- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (3 video files (1 hr., 26 min., 39 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Jazz vibraphonist Roy Ayers was born on September 10, 1940 in the South Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. At age twenty-two, Ayers began his recording career. He released his first album in his own name, West Coast Vibes, in 1963. His career took off at The Lighthouse club in Hermosa Beach, California. There, he met jazz flutist Herbie Mann, who produced his first three albums on Atlantic Records. Ayers formed Roy Ayers Ubiquity in 1970, with whom he recorded mass hits We Live in Brooklyn and Everybody Loves the Sunshine. Ayers also collaborated with Nigerian musician Fela Kuti. Ayers released over eighty albums in his own name, and his Uno Melodic imprint became known among hip hop musicians as a rare groove treasure trove. A new generation of artists, including Erykah Badu, Mary J. Blige, and Puff Daddy, have remixed, covered and sampled Ayers' work, dubbing him the godfather of neo-soul.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Roy Ayers
- Roy Ayers
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 994208866
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Roy Ayers.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
012639
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Harriette Cole, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded New York, New York 2016 September 19.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Jazz Composer Vibraphonist.
- Added Author
Ayers, Roy, interviewee.
Cole, Harriette, interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.