Roy Ayers Connections Prelaunch

Roy Ayers Connections Prelaunch A multimedia project that highlights the greatness of Roy Ayers as well as his connections (formerly known as the Roy Ayers Project). Est. 2010

Happy birthday to legendary filmmaker Spike Lee ()! Here he is with Roy Ayers at Central Park Summer Stage in 2017 court...
03/22/2022

Happy birthday to legendary filmmaker Spike Lee ()!

Here he is with Roy Ayers at Central Park Summer Stage in 2017 courtesy of , Photo by Jason Wallace.

Read below to learn more about this photo and Giant Step.

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Roy Ayers & Spike Lee at SummerStage, 2017 (Photo by Jason Wallace)

See more photos at link in bio - www.giantstep.net/vault

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The Central Park SummerStage concert series is a longstanding New York institution. Its world-class programming brings New Yorkers and tourists together through their love of music and culture that spans genres. We’ve been honored to have been a part of it since the early 1990s by presenting an annual show for thousands of attendees. We’ve managed to put together eclectic line ups in partnership with the SummerStage team over the years, including artists like Janelle Monae, Femi Kuti, Roy Ayers, Q-Tip, Raphael Saadiq, Little Dragon, Shuggie Otis, Gilles Peterson, and Hiatus Kaiyote, to name just a few.

03/19/2022

Let’s take a second to talk about Uno Melodic Records, Roy Ayers’ independent label that housed his own recordings and a roster of artists such as Sylvia Striplin, Eighties Ladies, Rick Holmes, Ethel Beatty and more, which ran from 1980 to 1983. While this is a short lived scope in the lengthy career of Roy Ayers, this was a period that was sonically important and impactful. This was when Roy Ayers really began to shift the slider away from his traditional jazz background and dove deeply into of a fusion of disco and funk, which was also the budding of house and electronic music. Not all jazz musicians made these transitions, and some of those who didn’t ridiculed those who did. It was the legendary status of those like Miles, Herbie, and Quincy that encouraged others to move forward in realms of experimentation, and overall, the ones who evolved their sounds are remembered fondly, Roy Ayers being one of many.

While the early/mid 1970s of Roy Ayers is sampled heavily amongst Hip Hop, it is this period that is seen fondly amongst fans of house and neo soul.

This video is a promotion for the sale of this compilation on vinyl at Turntable Lab. Visit their profile for purchase.

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1-stop shop for Roy Ayers' greatest productions on the label, includes tracks by , , Roy himself + more. ╲➸link in bio╲⁠
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Today’s Roy Ayers comes from ! Read more information about the piece below. (Repost )Liquid Love by Roy Ayers Material...
03/18/2022

Today’s Roy Ayers comes from ! Read more information about the piece below.

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Liquid Love by Roy Ayers
Material: Watercolour
Size: A2 Watercolour paper
Price: £300



Herbie Mann presents Roy Ayers Quartet album cover (Japan release only) 1969. Personnel: Roy Ayers (vibes), Sonny Sherro...
03/18/2022

Herbie Mann presents Roy Ayers Quartet album cover (Japan release only) 1969.

Personnel: Roy Ayers (vibes), Sonny Sherrock (guitar), Miroslav Vitous (bass), Bruno Carr (drums)

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Yesterday’s post reference Gerald Wilson and his connnection to Ndugu Chancler and Roy Ayers. Today we are highlighting ...
03/15/2022

Yesterday’s post reference Gerald Wilson and his connnection to Ndugu Chancler and Roy Ayers. Today we are highlighting this beautiful work from artist Ian Johnson (), inspired by the famed photograph of Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, and Gerald Wilson by Jim Marshall. This piece is one of many in the collection of Johnson’s, who’s work has paid homage to some of the greatest names in jazz.

Sundays are for listening to jazz. Here’s to the legendary Miles Davis, who was one of Roy Ayers’ biggest influences and...
03/13/2022

Sundays are for listening to jazz. Here’s to the legendary Miles Davis, who was one of Roy Ayers’ biggest influences and inspirations.

(Shout out to and his lovely listening space)

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The pressing of the ’s Workin’, one of five must-have records from the first great quintet.

03/12/2022

Check out this beautiful cover of Everybody Loves the Sunshine by trio . (, , .waaramaa)

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Everybody Loves The Sunshine

Our humble nod to the legendary Roy Ayers🙌

It’s never not a bad time to pay homage to the great Patrice Rushen () friend of Roy Ayers and fellow LA-born music lege...
03/12/2022

It’s never not a bad time to pay homage to the great Patrice Rushen () friend of Roy Ayers and fellow LA-born music legend. (1st slide photo: , slides 2-10 & words by )

Patrice Rushen is incredibly talented and has crafted a marvelous career in the music business. She is a Grammy-nominated artist, a singer, a multi-instrumentalist, a producer, an arranger, a composer, a songwriter, a music director, and a professor (currently the Chair of the Popular Music Program at USC Thornton School of Music). One of my earliest memories of seeing Patrice Rushen is the cover of the 1982 “Straight from the Heart” album, with the beautiful braids and beads hairstyle.
From what I recall in a Questlove Supreme interview with Patrice Rushen, she started playing piano as a child and was a bit of a child prodigy. Throughout her youth she continued to play and learn more about music and this led to her playing on sessions while in high school. While she is often remembered for her 1982 hit, “Forget Me Nots” (which was sampled by Will Smith for 1997’s “Men In Black”), her career is much more dynamic. Remember: Black people are dynamic.
Rushen’s solo discography began with jazz and I love her playing. I knew her R&B and funk music (“Haven’t You Heard”, “Remind Me” and more) before I knew her jazz presence. I found that out from the 1976 album “Heritage” by Eddie Henderson. I love the keys on the album and looked at the credits & boom, Patrice Rushen on keys with a songwriting credit for the track, “Kudu”. Throughout her career, Rushen has played with some incredibly talented musicians, more than I can list in this space. Do ya googles. She is also the first woman to be the musical director for the Grammys; she held this position for the 46th - 48th award shows (2004 - 2006). She has also been the musical director for the Emmys and Peoples Choice Awards. She was the musical director for Janet Jackson’s 1994 “janet” world tour.

Patrice Rushen, a shining example of Black Excellence!

03/11/2022

Hello folks. Please follow our other page at Roy Ayers Connection. We were able to recover our old page with our before-established following, which happened after creating this page.

This page will be discontinued, as all the posts will be published there. Thank you.

We will beginning contributing to the hashtag by posting Roy Ayers based fan art (you guessed it) every Friday! Check ...
03/11/2022

We will beginning contributing to the hashtag by posting Roy Ayers based fan art (you guessed it) every Friday! Check out this mixed media piece of Roy by !

We look forward to sharing more art on this account. If you have any Roy Ayers based drawings, paintings, illustrations, collages, sculptures, whatever, let us know and we’ll give it a shout out.

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Roy Ayers -mixed media on wood panel 20x20”(Autographed by Roy Ayers)

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