ROY AYERS

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Roy Ayers (September 10, 1940 — March 4, 2025) was an American vibraphonist, record producer and composer. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several studio albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk. He is a key figure in the acid jazz movement, and has been described as "The Godfather of Neo Soul". He is best known for his compositions "Everybody Loves the Sunshine", "Lifeline", and "No Stranger to Love" and others that charted in the 1970s. At one time Ayers was listed among the performers whose music was most often sampled by rappers. Ayers was born on September 10, 1940, in Los Angeles. He grew up in a musical family, where his father played trombone and his mother played piano. At the age of five, he was given his first pair read more...
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ROY AYERS West Coast Vibes album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
 West Coast Vibes
Post Bop 1963
ROY AYERS Virgo Vibes album cover 2.75 | 2 ratings
 Virgo Vibes
Funk Jazz 1967
ROY AYERS Stoned Soul Picnic album cover 3.00 | 2 ratings
 Stoned Soul Picnic
Funk Jazz 1968
ROY AYERS Daddy Bug album cover 3.00 | 2 ratings
 Daddy Bug
Funk Jazz 1969
ROY AYERS Ubiquity album cover 3.83 | 3 ratings
 Ubiquity
Funk Jazz 1970
ROY AYERS Roy Ayers Ubiquity : He's Coming album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
 Roy Ayers Ubiquity : He's Coming
Funk Jazz 1972
ROY AYERS Roy Ayers Ubiquity : Virgo Red album cover 4.50 | 2 ratings
 Roy Ayers Ubiquity : Virgo Red
Funk Jazz 1973
ROY AYERS Coffy album cover 4.50 | 2 ratings
 Coffy
Jazz Related Soundtracks 1973
ROY AYERS Roy Ayers Ubiquity : Red Black & Green album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
 Roy Ayers Ubiquity : Red Black & Green
Funk Jazz 1973
ROY AYERS Roy Ayers Ubiquity ‎: Change Up The Groove album cover 3.50 | 2 ratings
 Roy Ayers Ubiquity ‎: Change Up The Groove
Funk Jazz 1974
ROY AYERS Roy Ayers Ubiquity : A Tear To A Smile album cover 4.00 | 2 ratings
 Roy Ayers Ubiquity : A Tear To A Smile
Funk Jazz 1975
ROY AYERS Roy Ayers Ubiquity ‎: Mystic Voyage album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
 Roy Ayers Ubiquity ‎: Mystic Voyage
Funk Jazz 1975
ROY AYERS Roy Ayers Ubiquity ‎: Vibrations album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
 Roy Ayers Ubiquity ‎: Vibrations
Funk Jazz 1976
ROY AYERS Daddy Bug & Friends album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Daddy Bug & Friends
Funk Jazz 1976
ROY AYERS Everybody Loves The Sunshine album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
 Everybody Loves The Sunshine
Soul Jazz 1976
ROY AYERS Quartet album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Quartet
Funk Jazz 1976
ROY AYERS Roy Ayers Ubiquity : Lifeline album cover 3.50 | 2 ratings
 Roy Ayers Ubiquity : Lifeline
Funk Jazz 1977
ROY AYERS Step In To Our Life (with Wayne Henderson) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Step In To Our Life (with Wayne Henderson)
Funk Jazz 1978
ROY AYERS You Send Me album cover 3.50 | 2 ratings
 You Send Me
Funk Jazz 1978
ROY AYERS Let's Do It album cover 2.50 | 1 ratings
 Let's Do It
Funk Jazz 1978
ROY AYERS Starbooty album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Starbooty
Funk Jazz 1978
ROY AYERS Fever album cover 2.00 | 1 ratings
 Fever
Funk Jazz 1979
ROY AYERS No Stranger to Love album cover 2.50 | 1 ratings
 No Stranger to Love
Funk Jazz 1979
ROY AYERS Love Fantasy album cover 2.00 | 1 ratings
 Love Fantasy
Funk Jazz 1980
ROY AYERS Prime Time (with Wayne Henderson) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Prime Time (with Wayne Henderson)
Funk Jazz 1980
ROY AYERS Africa, Center Of The World album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
 Africa, Center Of The World
Funk Jazz 1981
ROY AYERS Feeling Good album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Feeling Good
Funk Jazz 1982
ROY AYERS Lots Of Love album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Lots Of Love
Funk Jazz 1983
ROY AYERS Silver Vibrations album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Silver Vibrations
Funk Jazz 1983
ROY AYERS In the Dark album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 In the Dark
Funk Jazz 1984
ROY AYERS You Might Be Surprised album cover 2.50 | 1 ratings
 You Might Be Surprised
Funk Jazz 1985
ROY AYERS I'm the One album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 I'm the One
Funk Jazz 1987
ROY AYERS Drive album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Drive
Funk Jazz 1988
ROY AYERS Wake Up album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Wake Up
Funk Jazz 1989
ROY AYERS Double Trouble album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Double Trouble
Eclectic Fusion 1992
ROY AYERS Nasté album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Nasté
Funk Jazz 1995
ROY AYERS Spoken Word album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Spoken Word
Funk Jazz 1998
ROY AYERS Smooth Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Smooth Jazz
Funk Jazz 1999
ROY AYERS Juice album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Juice
Funk Jazz 1999
ROY AYERS Perfection album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Perfection
Funk Jazz 2000
ROY AYERS Virgin Ubiquity (Unreleased Recordings 1976-1981) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Virgin Ubiquity (Unreleased Recordings 1976-1981)
RnB 2003
ROY AYERS Snoop (aka Sunshine Man) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Snoop (aka Sunshine Man)
Funk Jazz 2003
ROY AYERS Mahogany Vibe album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Mahogany Vibe
Funk Jazz 2003
ROY AYERS Virgin Ubiquity II (Unreleased Recordings 1976-1981) album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
 Virgin Ubiquity II (Unreleased Recordings 1976-1981)
RnB 2005
ROY AYERS King Of The Vibes album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 King Of The Vibes
RnB 2011

ROY AYERS EPs & splits

ROY AYERS Herbie Mann Presents Comin' Home Baby Roy Ayers Quartet 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Herbie Mann Presents Comin' Home Baby Roy Ayers Quartet 1
Funk Jazz 1969
ROY AYERS Herbie Mann Presents All Blues Roy Ayers Quartet 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Herbie Mann Presents All Blues Roy Ayers Quartet 2
Funk Jazz 1969
ROY AYERS Drivin' On Up album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Drivin' On Up
Funk Jazz 1983

ROY AYERS live albums

ROY AYERS Roy Ayers Ubiquity : Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival album cover 4.50 | 3 ratings
 Roy Ayers Ubiquity : Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival
Soul Jazz 1972
ROY AYERS Serachin' album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Serachin'
Funk Jazz 1991
ROY AYERS Hot album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Hot
Funk Jazz 1992
ROY AYERS Fast Money - Live at Ronnie Scott's London album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Fast Money - Live at Ronnie Scott's London
Funk Jazz 1993
ROY AYERS Good Vibrations album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Good Vibrations
Funk Jazz 1993
ROY AYERS The Essential Groove - Live album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Essential Groove - Live
Funk Jazz 1994
ROY AYERS Vibesman: Live at Ronnie Scotts album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Vibesman: Live at Ronnie Scotts
Funk Jazz 1995
ROY AYERS Live at Ronnie Scott's album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Live at Ronnie Scott's
Funk Jazz 2001

ROY AYERS demos, promos, fans club and other releases (no bootlegs)

ROY AYERS re-issues & compilations

ROY AYERS Roy Ayers Quartet : Unchain My Heart album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Roy Ayers Quartet : Unchain My Heart
Funk Jazz 1970
ROY AYERS The Best of Roy Ayers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Best of Roy Ayers
Funk Jazz 1979
ROY AYERS Rare Vol. 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Rare Vol. 2
Funk Jazz 1990
ROY AYERS The Best Of... album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Best Of...
Funk Jazz 1993
ROY AYERS A Shining Symbol album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 A Shining Symbol
Funk Jazz 1993
ROY AYERS Evolution: The Polydor Anthology album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
 Evolution: The Polydor Anthology
Funk Jazz 1995
ROY AYERS The Best of Roy Ayers: Love Fantasy album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Best of Roy Ayers: Love Fantasy
Funk Jazz 1997
ROY AYERS Juice album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Juice
Funk Jazz 1999
ROY AYERS 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Roy Ayers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Roy Ayers
Funk Jazz 2000
ROY AYERS In the Dark / You Might Be Surprised album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 In the Dark / You Might Be Surprised
Funk Jazz 2001
ROY AYERS Essential Vibes album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Essential Vibes
Funk Jazz 2002
ROY AYERS The Universal Masters Collection: Classic Roy Ayers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Universal Masters Collection: Classic Roy Ayers
Funk Jazz 2003
ROY AYERS Destination Motherland: The Roy Ayers Anthology album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Destination Motherland: The Roy Ayers Anthology
Funk Jazz 2003
ROY AYERS Soulful Vibes (Jazz Club) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Soulful Vibes (Jazz Club)
Funk Jazz 2013

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Funk Jazz 2004
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 Brewhouse Jazz
Funk Jazz 2007

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