Roy Ayers wrote “Everybody Loves The Sunshine” in response to all the smog in Los Angeles which caused people to have more of an appreciation for the sun. Ayers had started his career playing bebop in the early ’60s. He became inspired to play the vibraphone after Lionel Hampton gaveContinue Reading
[youtube id=”fS0ewthX6q8″] Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad’s Jazz Is Dead002 featuring Roy Ayers is out now. The project born of sessions that took place in 2018 is in the same family as Ayers’ prime output in the ’70s. The trio wrote all of the songs together that meet atContinue Reading
[youtube id=”sggjSJ3qh8U”] Adrien Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad give a quick look at their work with Roy Ayers for their Jazz Is Dead series. Here they are in the studio working on “Hey Lover.” Ayers, Younge and Muhammad wrote the songs for the album that take inspiration from Ayers’s ’70sContinue Reading
Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge have collaborated with jazz icons for the Jazz Is Dead 001 compilation. It is the first release from the Jazz Is Dead label. Muhammad and Younge have fulfilled creative dreams working with Roy Ayers, Azymuth, Brian Jackson, Gary Bartz, Doug Carn, Joâo Donato andContinue Reading