28-90 Sample challenge # 2
Roy Ayers
The godfather of acid jazz and one of the most sampled artists of all time, vibraphonist Roy Ayers is among the more controversial musicians in the soul pantheon. That’s not for any stance he’s taken, but because his legacy tends to leave critics and traditional soul fans cold, while new bucks and hip-hop heads are in ecstasy.
Roy Ayers was born September 10, 1940 in Los Angeles, California , according to legend, when he was five years old, Roy's parents took him to see Lionel Hampton, who gave him his first pair of mallet sticks. It was not until 1957 that he took up the instrument in earnest. By 1961 he was gigging on the local jazz scene with Chico Hamilton, Teddy Edwards and Jack Wilson, and he recorded his first date as a leader in 1963 with West Coast Vibes on United Artists.
1966 and 1970, Ayers was a member of flautist Herbie Mann’s band. After signing to Polydor in 1970, Ayers recorded the heavy jazz fusion set He’s Coming in 1971, featuring drummer Billy Cobham and saxophonist Sonny Fortune, and including the classic “We Live In Brooklyn Baby”. That same year, influenced no doubt by the crossover success of Donald Byrd, Ayers formed Roy Ayers Ubiquity, along with mainstays Harry Whitaker, Wayne Garfield and Edwin Birdsong, and released Ubiquity. With tracks like “Pretty Brown Skin”, the album foreshadowed the airy, light soul-jazz/jazz-funk fusion sound with which he would make his name.
With master drummer Bernard “Pretty” Purdie on board, 1974’s Change Up The Groove did exactly what it said on the sleeve, especially on “The Boogie Back”, a favourite among serious collectors and crate diggers,it's my favourite too. Ayers abandoned the Ubiquity name soon afterwards and released a series of uninspiring, formulaic albums. He found his way out of the rut, in 1980, by going to Africa and recording the slightly awkward Music Of Many Colors with Afrobeat kingpin Fela Kuti.
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Sample challenge #2 beat produced by Zone Layer, vocals by Static_SA .Mashed up samples heavy bassline making that dusty raps type of music, with Static_SA on board killing the vocals with that Soweto vibe.Kontakt 4 plugin came through on this one, giving me that rulf and dusty drum set, loving the sound all thanks to Roy and the Band, "The Boogie Back" jawn is too dope.Not forgetting that Statik_SA was freestyling on the track.
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