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Roy Ayers

American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer

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born: 1940
died: 2025
age at death: 84
known for: singer-songwriter, jazz musician, singer

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Roy Edward Ayers Jr. was an American vibraphonist, record producer, and composer. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several studio albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped to pioneer jazz-funk. He was a key figure in the acid jazz movement, and has been described as "The Godfather of Neo Soul".

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