Artist
Roy Ayers
18 releases · 58 collaborators · 13 labels
- Real name
- Roy Edward Ayers, Jr.
- Date active
- 1982 – 2018
- Relevance
- Extremely Low, very weak ties with the core dub techno cluster (here through one or more shared credits and labels)
Bio
American funk, soul and jazz vibraphone player, composer and producer.
Born September 10, 1940 in Los Angeles, California.
Died March 4, 2025 in New York.
Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic, before his tenure at Polydor beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk.
Among his hits are Everybody Loves The Sunshine, Searching and Running Away, as well as collaborations with Fela Kuti.
Founded his own label label 12536 in 1980.
Father of artist 747956 and artist 550856.
Born September 10, 1940 in Los Angeles, California.
Died March 4, 2025 in New York.
Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic, before his tenure at Polydor beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk.
Among his hits are Everybody Loves The Sunshine, Searching and Running Away, as well as collaborations with Fela Kuti.
Founded his own label label 12536 in 1980.
Father of artist 747956 and artist 550856.
Member of
Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Ubiquity (4)
Gerald Wilson Orchestra
The Jack Wilson Quartet
Roy Ayers Quartet
Roy Ayers (Artist)
Label
Relevance
Releases
Active
- Releases: 5 Relevance: very high Active: 1998
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2018
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2011
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 2004 – 2016
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 2000
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1983
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1997
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1997
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1983
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2016
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1997
- Releases: 3 Relevance: extremely low Active: 1982 – 1983
- Releases: 2 Relevance: extremely low Active: 1994