Roy Ayers (born September 10, 1940) is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk. He is a key figure in the acid jazz movement, which is a mixture of jazz into hip-hop and funk, and has been dubbed by many as "The Godfather of Neo Soul". He is most well known for his signature compositions "Everybody Loves The Sunshine" and "Searchin". and is also famous for having more sampled hits by rappers than any other artist.
Biography
Early life
Ayers was born in Los Angeles, and grew up in a musical family, where his father played trombone and his mother played piano. At the age of five, he was given his first pair of vibraphone mallets by Lionel Hampton. The area of Los Angeles that Ayers grew up in, now known as "South Central" but then known as "South Park", was the epicenter of the Southern CaliforniaBlack music scene. The schools he attended (Wadsworth Elementary, Nevins Middle School, and Thomas Jefferson High School) were all close to the famed Central Avenue, Los Angeles' equivalent of Harlem's Lenox Avenue and Chicago's State Street. Roy would likely have been exposed to music as it not only emanated from the many nightclubs and bars in the area, but also poured out of many of the homes where the musicians who kept the scene alive lived in and around Central. During high school, Ayers sang in the church choir and fronted a band named The Latin Lyrics, in which he played steel guitar and piano. His high school, Thomas Jefferson High School, produced some of the most talented new musicians, such as Dexter Gordon.
"Knock Knock" is a song by American recording artist Monica, taken from her fourth studio album After the Storm (2003). It was written and produced by rapper-producer Missy Elliott and commissioned following the delay and subsequent reconstruction of Monica's 2002 album, All Eyez on Me. One out of a handful of tracks which Elliott contributed, the song incorporates elements of 1970s-style soul and quiet storm, as well as hip hop, and is built around excerpts of the record "It's a Terrible Thing to Waste Your Love" as written by Lee Hatim and released by The Masqueraders in 1976. Rapper Kanye West, whose 2005 Freshmen Adjustmentmixtape recording "Apologize" the track is based on, is listed as the song's co-producer.
J Records released "Knock Knock", alongside fellow Elliott production "Get It Off," as one of two singles following leading single "So Gone" during the third quarter of 2003. The song was lauded by critics, who praised its streetwise production and Monica's rap part on the track. A moderate success at the charts, it peaked at number 75 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 24 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Its accompanying music video, directed by Chris Robinson, was filmed as a two-part story with "So Gone".
Knock Knock is a horror film released in 2007. It was filmed in Monsignor Farrell High School located in Staten Island, New York. The story involves a group of teens being killed in a manner somehow associated with their parents' careers while a female detective and retired beat cop fumble around trying to catch the killer.
Reception
Knock Knock has been met with overwhelmingly negative critical and user reviews, and has a 17% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Jenn Eblin wrote on reviewstream.com, "If you’re thinking of a way to waste an hour and a half of your life, give the movie Knock Knock a try. This movie is a complete waste of time and I don’t know how I ever sat through the whole movie." "I can handle a movie if it has a bad plot, bad acting, bad characters, a bad ending, or even bad lighting and sets. Unfortunately I can’t handle all of those things at one time in the same movie, which is what I ended up with here."
Roy Ayers - Feeling Good
01. Fire Up The Funk 5:18
02. Let's Stay Together 5:18
03. Ooh 4:16
04. Our Time Is Coming 5:30
05. Turn Me Loose 5:37
06. Knock, Knock 4:39
07. Stairway To The Stars 4:59
08. Feeling Good 4:21
Over the years Roy Ayers composed and produced music in collaborations with many major artists, and is currently one of the most sampled artists in the music industry. Roy Ayers has managed to incorporate his jazz virtuosity, with driving funk, melodic rhythms and stirring vocals into an amalgam that almost defies its description as "smooth jazz".
To date Roy Ayers has released numerous LP's and CDs and still there are many to come. From his vinyl releases of the seventies and early eighties many have not been released on CD yet. We at PTG Records are now actively trying...
published: 08 Oct 2013
SOUL-JAZZ - 06 Knock, Knock - Roy Ayers - Feeling Good LP (1982) Polydor PD-1-6348
Roy Ayers - Live at New Morning (2004)
Tracklist
1. No Stranger To Love
2. Sunshine
3. Shady Lane
4. Don't Stop The Feeling
5. Long Time Ago
6. Sweet Tears
7. Love Will Bring Us Back
Musicians
Roy Ayers - vibrophone, vocals
Ray Gaskins - saxophone, keyboards
Tony Smith - guitar
Mark Adams - keyboards
Dervik Mc Intire - bass
Dennis Davis - drum
published: 10 Dec 2018
Roy Ayers - Don't Stop The Feeling
Roy Ayers -- No Stranger To Love
Vinyl - LP - Track: A1
1979
Disco Funk
Roy Ayers - Feeling Good
01. Fire Up The Funk 5:18
02. Let's Stay Together 5:18
03. Ooh 4:16
04. Our Time Is Coming 5:30
05. Turn Me Loose 5:37
06. Knock, Knoc...
Roy Ayers - Feeling Good
01. Fire Up The Funk 5:18
02. Let's Stay Together 5:18
03. Ooh 4:16
04. Our Time Is Coming 5:30
05. Turn Me Loose 5:37
06. Knock, Knock 4:39
07. Stairway To The Stars 4:59
08. Feeling Good 4:21
Over the years Roy Ayers composed and produced music in collaborations with many major artists, and is currently one of the most sampled artists in the music industry. Roy Ayers has managed to incorporate his jazz virtuosity, with driving funk, melodic rhythms and stirring vocals into an amalgam that almost defies its description as "smooth jazz".
To date Roy Ayers has released numerous LP's and CDs and still there are many to come. From his vinyl releases of the seventies and early eighties many have not been released on CD yet. We at PTG Records are now actively trying to re-issue a couple of these gems on CD. Many of his fans are for many years trying to get his earlier releases but they all went out of print.
So we are very proud to present here to you one of Roy's last releases on Polydor the album "Feeling Good". Perhaps a bit confused as to which direction the music should go, but still with some wonderful moments, as always! The album contains funky cuts like "Fire Up The Funk" and "Our Time Is Coming" really nice funky stuff but also mellow cuts still have that wonderful spacey quality that Roy virtually pioneered in soul and songs like "Ooh", "Let's stay together", "Feeling good" and "Stairway to the stars" are very strong smooth jazz tracks. But "Feeling good" also features the very commercial singalong track like "Knock Knock".
Roy Ayers is, without question a legend, in his own time.
Roy Ayers - Feeling Good
01. Fire Up The Funk 5:18
02. Let's Stay Together 5:18
03. Ooh 4:16
04. Our Time Is Coming 5:30
05. Turn Me Loose 5:37
06. Knock, Knock 4:39
07. Stairway To The Stars 4:59
08. Feeling Good 4:21
Over the years Roy Ayers composed and produced music in collaborations with many major artists, and is currently one of the most sampled artists in the music industry. Roy Ayers has managed to incorporate his jazz virtuosity, with driving funk, melodic rhythms and stirring vocals into an amalgam that almost defies its description as "smooth jazz".
To date Roy Ayers has released numerous LP's and CDs and still there are many to come. From his vinyl releases of the seventies and early eighties many have not been released on CD yet. We at PTG Records are now actively trying to re-issue a couple of these gems on CD. Many of his fans are for many years trying to get his earlier releases but they all went out of print.
So we are very proud to present here to you one of Roy's last releases on Polydor the album "Feeling Good". Perhaps a bit confused as to which direction the music should go, but still with some wonderful moments, as always! The album contains funky cuts like "Fire Up The Funk" and "Our Time Is Coming" really nice funky stuff but also mellow cuts still have that wonderful spacey quality that Roy virtually pioneered in soul and songs like "Ooh", "Let's stay together", "Feeling good" and "Stairway to the stars" are very strong smooth jazz tracks. But "Feeling good" also features the very commercial singalong track like "Knock Knock".
Roy Ayers is, without question a legend, in his own time.
Roy Ayers - Live at New Morning (2004)
Tracklist
1. No Stranger To Love
2. Sunshine
3. Shady Lane
4. Don't Stop The Feeling
5. Long Time Ago
6. Sweet Tears
7....
Roy Ayers - Live at New Morning (2004)
Tracklist
1. No Stranger To Love
2. Sunshine
3. Shady Lane
4. Don't Stop The Feeling
5. Long Time Ago
6. Sweet Tears
7. Love Will Bring Us Back
Musicians
Roy Ayers - vibrophone, vocals
Ray Gaskins - saxophone, keyboards
Tony Smith - guitar
Mark Adams - keyboards
Dervik Mc Intire - bass
Dennis Davis - drum
Roy Ayers - Live at New Morning (2004)
Tracklist
1. No Stranger To Love
2. Sunshine
3. Shady Lane
4. Don't Stop The Feeling
5. Long Time Ago
6. Sweet Tears
7. Love Will Bring Us Back
Musicians
Roy Ayers - vibrophone, vocals
Ray Gaskins - saxophone, keyboards
Tony Smith - guitar
Mark Adams - keyboards
Dervik Mc Intire - bass
Dennis Davis - drum
Roy Ayers - Feeling Good
01. Fire Up The Funk 5:18
02. Let's Stay Together 5:18
03. Ooh 4:16
04. Our Time Is Coming 5:30
05. Turn Me Loose 5:37
06. Knock, Knock 4:39
07. Stairway To The Stars 4:59
08. Feeling Good 4:21
Over the years Roy Ayers composed and produced music in collaborations with many major artists, and is currently one of the most sampled artists in the music industry. Roy Ayers has managed to incorporate his jazz virtuosity, with driving funk, melodic rhythms and stirring vocals into an amalgam that almost defies its description as "smooth jazz".
To date Roy Ayers has released numerous LP's and CDs and still there are many to come. From his vinyl releases of the seventies and early eighties many have not been released on CD yet. We at PTG Records are now actively trying to re-issue a couple of these gems on CD. Many of his fans are for many years trying to get his earlier releases but they all went out of print.
So we are very proud to present here to you one of Roy's last releases on Polydor the album "Feeling Good". Perhaps a bit confused as to which direction the music should go, but still with some wonderful moments, as always! The album contains funky cuts like "Fire Up The Funk" and "Our Time Is Coming" really nice funky stuff but also mellow cuts still have that wonderful spacey quality that Roy virtually pioneered in soul and songs like "Ooh", "Let's stay together", "Feeling good" and "Stairway to the stars" are very strong smooth jazz tracks. But "Feeling good" also features the very commercial singalong track like "Knock Knock".
Roy Ayers is, without question a legend, in his own time.
Roy Ayers - Live at New Morning (2004)
Tracklist
1. No Stranger To Love
2. Sunshine
3. Shady Lane
4. Don't Stop The Feeling
5. Long Time Ago
6. Sweet Tears
7. Love Will Bring Us Back
Musicians
Roy Ayers - vibrophone, vocals
Ray Gaskins - saxophone, keyboards
Tony Smith - guitar
Mark Adams - keyboards
Dervik Mc Intire - bass
Dennis Davis - drum
Roy Ayers (born September 10, 1940) is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk. He is a key figure in the acid jazz movement, which is a mixture of jazz into hip-hop and funk, and has been dubbed by many as "The Godfather of Neo Soul". He is most well known for his signature compositions "Everybody Loves The Sunshine" and "Searchin". and is also famous for having more sampled hits by rappers than any other artist.
Biography
Early life
Ayers was born in Los Angeles, and grew up in a musical family, where his father played trombone and his mother played piano. At the age of five, he was given his first pair of vibraphone mallets by Lionel Hampton. The area of Los Angeles that Ayers grew up in, now known as "South Central" but then known as "South Park", was the epicenter of the Southern CaliforniaBlack music scene. The schools he attended (Wadsworth Elementary, Nevins Middle School, and Thomas Jefferson High School) were all close to the famed Central Avenue, Los Angeles' equivalent of Harlem's Lenox Avenue and Chicago's State Street. Roy would likely have been exposed to music as it not only emanated from the many nightclubs and bars in the area, but also poured out of many of the homes where the musicians who kept the scene alive lived in and around Central. During high school, Ayers sang in the church choir and fronted a band named The Latin Lyrics, in which he played steel guitar and piano. His high school, Thomas Jefferson High School, produced some of the most talented new musicians, such as Dexter Gordon.
Coming with the realness lyrics of life Some people need to watch what they say Watch what you're saying Someone's gonna hear exactly what you said Soon you'll be paying in the dead of night They'll be nowhere to run while you were laying Laying for the doom that's coming to a head, no kind of praying Is gonna save us from the past that will surely come Warning, rappers be like boring they're sleeping It's deep man, so peep in closely when I'm speaking Weaklings, it's obvious you can't like up to Your petty pointless words, yet and still you love to Run off your jibs, now there come a time for judgment Punishment, what if we take away your ornaments And strip you down to the raw deal then I'd reveal the evidence 'Cause you don't really represent Watch what you're saying Someone's gonna hear exactly what you said Soon you'll be paying in the dead of night They'll be nowhere to run while you were laying Laying for the doom that's coming to a head, no kind of praying Is gonna save us from the past that will surely come Listen here, I'm getting tired of you shooting lip You better tighten up or you will really slip up And say something that you mean to do Turn around and it'll be on you To save yourself from your call and blunder And bury your [unverified] like the world it's under And like a fool you'll sit and wonder What, who do you wanna know? Wish no water No magic spell can save you from your self made hell You've made your bed and you know darn well You got a lay it in the [unverified] and there's no magic potion To save you from the wheels you've set in motion The stone is cut, the die is cast, what were you thinking? Watch what you're saying Someone's gonna hear exactly what you said Soon you'll be paying in the dead of night They'll be nowhere to run while you were laying Laying for the doom that's coming to a head, no kind of praying Is gonna save us from the past that will surely come I can't understand it, they should ban it, can it? Too much weak talk and not enough real hip-hop I sense a purpose is filling me to display credibility And show responsibility, willingly I'll take on any Johnny Dangerous Pull his file, for he knows, he cannot hang with this The illest king, I smack the jokers No hocus pocus, a real MC when I kick vocals Watch what you're saying Someone's gonna hear exactly what you said Soon you'll be paying in the dead of night They'll be nowhere to run while you were laying Laying for the doom that's coming to a head, no kind of praying