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Actor
Roy Ayers
Sound
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Movies: 3Series: 0Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 1483735
IMDb ID: nm0043806
Known for: Sound
Born: September 10, 1940
Died: March 4, 2025
Age: 84
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1973 - 2021
Years active: 49
Average TMDB rating: 7.09
Wikidata: Q588551
Also known as
Roy Ayers Jr. • Roy Edward Ayers Jr.
Other jobs
Original Music Composer (1)
Biography
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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