayers high on the disco and R&B charts. The 12-inch version of "Running Away" featured one Ayers's best vibraphone solos.
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Nov 20, 2023 · Roy Ayers was during the 1960s one of the most prominent and leading jazz vibraphone players in America. During the 1970s and 80s he came to change his focus and became one of the leading figures in R&B and jazz/funk.
Jun 20, 2019 · During the seventies and early eighties, the legendary artist released a string of groundbreaking recordings that defined any genre, fusing jazz, funk, and soul together to create his own signature sound which some have labeled “neo-soul.”
Feb 4, 2021 · A prominent figure through this era is Roy Ayers. The famed vibraphonist who brought Everybody Loves The Sunshine to the world—which remains one of the most sampled track of all time—moved a great number of the 90s and early 2000s hip-hop and R’n’B artists: A Tribe Called Quest, Biggie, Souls of Mischief, Tupac, Erykah Bad u, Pete Rock ...
Aug 11, 2017 · Ayers became a revered icon in hip-hop and R&B circles across generations – from collaborating with Guru and The Roots in the early-mid ’90s to Erykah Badu and Marley Marl in the early ’00s to Tyler, the Creator just a few years back.
