His own reaction to being canonized by the hip-hop crowd is tempered with the detachment of a survivor in a rough business. Roy Ayers Everybody Loves The Sunshine (2016) Posted by On October - 13 - 2016. Roy Ayers (born September 10, 1940, Los Angeles) is a funk, soul and jazz vibraphone player. Yet Ayers' own playing has always been rooted in hard bop it's crisp, lyrical, and rhythmically resilient. Title / Release Date +3 3.27 57 1 West Coast Vibes 1964 +3 3.55 110 3 Virgo Vibes 1967 +5 3.42 144 6 Stoned Soul Picnic 1968 +2 3.24 64 2 Daddy Bug 1969 +3 3.52 258 8 Ubiquity 1970 +2 3.50 282 10 Hes Coming 1972 Roy Ayers Ubiquity +4 3.54 161 1 Red, Black & Green 1973 Roy Ayers Ubiquity +2 3.62 182 5 Virgo Red 1973 Roy Ayers Ubiquity +4 3.

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. UK 1998 on Columbia label R&B/Soul (Soul, Funk, Disco) Part of the 'Jazz 2 on 1 - 2 complete albums on 1 CD' series. 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. Roy Ayers In The Dark / You Might Be Surprised.

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