Roy Ayers

Related Search

News Home News Blog Michael Musto Nat Hentoff Ask a Mexican Dan Savage Archives Search Weekly Newsletter Get Mobile

Calendar Home Top Picks Submit an Event Events Newsletter Get Mobile Entertainment Ads

Music Home Music Blog Concert Calendar Bars and Clubs Submit an Event Music Newsletter Get Mobile 4Knots

Restaurants Home Food Blog Find a Restaurant Menus Happy Hours Deals Choice Eats Dining Newsletter Get Mobile Restaurant Ads

Arts Home Theater Arts Newsletter Get Mobile Entertainment Ads Obie Awards Books Dance

Film Home Showtimes Film Poll 2011 Film Festivals Film Newsletter Get Mobile Free Stuff

Best Of Home 2011 2010 2009 2008 Best Of Newsletter Get Mobile Best Of Ads

Promotions Home Promotional Events Street Team Free Stuff Promotions Newsletter Get Mobile Deals Web Awards Brooklyn Pour

Post an Ad Virtual Career Fair Real Estate Advertiser Index Deals Deals Newsletter After Dark Little Sexy Black Book

Blogs
February 29, 2012
Live: Robert Glasper Brings His Glow To The Highline Ballroom
Robert Glasper Experiment Highline Ballroom Tuesday, February 28 Better than: Sitting at home with the radio. "About what time does ?uestlove finish up at the Fallon show? It couldn't have been that long ago, right?" That query, overheard amid the big beats pumping from the Highline Ballroom's s ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2012
Jimmy Castor, R.I.P.
Jimmy Castor was a smart aleck; a wise guy; a clean shit-talker with so much joie de vivre you had to laugh even when his truth-telling smacked you upside the head. So when he died this past Martin Luther King Jr. Day at 71 near his home outside of Las Vegas, far away from the streets of Harlem he o ... More >>
Voice Choices
January 4, 2012
Roy Ayers
Jimmy Castor was a smart aleck; a wise guy; a clean shit-talker with so much joie de vivre you had to laugh even when his truth-telling smacked you upside the head. So when he died this past Martin Luther King Jr. Day at 71 near his home outside of Las Vegas, far away from the streets of Harlem he o ... More >>
Voice Choices
December 21, 2011
Living Colour
Jimmy Castor was a smart aleck; a wise guy; a clean shit-talker with so much joie de vivre you had to laugh even when his truth-telling smacked you upside the head. So when he died this past Martin Luther King Jr. Day at 71 near his home outside of Las Vegas, far away from the streets of Harlem he o ... More >>
Blogs
November 15, 2011
Meshell Ndegeocello Gets Crafty On "Weather"
"Weather" isn't the first Meshell Ndegeocello single to fall into the category of "freak folk," but the album of the same name (Naive) is her first that can be comfortably filed under that genre. Classical and country elements have often enhanced Ndegeocello's melding of jazz, rock, global fu ... More >>
Blogs
October 10, 2011
Sounds Go Through The Muscles: Bjork's Top Ten Hip-Hop Connections
As you may have heard, Björk's latest album, Biophilia, has been specially designed to work best on an Alphasmart 2000 word-processor. This pioneering piece of multimedia is likely huge fun for tech-heads, but for music fans it might also be the aural equivalent of playing with your food. And Björ ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 22, 2011
GOOD VIBRATIONS
A legend turns 70
Blogs
April 21, 2011
SummerStage Announces Its Massive 2011 Lineup
As the winter thaws out, more summer concerts are showing up on the calendar's horizon. Today, the City Parks Foundation announced the schedule for this year's SummerStage, which takes place from June 7 to September 2 in parks all around the city, with the mainstage happening at Central Park. ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2010
Q&A: Seu Jorge And His Raucous New Band Update Brazilian Music For 2010
Dude looks pretty stressed outMost American listeners probably know Brazilian singer-songwriter Seu Jorge as the soft-spoken dude singing David Bowie covers in Portuguese in Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. He's also acted in City of God and alongside Brian Cox in the 2008 p ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2010
Gang Starr Rapper Guru Dies At 43; Extraordinarily Strange Letter To His Supporters Released
After a battle with cancer, a heart attack in February, and surgery in March, Gang Starr and Jazzamatazz rapper Guru, born Keith Elam, died yesterday morning at 43. "I write this with tears in my eyes, not of sorrow but of joy for what a wonderful life I have enjoyed and how many great people I ha ... More >>
Voice Choices
November 10, 2009
'Mr. Saturday Night Presents Scott Grooves'
After a battle with cancer, a heart attack in February, and surgery in March, Gang Starr and Jazzamatazz rapper Guru, born Keith Elam, died yesterday morning at 43. "I write this with tears in my eyes, not of sorrow but of joy for what a wonderful life I have enjoyed and how many great people I ha ... More >>
Music
March 25, 2009
Joris Voorn's Life After Turntables
A Dutch visionary blazes new digital trails with Balance 014
Music
March 4, 2008
Erykah Badu: The Plebeian, Militant Homegirl
No songs per se, but plenty of deep grooves on Mama Gun's latest
Blogs
May 22, 2007
CityParks Summer Concerts: Performers So Old School They Used To Gang Bang With the Flintstones
No songs per se, but plenty of deep grooves on Mama Gun's latest
Music
May 8, 2007
The Pointiest Sister
A deep-house icon who dabbles in the occasional crossover pop smash
Music
January 2, 2007
Def in a Jam
On the endlessly inventive and increasingly mishandled career of Mos Def
Music
October 3, 2006
Pure Percussive Pleasure
Kenny and Louie's joyous retro reboots dominate clubs and living rooms alike
Music
September 27, 2005
The 'Other' R&B
Sophistipop at summer's end, remembering the global fusion of the '70s
Music
September 28, 2004
Scenography and Sisterwit
Philly songsmith injects the draggy funk tempos of neo-soul with intellect and honest blues
NYC Life
May 18, 2004
Boobs and Babes
Now, that's an awards show: The World Famous *BOB* at the Golden Pasties
NYC Life
April 20, 2004
Adieu, Bonjour
Halcyon closes shop—for now; Jeannie Hopper and WPS1 Art radio go live
Music
April 13, 2004
All The World
Not Spyro Gyra, just a hip-hop band throwing a world party
NYC Life
August 20, 2002
Coldplay Sizzles
Not Spyro Gyra, just a hip-hop band throwing a world party
NYC Life
July 30, 2002
Listings
Not Spyro Gyra, just a hip-hop band throwing a world party
Music
July 23, 2002
Home of the Brave
Westernizing Anglophone West Africa
NYC Life
May 28, 2002
Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals
Westernizing Anglophone West Africa
NYC Life
February 5, 2002
Listings
Westernizing Anglophone West Africa
NYC Life
July 24, 2001
Listings
Westernizing Anglophone West Africa
Music
April 24, 2001
Haikus and Atmospheres
Westernizing Anglophone West Africa
Music
December 19, 2000
Give the Gift of UniMoth
Westernizing Anglophone West Africa
Music
June 13, 2000
Music
Westernizing Anglophone West Africa
Music
January 25, 2000
Happy You Near
Westernizing Anglophone West Africa
Music
November 2, 1999
Hit It, Now Hold It
Westernizing Anglophone West Africa
Music
January 19, 1999
Moment by Moment
How Jungle Is--and Isn't--the 'New Jazz'
Music
September 29, 1998
Consumer Guide
How Jungle Is--and Isn't--the 'New Jazz'

Blogs

Blogs

Voice Choices

Voice Choices

Blogs

Blogs

Voice Choices

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Voice Choices

Music

Music

Blogs

Music

Music

Music

Music

Music

NYC Life

NYC Life

Music

NYC Life

NYC Life

Music

NYC Life

NYC Life

NYC Life

Music

Music

Music

Music

Music

Music

Music

Most Popular Stories

for free stuff, news info & more!

Now Click This