"Vibin': Roy Ayers in the 1960s" on Night Lights

[ghost of miles]

This week on Night Lights it’s Vibin': Roy Ayers in the 1960s. He’s been called “the godfather of acid jazz” and modern-day hiphoppers refer to him as “The Icon Man,” but before his R & B success in the 1970s vibraphonist Roy Ayers was renowned by his colleagues for his 1960s jazz performances. He played with West Coast stalwarts such as pianist Jack Wilson and saxophonist Curtis Amy and was also a member of Gerald Wilson’s illustrious big band; as a leader he made records with the likes of saxophonist Joe Henderson, pianist Herbie Hancock, and trumpeter Charles Tolliver. We’ll hear selections from three of Ayers’ leader dates, as well as his sideman work with Amy and Wilson. “Vibin’” airs Saturday, July 8 at 11:05 p.m. EST on WFIU and at 9 p.m. Central Time on WNIN-Evansville. It also airs Sunday evening at 10 p.m. EST on Michigan's Blue Lake Public Radio (FM 90.3 and 88.8). The program will be posted Monday afternoon in the Night Lights archives.

Next week: "Do It Again: Jazz Re-makes." Albums & their subsequent revisitations from June Christy, Gerry Mulligan, Helen Merrill, Curtis Fuller, and more.

Edited July 26, 2008 by ghost of miles

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This week on Night Lights it’s “Vibin’: Roy Ayers in the 1960s.” He’s been called “the godfather of acid jazz” and modern-day hiphoppers refer to him as “The Icon Man,” but before his R & B success in the 1970s vibraphonist Roy Ayers was renowned by his colleagues for his 1960s jazz performances. He played with West Coast stalwarts such as pianist Jack Wilson and saxophonist Curtis Amy and was also a member of Gerald Wilson’s illustrious big band; as a leader he made records with the likes of saxophonist Joe Henderson, pianist Herbie Hancock, and trumpeter Charles Tolliver. We’ll hear selections from three of Ayers’ leader dates, as well as his sideman work with Amy and Wilson. “Vibin’” airs Saturday, July 8 at 11:05 p.m. EST on WFIU and at 9 p.m. Central Time on WNIN-Evansville. It also airs Sunday evening at 10 p.m. EST on Michigan's Blue Lake Public Radio (FM 90.3 and 88.8). The program will be posted Monday afternoon in the Night Lights archives.

Next week: "Do It Again: Jazz Re-makes." Albums & their subsequent revisitations from June Christy, Gerry Mulligan, Helen Merrill, Curtis Fuller, and more.

something from OUT OF THE AFTERNOON?

helen merritts an entire show?

[ghost of miles]

Will definitely do something on Helen sooner or later.

Up for broadcast right now on WFIU.

[ghost of miles]

This program is now archived.

Edited July 26, 2008 by ghost of miles

[ghost of miles]

This week on Night Lights it’s Vibin': Roy Ayers in the 1960s. He’s been called “the godfather of acid jazz” and modern-day hiphoppers refer to him as “The Icon Man,” but before his R & B success in the 1970s vibraphonist Roy Ayers was renowned by his colleagues for his 1960s jazz performances. He played with West Coast stalwarts such as pianist Jack Wilson and saxophonist Curtis Amy and was also a member of Gerald Wilson’s illustrious big band; as a leader he made records with the likes of saxophonist Joe Henderson, pianist Herbie Hancock, and trumpeter Charles Tolliver. We’ll hear selections from three of Ayers’ leader dates, as well as his sideman work with Amy and Wilson. “Vibin’” airs Saturday, July 8 at 11:05 p.m. EST on WFIU and at 9 p.m. Central Time on WNIN-Evansville. It also airs Sunday evening at 10 p.m. EST on Michigan's Blue Lake Public Radio (FM 90.3 and 88.8). The program will be posted Monday afternoon in the Night Lights archives.

We're re-airing Vibin': Roy Ayers in the 1960s this weekend, but it is already archived for online listening. (See the links page for live broadcast times around the country.)

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

this b'cast probably will have a lot of curtis amy

[Christiern]

I always considered Ayers to be a lightweight, musically.