November 21, 2007
Live Music
Roy Ayers
Fri., Nov. 23 and Sat., Nov. 24, 8pm. $35. Warmdaddy’s, 1400 Columbus Blvd. 215.462.2000. www.warmdaddys.com
Whether you’ve been gettin’ your swerve on to old Puff and Biggie tracks, catching up on classic Pam Grier blaxploitation vehicles or keepin’ it real with vintage Tribe and Brand Nubian, you’ve been listening to a lot of Roy Ayers lately. Not quite your style, you say? You’re more of a hip-hop snob who revels in flouting your underground expertise? Well that Quasimoto B-side you just mined is rife with samples from the vibraphone master too. From the moment Lionel Hampton handed a set of mallets to a 5-year-old Ayers, to that legendary 1979 world tour with Fela Kuti, he’s been honing the skills that would eventually earn the oft-dubbed “godfather of acid jazz” the ultimate honor: placement in not one but two editions of Grand Theft Auto. (Joshua Valocchi)
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