Roy Ayers live in concert.
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Roy Ayers

18
critic concert reviews
jazz

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

74
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Critic Consensus

Based on 18 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Roy Ayers is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with decent shows overall. Roy Ayers concert reviews describe live shows and performances as funky.

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Latest Release

What's The T? (Delfonic Edit) (29 March 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
jazz
Origin
Los Angeles, United States (9/10/1940)
Bio
Roy Ayers (September 10, 1940) is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player. 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 with his band Roy Ayers Ubiquity.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

The Music (Australia)

April 11, 2017
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The Basement, Sydney, Australia

The Telegraph (UK)

December 8, 2016
80
%
Roy Ayers, living legend! announced the man in the orange jacket, lurid under the red lights of the Jazz Cafe, to a ragged cheer.

Evening Standard (UK)

September 1, 2014
80
%
Life is just a moment said Roy Ayers his mallets chasing each other around the bars of his MalletKat Pro as a quartet on drums bass keyboards and co-vocals nodded their agreement.

Brighton Source (UK)

August 31, 2014
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Long adored by the jazz and rare groove scenes, Roy Ayers’ songs have been filling dance floors for decades.

Blues And Soul

May 5, 2023
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It sounds like a cliche, but without Roy Ayers so many of the records I grew up listening to wouldn't have seen the light of day. His influence seeps through so many of the great neo-soul records - he features on Erykah Badu's "Mama's Gun" and Jill Scott's "Who Is Jill Scott?"

GetIntoThis (UK)

October 26, 2019
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Roy Ayers, iamkyami: 24 Kitchen Street, Liverpool

Blues And Soul

April 12, 2019
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The Godfather of Neo-Soul may be 78 now, but he's showing no sign of slowing down.

Past critic reviews published in

Rockfreaks.net (Denmark), Already Heard (UK), Grimy Goods (USA), Ice Cream Man (USA), Room Thirteen (UK)

Image Credit

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