The Groove
Saturday February 21st, 2015 with ELORIOUS CAIN
BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION: ROY AYERS

This is the first of a three part series featuring the music and productions of African-American Jazz musicians that have contributed greatly to the advancement of the Disco medium and music. Roy Ayers offered a rich selection of Jazz Funk standards before recording widely acclaimed American Disco classics. As a vibraphone player he is almost magical. Roy Ayers would also record with Nigeria's legendary Fela Kuti. He would continue to experiment with Afrobeat: incredible activity foreshadowing so much to come! Afrobeat continues to become one of the most international of the African genres. With the collapse of the American Disco industry, Ayers would continue to record with artists and producers making new genres of disco like House Music, Acid Jazz, Hip Hop and Nujazz. These various collaborations have been remarkable and highly influential to new generations of musicians and producers!