Roy Ayers

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.

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Roy Ayers is known for work in sound across film and television. New Release currently presents 4 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021), Coffy (1973), Roy Ayers – In Concert (1995), Children of Africa. The recorded credits span 1973 to 2021, including 4 movies and 0 TV shows.

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