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Roy Ayers

From 1960s West Coast hard bop jazz to the funk and disco scene of the 1970s through to the early roots of hip-hop, Roy Ayers left his mark as a soulful, experimental pioneer and all round cool cat. Born on September 10, 1940 and raised in Los Angeles by a musical family, Ayers took up the vibraphone (an aluminium version of a xylophone) aged 17 and sucked up the sounds of the Central Avenue nightclubs before learning his trade as part of flautist Herbie Mann's band. He soundtracked the cult Pam Griers blaxploitation film Coffy (1973) and scored underground hits with "Evolution" ...