| Summary: | Like Herbie Hancock circa 70, Donald Byrd or Brian Jackson, Roy Ayers is a respected figure in jazz-funk. Filmed in 1992 on the stage of the Brewhouse Theater in the UK, the vibraphonist explores this current of incomparable musical richness. Supported by an efficient line-up (drummer Dennis Davis offers some very beautiful scats), the American composer returns to the heyday of Ubiquity, the collective of the 70s, with the iconic "Everybody Loves The Sunshine," and via the beautiful "Night In Tunisia." Endowed with a unifying power, Roy Ayers has obviously embraced many genres such as Afrobeat, with an Lp in duet with Fela Anikulapo Kuti (the aptly named Music Of Many Colors), rap through samples proposed notably by Dr. Dre, but also rehabilitation projects such as the first volume of Jazzmatazz or one of the many episodes of Jazz Is Dead, based on the analog collection of Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad. This open-mindedness reigns naturally in the British studio as indicated by "Hot", a funky theme from the 80's close to Zapp or Cameo, and a brilliant synthesis of the man with the virtuoso mallets. Vincent Caffiaux.
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