Noted hip-hop/soul producer and co-founder of the Jazz Is Dead project, Adrian Younge leads a 10-piece ensemble playing songs ...

Roy Ayers, the pioneering jazz-funk vibraphonist, record producer and composer ... Born on 10 September 1940, in Los Angeles, California, Ayers was surrounded by music from an early age. His father ...

Filmmakers Stanley Nelson Jr. and Nicole London didn’t want to do a typical documentary on funk music. What they made is a ...

“Roy’s music is something you can jam to and have ... swiftly forming a group named after the album. His burgeoning jazz-funk had a cinematic flair that flowered on his soundtrack for the ...

City Park Jazz, an annual series of free jazz concerts that turns Denver’s marquis green space into the biggest and best ...

His influential fusion of jazz, rhythm and blues, Latin, funk and dance music inspired generations of musicians, including Dr. Dre, A Tribe Called Quest, Mary J. Blige, and Tyler, the Creator.

They described Ayers as "highly influential and sought after as a music collaborator." Ayers, often called the "Godfather of Neo Soul," left an indelible mark on jazz, funk, R&B and hip-hop.

Yet the mellowness they brought to Ayers’s music is the whole ballgame ... Then 77 years old, Ayers was flanked by a much younger trio of jazz-, funk- and hip-hop-schooled musicians.

Chronicling the history and influence of funk music, PBS Distribution's We Want The Funk! features legendary artists and rare ...

describing him as “highly influential and sought after as a music collaborator.” Ayers was a pioneer of the jazz-funk movement, and he was well-known for neo-soul, acid jazz and rhythm and ...

“He lived a beautiful 84 years and will be sorely missed.” Ayers was recognized for his trailblazing jazz-funk music that opened doors to acid jazz and neo-soul. The Los Angeles ...