Roy Ayers live in concert.
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Roy Ayers

16
critic concert reviews
jazz

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Live Rating  

74
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Critic Consensus

Based on 16 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Roy Ayers is rated as an enjoyable live performer, though not exceptional overall. Roy Ayers concert reviews describe live shows and performances as funky.

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artist info

GENRE
jazz
ORIGIN
Los Angeles, United States (9/10/1940)
BIO
Roy Ayers (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 with his band Roy Ayers Ubiquity.
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CRITIC concert REVIEWS

GetIntoThis (UK)

October 26, 2019
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Roy Ayers, iamkyami: 24 Kitchen Street, Liverpool

The List (Scotland)

July 2, 2018
60
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Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow, Scotland on June 30, 2018

GetIntoThis (UK)

August 18, 2017
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In with a loud hit of the snare, like a bang on the door to a great night, ‘the godfather of neo-soul’ Roy Ayers and his band kicked off the tight jams that would see us through the night.

Bido Lito (UK)

August 17, 2017
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Following a night of irresponsible drinking in Soho, I was wandering past Ronnie Scott’s when I noticed the unmistakable figure of ROY AYERS, master of the vibes with a voice to melt a glacier.

The Music (Australia)

April 11, 2017
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The Basement, Sydney, Australia

The Telegraph (UK)

December 8, 2016
80
%
Roy Ayers, living legend! announced the man in the orange jacket, lurid under the red lights of the Jazz Cafe, to a ragged cheer.

Mondo Sonoro (Spain)

May 7, 2016
80
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Teatro Nuevo Apolo, Spain

Past critic reviews published in

Elmore Magazine (USA), Evening Standard (UK), Brighton Source (UK), Mancunian Matters (UK), State Magazine (Ireland) and more

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