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Roy Ayers
Birth name Roy Ayers
Born September 10, 1940 (1940-09-10) (age 67)
Origin Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genre(s) Jazz
Jazz-Fusion
Funk
Acid Jazz
Disco
Soul jazz
Occupation(s) Musician
Instrument(s) Vocals
Vibraphone
Years active 1962 - present
Associated acts RAMP
Website Roy Ayers' official site
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Roy Ayers (born September 10, 1940, Los Angeles) is a funk, soul and jazz vibraphone player. Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended Soul music, Soul Soul music is a Music genre that combines Rhythm and blues and Gospel music, originating in the United States. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a Musical instrument in the mallet subfamily of the percussion family [1]

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Biography

Ayers grew up in a musical family. At the age of five, Lionel Hampton gave him his first pair of mallets, which led to the vibraphone being his trademark sound for decades. Lionel Leo Hampton ( April 20, 1908 &ndash August 31, 2002) was an American Jazz Vibraphonist, Percussionist A mallet is a type of hammer with a head made of softer materials than the Steel normally used in hammerheads so as to avoid damaging a delicate surface The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a Musical instrument in the mallet subfamily of the percussion family A trademark or trade mark, represented by the symbols ™ and ®, or mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual The area of Los Angeles that Ayers grew up in, now known as "South Central", but then known as "South Park", was the epicenter of the Southern California Black Music Scene. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West South Los Angeles, often abbreviated as South LA, is the official name for a large geographic and cultural portion lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown See also South Park (disambiguation 052607-010-SouthParkLAjpg|thumb|250px|none|The Southern California, or So Cal, is defined as the southern portion of the U African American music (also called black music) is an umbrella term given to a range of Music and Musical genres emerging from or influenced by the The schools Roy attended (Wadsworth Elementary, Nevins Middle School, and Thomas Jefferson High School) were all close to the famed Central Avenue, Los Angeles' equivalent of Harlem's Lenox Avenue and Chicago's State Street. Thomas Jefferson High School may refer to high schools in the United States Thomas Jefferson High School (Denver Colorado Thomas Jefferson High Central Avenue is a major north-south thoroughfare in the central portion of the Los Angeles California metropolitan area Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major African American cultural and business center Lenox Avenue / Malcolm X Boulevard is the primary north-south route through Harlem in the upper portion of the New York City borough Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. State Street is a major north-south thoroughfare in Chicago, Illinois, USA. On any given day, Roy would have been likely to be exposed to music as it not only emanated from the many nightclubs and bars in the area, but also poured out of many of the homes where the musicians who kept the scene alive stayed in and around Central. Thomas Jefferson High School, from which Ayers graduated, gave to the music and jazz worlds some of its brightest stars, such as Dexter Gordon. Thomas Jefferson High School may refer to high schools in the United States Thomas Jefferson High School (Denver Colorado Thomas Jefferson High Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Dexter Gordon ( February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American Jazz Tenor saxophonist, and an Academy

Ayers was responsible for the highly regarded soundtrack to Jack Hill's 1973 blaxploitation film Coffy, which starred Pam Grier. Jack Hill (b January 28, 1933) is an American Film director, noted for his work in the Exploitation film genre Blaxploitation is a Film genre that emerged in the United States in the early 1970s when many Exploitation films were made that targeted the urban Coffy is a 1973 Blaxploitation film written and directed by American Filmmaker Jack Hill. Pamela Suzette "Pam" Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American Actress. He later moved from a jazz-funk sound to R&B, as seen on Mystic Voyage and especially the title track from his 1976 album Everybody Loves the Sunshine. Everybody Loves The Sunshine is a Roy Ayers album released in 1976. Other notable songs by Ayers include "Running Away", "Searching", and "Sensitize" (co-written by Ayers protegé Wayne K. Garfield).

In popular culture

Discography

References

  1. ^ Roy Ayers - The Official Website

External links

Everybody Loves The Sunshine is a Roy Ayers album released in 1976.
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