The session and gigs were part of a project called " Jazz Is Dead," which in early 2020 dropped its first collection. Younge and Muhammad were part of that performance, and ahead of time they’d invited the New York-based Ayers to record at Linear Labs. In front of a hometown crowd, during four sold-out sets over two evenings, Ayers stood center-stage, knit scarf wrapped on his head as a cap and a pair of mallets in each hand, tapping the keys of his instrument and leading a band through a set of expansive, highly percussive jazz-funk. Last year at the Lodge Room in Highland Park, Ayers’ vibraphone playing was assured and confident. Roy Ayers performing at the Kool Jazz Festival, Cincinatti, Ohio, 1976. She explained later, "My father is a few months shy of turning 80 years old and with that brings physical and mental challenges that all people experience when they reach his age." Roy finished the rest of the interview via email. Standing by his side, Ayers’ daughter and manager, Ayana Ayers, apologized for what she called "a bit of confusion going on right now" and requested that the interview be rescheduled. Shortly after the interview began, however, Ayers seemed to forget which recording he was discussing. “When they reached out, I was very grateful," he said.
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A deeply relevant set captured to tape in conjunction with the 2019 “Jazz Is Dead” live series in a Highland Park nightclub, the eight songs were co-written and performed by Ayers with producer-composers Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest) at Younge’s Linear Labs studio on Figueroa Boulevard.ĭuring a recent phone conversation from his home in New York City, Ayers said that Younge and Muhammad approached him about recording in the midst of a series of gigs in February 2019. 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. His work in the 1970s leading six-piece band Roy Ayers Ubiquity helped spawn the subgenre called acid jazz. Hundreds of other artists including Tyler, the Creator, Jill Scott and Madlib have sampled Ayers, earning him a vaunted place among music producers and DJs.
Snippets of the song have been sampled by Dr. Its longevity is due in large part to its use in hip-hop and soul tracks. After going solo in the early 1970's he has released over 30 albums, composed the soundtrack for 'Coffy', a 1973 Blaxploitation film starring Pam Grier, toured and recorded with Fela Kuti, produced and released artists such as RAMP, Sylvia Striplin, Bobbi Humphrey, Eighties Ladies and is cited as a major influence by Pharrell Williams and Erykah Badu.A minor hit when first issued, the jazz-driven soul song peaked at No. Roy Ayers started his career in the 1960's joining the touring band of Herbie Mann. "Evolution" was a dancefloor filler at clubs such as Dingwalls and "Life is Just a Moment (Part 2)" has been sampled by The Jungle Brothers, Outlaw Posse, Fila Brazilia and more. The opening song from the album "Brother Green (The Disco King)" was a huge tune in the Rare Groove clubs of the 1980's. Recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York, 'Mystic Voyage' has been sampled countless times in Hip Hop over the years and was one of the foundations of the burgeoning Jazz-Funk scene which developed in the mid to late 1970's.
Roy Ayers Ubiquity celebrate the 45th anniversary of their seminal 1975 album 'Mystic Voyage'.
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