The rest of the songs show Ayers weaving smooth funk grooves some are made for dancing and some for romancing, but all are enthralling. “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” is the other pinnacle, a gorgeous and hazy approximation of Los Angeles on the hottest day of the year. Stream ad-free with Amazon Music Unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. After about a minute the rest of the band comes in a jazz-funk fusion that is exciting and features a surprising mix of instruments from a spacey. Listen to your favorite songs from The Best of Roy Ayers (Live) by Roy Ayers Now. The inaugural track Hey, Uh, What You Say Come On' calls listeners in with an energetic chant sung by an impassioned chorus.
“We Live in Brooklyn, Baby” is an elegant storm cloud of a song, the most influential of all Ayers’ ghetto messages. A perfect record for sunny days, this classic record under Roy Ayers’ Ubiquity umbrella is full of funky anthems. Albums include Cherry Bomb, Jazzmatazz Volume 1, and Eardrum. “Running Away” confirms Ayers’ disco genius few songs in the genre are as multidimensional or as musical. Roy Ayers discography and songs: Music profile for Roy Ayers, born 10 September 1940. However, 20th Century Masters offers a concise summation of the man’s designs, which are as fun and entrancing now as when they were released. He was on a creative hot streak for almost 10 years, which makes a 10-track distillation of his work difficult. While the jazz establishment initially derided his fusion of jazz, funk, and disco, Ayers’ innovations were ratified by hip-hop culture, which adopted him as a hero in the '90s. Regardless of what kind of song he was playing, Roy Ayers was always seductive.