The Jack Wilson Quartet feat Roy Ayers - Blues We Use (LP Version) - Atlantic
Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra - Flying Home - Mercury
Justo Almario - Interlude - Uno Melodic
Ethel Beatty - It's Your Love - Uno Melodic
Sylvia Striplin - You Can't Turn Me Away - Uno Melodic
Roy Ayers - D.C. City - Uno Melodic
Roy Ayers - Chicago - Uno Melodic
Roy Ayers - Kwajilori - Rapster
Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Running Away - Polydor
Roy Ayers - Love From The Sun - Polydor
Roy Ayers - What You Won't Do for Love - Polydor
Fireside Chat
Roy Ayers
Uno Melodic, Polydor, New York
Everybody loves the sunshine and everybody loves Roy Ayers. Talking about his work and influence on many past and current musicians could take weeks. The vibraphonist recorded a string of classic soul and funk jams like 'Running Away', 'Get Up', or Sylvia Striplin's 'You Can't Turn Me Away' that are evergreens and standards. Ayers might be the second most-sampled artist in hip hop right after James Brown and since he started performing and recording in the 1960s, is still going strong. In this very special Fireside Chat edition, Roy talks about his mentors: the goodwill ambassador of the U.S. Lionel Hampton and keyboardist Jack Wilson, about playing with Sergio Mendes under false names, the drug called crack and the song named 'Chicago'. How all of his really successful songs were improvisations, how sampling works as a money resource and the ever-lasting struggle of a musician with the recording industry.
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