Roy Ayers RIP

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ateix on Thursday, March 6, 2025 – 04:31 pm

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A long and storied career. His late 60s stuff is peak, and he moved deftly into the sample-rich R&B genre with style. 
 

I'll be revisiting his Atlantic post-bop and soul-jazz stuff, but I also love his stuff with Herbie Mann. This whole thing smokes, but skip to 6:30 to hear Ayers going off (say what you will about Mann, but the guy stacked his bands, here with Sonny Sharrock and Larry Coryell on guitar):

https://youtu.be/cO9XEg7Q5io 

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Dalton on Thursday, March 6, 2025 – 11:39 pm

RIp. I was fortunate to see him opening for Patti Smith and Grateful Dead at UMass 79. Interesting day of music.

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Voodoo Chile on Friday, March 7, 2025 – 08:58 am

I came across this a while back pulling up Fela Kuti 

RIP Roy

Fela & Roy Ayers (LP) "Music Of Many Colours"

https://youtu.be/zEGU1p8PUAA?si=cQrCJjhyeUGsUOsc