Roy Ayers

Roy Edward Ayers Jr. (Satumba 10, 1940 - Maris 4, 2025) ɗan Amurka ne mai sautin vibraphon, mai shirya rikodin, kuma mawaƙi.  Ayers ya fara aikinsa a matsayin mawaƙin jazz bayan bop, yana fitar da kundin waƙoƙi da yawa tare da Atlantic Records, kafin ya yi aiki a Polydor Records tun daga shekarun 1970, inda ya taimaka wajen fara jazz-funk .  Ya kasance babban mutum a cikin ƙungiyar jazz mai suna acid,  kuma an siffanta shi da "The Godfather of Neo Soul ".  An fi saninsa da waƙoƙinsa " Everybody Loves the Sunshine ", "Running Away", da "Freaky Deaky" da sauransu waɗanda aka tsara a shekarun 1970.  A wani lokaci, an saka Ayers cikin masu yin waƙoƙin da rap suka fi gwada waƙarsu. 

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Roy Edward Ayers Jr. a Los Angeles a ranar 10 ga Satumba, 1940.   Ya girma a cikin dangin mawaka, inda mahaifinsa ke buga trombone kuma mahaifiyarsa ke buga piano.  Lokacin da yake da shekaru biyar, Lionel Hampton ya ba shi mallets na farko na vibraphone.  Yankin Los Angeles da Ayers ya girma a ciki, South Park (wanda daga baya aka sani da South Central ), yana tsakiyar fagen kiɗan Kudancin California Baƙar fata .  Ya halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Thomas Jefferson wanda ya kafa wani ɓangare na wasan jazz na Central Avenue .   A lokacin makarantar sakandare, Ayers ya rera waƙa a cikin ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta coci  kuma ya jagoranci wata ƙungiya mai suna Latin Lyrics, inda ya buga guitar da piano na ƙarfe .  Makarantar sakandare ta Thomas Jefferson, ta samar da mawaƙa masu hazaka daban-daban, kamar Dexter Gordon .

 Sana'a 

 Shekarun 1960-1980 
Ayers ya fara yin rikodi a matsayin ɗan wasan bebop a shekarar 1962. A shekarar 1963, ya fitar da kundin waƙoƙinsa na farko a ɗakin studio, wanda ya ƙunshi haɗin gwiwa da mai rubuta saxophon Curtis Amy . [1] Ya shahara lokacin da ya bar Kwalejin Birnin Los Angeles [2] ya kuma shiga ƙwararren mai rubuta jazz Herbie Mann a shekarar 1966.

A farkon shekarun 1970, Ayers ya kafa ƙungiyarsa ta Roy Ayers Ubiquity, sunan da ya zaɓa domin yanayin zama a ko'ina a lokaci guda. 
Ayers ya auri matarsa Argerie a farkon shekarun 1970 kuma tare suka haifi 'ya'ya uku.   Ya kuma haifi ɗa, marubuci Nabil Ayers, tare da wata mata da ta nemi haihuwa ba tare da wata matsala ba.    'Yarsa Ayana ita ma ta kula da shi kwanan nan har zuwa mutuwarsa. 

Ayers ya mutu a wani asibiti da ke Manhattan, New York, a ranar 4 ga Maris, 2025, yana da shekaru 84, bayan ya yi fama da doguwar rashin lafiya.   
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2025
Rukuni:Haihuwan 1940
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