Ayers, Roy
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Name (Latin)
Ayers, Roy
Other forms of name
Ayers, Ron (vibraphonist)
Date of birth
1940-09-10
Place of birth
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Field of activity
Jazz Soul music Funk (Music)
Occupation
Vibraphonists Jazz musicians
Gender
male
See Also From tracing corporate name
RAMP (Musical group)
Ubiquity (Musical group)
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Stoned soul picnic [SR] 1968:label (Roy Ayers)
- Moody's party [SR] p1995:label (Roy Ayers, vibes)
- New Grove dict. of jazz(Ayers, Roy (E., Jr.); b. Sept. 10, 1940, Los Angeles; vibraphonist)
- Roy Ayers (b. Sept. 10, 1940, Los Angeles) is an African American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player; in the early 70s, he founded his own band called Roy Ayer's Ubiquity ( (Wikipedia, March 31, 2015) )
- Way down, 1962:label (Ron Ayers, vibes)
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Roy Ayers 2019 Glastonbury Festival 09 crop
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Edwardx, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Roy Ayers @ Becks Music Box (12 2 2011) (5457445713).jpg
Stuart Sevastos, CC BY 2.0
File:Roy ayers 1976.jpg
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Wikipedia description:
Roy Edward Ayers Jr. (September 10, 1940 – March 4, 2025) was an American vibraphonist, record producer, and composer. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several studio albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped to pioneer jazz-funk. He was a key figure in the acid jazz movement, and has been described as "The Godfather of Neo Soul". He was best known for his compositions "Everybody Loves the Sunshine", "Running Away", and "Freaky Deaky" and others that charted in the 1970s. At one time, Ayers was listed among the performers whose music was most often sampled by rappers.
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