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Roy Ayers
Jazz / Funk / Soul

"Everybody Loves the Sunshine"

NY, New York
United States

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Member Since8/8/2005
Band Websiteroyayers.com
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Vibraphonist/vocalist Roy Ayers is among the best-known, most-loved and respected jazz/R&B artists on the music-scene today. Now in his fourth decade in the music business, Ayers, known as the Godfather of Neo-soul, continues to bridge the gap between generations of music lovers. In the ’60s he was an award-winning jazz vibraphonist, and transformed into a popular R&B bandleader in the ’70s/’80s. Today, the dynamic music man is an iconic figure still in great demand and whose music has been sampled by music industry heavyweights, including Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu, 50 Cent, A Tribe Called Quest, Tupac, and Ice Cube.

Ayers recently recorded with hip-hop artist Talib Kweli (produced by Kanye West) and jazz/R&B singer Will Downing. Many of Ayers’ songs including “Everybody Loves the Sunshine,”, “Searchin”, “Running Away” have been frequently sampled and remixed by DJ’s worldwide.

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One of the most visible and winning jazz vibraphonists of the 1960s, then an R&B bandleader in the 1970s and '80s, Roy Ayers' reputation s now that of one of the prophets of acid jazz, a man decades ahead of his time. A tune like 1972's "Move to Groove" by the Roy Ayers Ubiquity has a crackling backbeat that serves as the prototype for the shuffling hip-hop groove that became, shall we say, ubiquitous on acid jazz records; and his relaxed 1976 song "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" has been frequently sampled. Yet Ayers' own playing has always been rooted in hard bop: crisp, lyrical, rhythmically resilient. His own reaction to being canonized by the hip-hop crowd as the "Icon Man" is tempered with the detachment of a survivor in a rough business. "I'm having fun laughing with it," he has said. "I don't mind what they call me, that's what people do in this industry."

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 didn't start on the instrument until he was 17. He got involved in the West Coast jazz scene in his early 20s, recording with Curtis Amy (1962), Jack Wilson (1963-1967), and the Gerald Wilson Orchestra (1965-1966); and playing with Teddy Edwards, Chico Hamilton, Hampton Hawes and Phineas Newborn. A session with Herbie Mann at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach led to a four-year gig with the versatile flutist (1966-1970), an experience that gave Ayers tremendous exposure and opened his ears to styles of music other than the bebop that he had grown up with.

After being featured prominently on Mann's hit Memphis Underground album and recording three solo albums for Atlantic under Mann's supervision, Ayers left the group in 1970 to form the Roy Ayers Ubiquity, which recorded several albums for Polydor and featured such players as Sonny Fortune, Billy Cobham, Omar Hakim, and Alphonse Mouzon. An R&B-jazz-rock band influenced by electric Miles Davis and the Herbie Hancock Sextet at first, the Ubiquity gradually shed its jazz component in favor of R&B/funk and disco.

In the 1980s, besides leading his bands and recording, Ayers collaborated with Nigerian musician Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, formed Uno Melodic Records, and produced and/or co-wrote several recordings for various artists. As the merger of hip-hop and jazz took hold in the early '90s, Ayers made a guest appearance on Guru's seminal Jazzmatazz album in 1993 and played at New York clubs with Guru and Donald Byrd. - All Music



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Jul 19 2008 8:57 AM

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Jul 18 2008 1:43 PM

Have a great summer !!
Peace and Respect from south of France!
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Jul 18 2008 3:23 AM

Hi bro
see u tommorrow night at Arena of Milan!
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Jul 17 2008 10:01 PM

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Jul 17 2008 5:41 PM

Thanks for adding me!
Peace
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Jul 17 2008 5:28 PM

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Jul 17 2008 3:43 AM

Thank you!
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Jul 17 2008 12:27 AM

Thank you for your friendship Mr. Ayres. Here's hoping you and your fellow musicians have a great weekend.
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Jul 16 2008 6:27 PM

THE ESTABLISHMENT


Folks often ask me
why you so mad and shit
im victemized by the establishment
that takes away from a black man
to the point he says
here have the shit
aint that a bitch
like the D.A. who say
she’ll do what ever it takes to put me away
conviction could be today
or my case maybe passed
in a system built to last
niggaz is the crop to cash
new laws never considered
say blacks are just poor and bitter
simply because we see AMERICA does nothing but hide the truth like poop in kitty litter
round up the nigger
and be sure to parole or probate him
like we need a babysitter
moniter our movements
like we stupid
but keep your neighborhood secluded
so we cant see nothing you did
besides
niggaz move across that line would make it polluted
equal rights have never been constituted
because the civil liberties of my people are still being refuted
just like the days of Jamestown
its the same now
unlike in Berlin
the American Prejudice wall aint came down
it still stands high and mighty
and on top of it is whitey
its the truth
so if you dont like it
bite me
teresa





Jul 16 2008 11:58 AM

thank you Mr.Ayers for your kindness and great music.Everybody love the sunshine.
Mimi





Jul 16 2008 9:52 AM

i love you Roy ****

lotsa kizzzzzz
CHRISTINA





Jul 16 2008 9:11 AM

Thank you for the add, senor ayres, I am most honored

siempre amor

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Jul 15 2008 9:33 PM

I am Big Fan of ROY!!!
IATUS_The Wild Teroon





Jul 15 2008 1:23 PM

++++
HI:D
thanx 4 the add
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See you in Milan next week end
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Bye,
Sasà
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Jul 15 2008 11:34 AM

Thanks 4 The Add Music Sounds good
Doug Carn





Jul 15 2008 8:23 AM

You've got that Vibe
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Jul 15 2008 3:14 AM

Roy, thanks for accepting our friendhip and always your are the greatest when it comes to music!!

Bria x
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Jul 15 2008 2:59 AM

thanks for accepting the friendship!!
all the best from the stevies
kenny bountiful sunshine





Jul 14 2008 10:27 PM

Hey roy I hope you are doing well
Thanks for all the tunes!

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Jul 14 2008 2:21 PM

Great music
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Jul 14 2008 12:31 PM

who is your sunshine warrior ?
but it dont matter because it's all good baby !
(^.^)
x
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Jul 14 2008 3:19 AM

UMBRIA JAZZ 2008 are waiting you mr. Ayers...also me :)
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Jul 14 2008 3:19 AM

next week I wanna dance all night long with your sOUl in perugia!!!!!
!!!!!!!RESPECT!!!!!!
SELEN





Jul 13 2008 12:37 PM

Bonjour
Les titres de Selen sont maintenant en telechargement immédiat sur myspace
Il y a aussi un petit sondage pour la réalisation du 1ER CLIP VIDEO.....
Merci de voter à l'occasion si ce n'est pas déjà fait ...
SELEN
Robert de Boron





Jul 13 2008 5:46 AM

THANKS FOR THE FRIENDSHIP!!
ARIGATOU!
PEACE!
MARTIN!





Jul 13 2008 12:55 AM

on my Playlist:
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check the list!

all the best from hamburg germany
MARTIN!





Jul 13 2008 12:50 AM

I am your mind
RaBorn





Jul 12 2008 6:39 PM

Da Dunn Dada.....

Funky.....Soul....

Big...Up..Roy Ayers
D’Slyce





Jul 12 2008 1:56 PM

Just stopping through for a little Holiday!
der ausklappbare tom





Jul 12 2008 5:25 AM

thanks!
BuKKKin


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Jul 11 2008 7:56 PM

FRIENDS AND FAMILY

some kids grow up fast
I grew up faster
two parents in my house
still ended up a bastard

to be this grown
you must be disowned
to keep my head up
my neck must be strong

looking up to GOD
aint nothin higher
tryin to get them wings
one flap put out Hell's Fire

I got four lil sistas
whom I admire
I describe what they cant see
so they say Im a liar

love is confusing
say you do but keep abusing
Mom or Dad
between the two kids choosing

my nigga went to jail
I went to get him out
now my ass is in jail
this nigga snitched me out

thats the way a nigga do you
treat you like doodoo
so if its fuck me
fuck you too

but we still friends and Fam
as long as we blood
I couldnt give a damn
Im still there if I can
Zimon





Jul 11 2008 12:48 PM

back from holiday... (5 weeks at the north sea)
sending you some lovely greetings. have a nive weekend and stay tuned...
:)
splitterpop





Jul 11 2008 5:56 AM

thanks for inspiration!
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Jul 11 2008 3:22 AM

New Tune!

New Tune!

New Tune!
coffy





Jul 11 2008 3:11 AM

U are amazing!!!
Thanks for the add and greetings from cologne!
ShellShock





Jul 11 2008 2:34 AM

THX 4 the add.



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YZ a.k.a Willow





Jul 10 2008 2:56 PM

Thanks for the add! - YZ aka Willow
NECESSARY





Jul 10 2008 12:41 PM