Amoeba Music

By J Poet

Roy Ayers is a hard bop master of the vibraphone, a jazz player who slowly transformed himself into a best selling R&B and disco artist in the 70s. His early 70s albums with Roy Ayers Ubiquity are considered cornerstones of the early 90s acid jazz movement. He’s played and collaborated with a wide range of musicians, most famously Herbie Mann and Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. He contributed to Guru’s groundbreaking acid jazz album Jazzmatazz (1993 Chrysalis) and is one of the musicians most sampled by hip-hop artists. For the last 20 years he’s been playing regular long-term gigs at Ronnie Scott’s jazz club in London. His music has been used on three version of the video game Grand Theft... Read More