Research Catalog

Title

My life in the sunshine : searching for my father and discovering my family / Nabil Ayers.

Author

Ayers, Nabil

Publication

[New York] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2022]

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Details

Description

xv, 301 pages; 22 cm

Summary

• "A memoir about one man's journey to connect with his absentee musician father, ultimately redefining what family really means"--
• In 1971 a white, Jewish, former ballerina, chose to have a child with the famous Black jazz musician Roy Ayers, fully expecting and agreeing that he would not be involved in the child's life. Their son, Nabil Ayers, recounts a life spent living with the aftermath of that decision, and his journey to build an identity of his own despite and in spite of his father's absence. Despite meeting his father only a handful of times, Roy's influence showed itself in Nabil's instinctual love of music, and later, in the music industry, Nabil's chosen career path. Here Nabil Ayers examines how he made meaningful connections with extended family he never knew existed. -- adapted from jacket

Subject

• Ayers, Nabil
• Ayers, Nabil > Family
• Ayers, Roy
• Fathers and sons
• Sound recording executives and producers > United States > Biography
• African American musicians > Biography
• Racially mixed people > Biography
• Families
• Sound recording executives and producers
• Fathers
• Sons
• Family members
• African American musicians
• Racially mixed people
• United States

Genre/Form

• Autobiographies.
• Biographies.

Note

• Place of publication from publisher's website.

Contents

Straight Outta Compton -- Ubiquity -- Valley of Search -- A Love Supreme -- Destroyer -- Ascension -- Electric Ladyland -- Living for the City -- Don't Stop Believin' -- Super Freak -- Searching -- Ebony and Ivory -- Manny's Music -- Meat Is Murder -- Gigantic -- When Problems Arise -- Summertime Rolls -- Ayers -- The Real Thing -- Nevermind -- Easy Street -- Sour Times -- Sonic Boom Records -- Smooth Criminal -- Putting the Days to Bed -- Love Will Bring Us Back Together -- Love Will Tear Us Apart -- We Live in Brooklyn, Baby -- 4 American Dollars -- Seasons Change -- Alkebu-Lan -- You Got A Little Soul in You I See -- Oh God Guide Me -- Roots Deep in Slavery -- A Dream about My Father -- And the Grammy Goes to... -- Los Angeles -- West Coast Vibes -- Inglewood Park Cemetery -- Everybody Loves the Sunshine.

Call Number

Sc D 23-13

ISBN

• 9780593295960
• 059329596X

LCCN

2021045247

OCLC

1268205580

Author

Ayers, Nabil, author.

Title

My life in the sunshine : searching for my father and discovering my family / Nabil Ayers.

Publisher

[New York] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2022]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Local Note

Schomburg copy with dust jacket.

Other Form:

Online version: Ayers, Nabil. My life in the sunshine [1st.] New York : Viking, 2022 9780593295977 (DLC) 2021045248

Research Call Number

Sc D 23-13

JMD 22-168