Roy Ayers, the late, great vibraphonist whose 60s and 70s work defined a jazz-funk style for that era, is really one in a long line of jazz vibraphonists. Some of these greats include Milt Jackson / The Modern Jazz Quartet, Cal Tjader and Bobby Hutcherson, but it was Lionel Hampton who gave a 5 year old Roy Ayers his first pair of vibraphone mallets. #jazz #jazzhistory #musichistory #woogtalksmusic #jazzfunk #royayers #vibes #vibraphone #vibraphonist #caltjader #70sjazz #60sjazz #lionelhampton |

Roy Ayers - Love will bring us back together 1979, an American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk. He is a key figure in the acid jazz movement, and has been dubbed "The Godfather of Neo Soul" He is best known for his compositions "Everybody Loves the Sunshine", "S