ROY AYERS AT SUGARHILL (UNDERGROUND ATLANTA)
Posted on September 4, 2008
Filed Under The Brick Vine, Jazz Music |

Vibraphonist/vocalist Roy Ayers is among the best-known, most-loved and respected jazz/R&B artists on the music-scene today. Now in his fourth decade in the music business, Ayers, known as the Godfather of Neo-soul, continues to bridge the gap between generations of music lovers. In the ’60s he was an award-winning jazz vibraphonist, and transformed into a popular R&B bandleader in the ’70s/’80s. Today, the dynamic music man is an iconic figure still in great demand and whose music has been sampled by music industry heavyweights, including Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu, 50 Cent, A Tribe Called Quest, Tupac, and Ice Cube.
Ayers recently recorded with hip-hop artist Talib Kweli (produced by Kanye West) and jazz/R&B singer Will Downing. Many of Ayers’ songs including “Everybody Loves the Sunshine,”, “Searchin”, “Running Away” have been frequently sampled and remixed by DJ’s worldwide.
Saturday Sept. 6, 2008
Sugar Hill Atlanta
Phone: 404.658.0068
Fax: 404.658. 0069
Address: 50 Upper Alabama Rd. Atlanta, Ga-(Located in Kenny’s Alley at Underground Atlanta (lower level at the corner of MLK and Central Avenue)
Email: info@sugarhillatl.com
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