Roy Ayers
Sign in to saveAmerican funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer (1940–2025)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1940-09-10
- Active to
- 2025-03-04
Discography
- Jack Wilson Quartet Featuring Roy Ayers1963
- West Coast Vibes1963
- Ramblin'1966
- Virgo Vibes1967
- Stoned Soul Picnic1968
- Daddy Bug1969
- Ubiquity1970
- Let's Do It1978
- You Send Me1978
- Step in to Our Life1978
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Roy Ayers (born Roy Edward Ayers Jr. in Los Angeles, CA, on 10 September 1940; died 4 March 2025) was an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player remembered as a key figure in the acid jazz movement and for his pioneering jazz-funk band Roy Ayers Ubiquity. He was a recipient of the US Congress of Racial Equality Lifetime Achievement Award. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Roy+
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- soul
- Genre
- soul
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
- Official website
- www.royayers.com
- Image
- Roy Ayers 2019 Glastonbury Festival 09 crop.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- date of birth
- 1940-09-10
- Commons category
- Roy Ayers
- start of work period
- 1962-00-00
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- different from
- Roy E. Ayers
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- date of death
- 2025-03-04
- end of work period
- 2023-00-00
- name in native language
- Roy Ayers
- birth name
- Roy Edward Ayers Jr.
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