'Perfection' is the title of his new album, available from this site via the Merchandise for sale page. Roy Ayers wrote Brother Green (the Disco King), Everybody Loves the Sunshine and The Boogie Back. was born in Los Angeles on 10th September 1940. Born in Los Angeles, California he started his career as a post-bop jazz artist in the вЂ60s and then went on to become one of the pioneers of the. Roy Ayers originally did Bonita, Donna Lee, It Could Happen to You, Days of Wine & Roses and other songs. Roy Ayers is a funk, soul and jazz composer. 'Door Of The Cosmos' is a bit of a groover, and even gets a bit funky at times and the album also features the laidback spacey number 'Springtime Again'. Joining Ayers, Younge & Shaheed Muhammad on this musical journey are drummer Greg Paul, vocalists Loren Oden, Joy Gilliam, Saudia Yasmein, Elgin Clark & Anitra Castleberry, as well as Phil Ranelin & Wendell Harrison of the legendary Spiritual Jazz label Tribe Records.The 8 tracks on this album testify to the love not only of a legendary musician's legacy, but to the vitality & necessity of this music and these sounds in the present era, a thread that will likely run throughout all of the upcoming releases from Jazz Is Dead Records. Bestselling Song Title: A to Z Song Title: Z to A Album: A to Z Album: Z to A Time: Short to Long Time: Long to Short Price: Low to High Price: High to Low Avg. Roy Ayers covered Bonita, Donna Lee, It Could Happen to You, Days of Wine & Roses and other songs. The title track 'Sleeping Beauty' runs for all of side two of the album and its an amazing little number that mixes instrumental passages with some great mellow Roy Ayers-styled vocals. Over the course of it's eight original compositions, written collaboratively by Younge, Shaheed Muhammad & Ayers and recorded at Younge's Linear Labs in Los Angeles, the resulting album sounds both like an unearthed an unreleased album from Ayers' classic period in the 1970s (which produced the oft-sampled 'Red, Black & Green, 'We Live In Brooklyn, Baby,' 'Everybody Loves The Sunshine,' and 'Running Away), as well as something startling, new and unexpected. It wasn't until 2020 that fans of Ayers discovered that in addition to those shows, the legendary vibraphone player had also recorded an entire album of new material with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad.

In February 2018, Roy Ayers performed four sold out shows in Los Angeles as part of the Jazz Is Dead Black History Month series.

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