Roy Ayers Ubiquity — Everybody Loves The Sunshine
Everybody Loves The Sunshine · 1976
Label: Polydor · Genre: Jazz / Jazz-Funk · Country: USA · From: Los Angeles, CA, North America
Roy Ayers recorded Everybody Loves The Sunshine past midnight at Electric Lady Studios in New York — built by Jimi Hendrix — in 1976. The title track was almost an afterthought, built on a single chord, a bass pattern, and a chanted refrain. It became the most-sampled Roy Ayers track of all time, appearing in over 200 records including Dr. Dre's High Powered. The album captures Ayers at his most open — the vibraphone swims rather than cuts, and the whole thing feels like late summer in a city that never quite sleeps.
Did you know: Everybody Loves the Sunshine was used by Jay-Z on Dead Presidents II, one of hip-hop’s most recognisable flips. Ayers himself appeared in the 2001 hip-hop film Soundz of Spirit and collaborated with Erykah Badu, Common, and Mary J. Blige across his career. He held a residency at a New York jazz bar well into his seventies, playing vibraphone every week until shortly before his death in 2022.
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