Growing up in the 1960s
and 1970s I was exposed to all types of music. My parents had a reel
to reel tape player. I remember my father sitting in the living at
night and transfer his albums to the reel to reel tape player. One of
his favorite artist was Roy Ayers, I remember my dad playing the
“Everybody Loves the Sunshine” album. My favorite song was and
still is “Everybody Loves the Sunshine”, that song is a song that
is still inspiring today.
Roy Ayers grew up in Los
Angeles, California in "South Central", back then it was
called "South Park". This was where the black music scene
for musicians’ in Los Angeles back then. When Roy was five years
old Lionel Hampton gave him his first pair of vibraphone mallets for
the xylophone. Roy Ayers over the decades have put out some amazing
albums. Another one I remember is the “Mystic Voyage” album it
had an R&B vibe not like “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” jazz
sound. Another one of my favorite songs was "Evolution"
from the “Mystic Voyage”. I can always tell when I hear a Roy
Ayers song; his signature xylophone sound takes me back to my
childhood days. The Roy Ayers Project featuring Ayers and many Hip
Hop producers is a documentary that is supposed to be released
sometime in 2012.
Tune into the Jazz Café
12-1pm Monday through Friday on Streetwise Radio and catch one of Roy
Ayers songs. You can also listen to Streetwise Radio on iTunes,
MyGen365, Athena365 and live.365.
LM
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