Jazz Town | Roy Ayers' music has a hopeful note Kansas City Star By JOE KLOPUS Roy Ayers' move into R&B bothered the jazz purists. But the music he's made has a different kind of purity, and it still feels good. Roy Ayers performs at 8 pm at the Gem Theater, 1615 E. 18th St. Tickets are $45.
DJ Spinna Names His Top Five J Dilla Songs HipHopDX He re-flipped a Roy Ayers sample once used by Pete, but he absolutely murdered it the second time around. The parts of the record he used was so clever, genius and unmatched 10 years later. Legend had it that it took him a day to make this beat.
BadBadNotGood, great NOW Toronto Since then, BADBADNOTGOOD – who built a not-insignificant fan base online releasing spastic, sonorous, genre-fucking rap covers – have opened for Roy Ayers, collaborated with their personal deity Odd Future's Tyler, The Creator, and played at the BBC's ...
Timothy Finn | Short month of February is long on live music shows Kansas City Star Showtime is 10 pm • Saturday at the Gem Theater, 1601 E. 18th St.: Acid-jazz/soul composer and vibraphonist Roy Ayers headlines. Showtime is 8 pm Tickets are $50 and are available through Ticketmaster. The show is a salute to jazz poetry and is part of ...
Weekend in Jazz | 1.27-1.29: Brad Mehldau, Grace Kelly and Phil Woods play DC ... CapitalBop (blog) View event on calendar | KC Jazz Club profile Roy Ayers, Blues Alley, 8 & 10 pm | Vocalist and vibraphonist Roy Ayers – beloved by acid-jazz fans, hip-hop heads and disco lovers alike – touts the title “King of Neo-Soul Music.
This Week In Hip-Hop DCist.com 8 pm and 10 pm >> Roy Ayers catalog and influence on other artists and producers are too immense to reduce to a few sentences. The LA native who brought us "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" and "DC City" starts a four-day, two-shows-a-night run tonight at ...
Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, Jan. 26-Feb. 1 Washington Post Roy Ayers Hip-hop artists have used scores of samples from this vibraphone master. Thursday-Sunday at 8 and 10 pm (Saturday 8 pm show sold out). Blues Alley, 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-337-4141. www.bluesalley.com. $40. Basile This master of voices ...
