Roy Ayers Ubiquity

Roy Edward Ayers Jr. (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 to pioneer jazz-funk. He was a key figure in the acid jazz movement, and has been described as "The Godfather of Neo Soul". He was best known for his compositions "Everybody Loves the Sunshine", "Running Away", and "Freaky Deaky" and others that charted in the 1970s. At one time, Ayers was listed among the performers whose music was most often sampled by rappers.

jazz-funk

LA Summertime Vibes - 2025-07-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Cooking Dinner Jazz - 2025-07-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Gartenarbeit - 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000000Z

God Forbid You Love Nostalgic Songs - 2025-05-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Verve Remixed: The Hits - 2025-04-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Coffee Vibes - 2024-11-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Soul & Disco Parchado - 2024-09-20T00:00:00.000000Z

romanticizing school - 2024-03-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Dale al play!: Soul - 2023-08-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Jazz For Kids - 2022-05-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Popular Soul - 2022-01-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Sweet Soul Music - 2021-10-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Happy Retro Soul Music - 2021-10-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Luxury Tax - 2021-09-22T00:00:00.000000Z

Family Royalty - 2021-09-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Nostalgia - 2021-08-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Tristyn’s Book Club: Girl Dad - 2021-08-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Summer Chill - 2021-07-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Apéro Jazz - 2021-06-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Summer Cocktail Party - 2021-01-22T00:00:00.000000Z

R&B Soul - 2020-06-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Summer Holiday - 2020-05-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Smooth Jazz Music - 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000000Z

4 ALL AGES: Soul Music - 2020-04-24T00:00:00.000000Z

Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack - 2019-11-15T00:00:00.000000Z