well this list is getting *totally* out of control with regard to list content, but I cant pass up any opportunity to rap about roy ayers now.. ;)
roy ayers ubiquity is his band which he ran from 1970 to about 78 or so, recording many classic jazz funk lp's for polydor (most ppl know 'everybody loves the sunshine' for example..) he started his own independant label around 1980 but it was called 'Uno Melodic' - he never ran any label called ubiquity at all, this was the name of his collective/band. Ubiquity records is a general current day label run out of san fran (I think?) that has nothing to do with my main man roy.. that URL someone posted was the one for them.. hope this helps, mail if you need more info! peace jason m >Thanks for fwding the link to me but I still don't know if this is the same >label that Ayers started up...I can see that it could be just by the other >related labels and some of the artists >This I got from another site: > >In 1970, Roy flew the nest, settled into Manhattan and formed his own band, >dubbing it Ubiquity. An ever-changing eclectic collective of musicians and >vocalists, Ubiquity's music could not be pigeonholed. >Funk, salsa, jazz, rock, soul, rap - all were equal parts of Ayers' vision >and sound. What really tied it all together was the music's embracing of the >voice as an integral instrumental component. "I realized the power of the >voice - I knew jazz didn't get that much play on the radio. The giants: Wes >Montgomery, Cannonball Adderley, Jimmy Smith, gained a lot of recognition >even though their music was primarily instrumental - but it was vocal, too. >People would respond to voices. I wasn't closed, I was open to it. I had >people like Edwin Birdsong, who wrote "Spirit of Doo Doo" - he knew hooks. I >had great singers. Dee Dee Bridgewater, Edwin, Carla Vaughan, Chicas..." Roy >Ayers and Ubiquity were signed to Polydor that year. >Thus began an astonishingly vital and prolific period that would end 12 >years later and yield 20 albums. > >So it might very well be the same label but Ubiquity is still going...under >Polydor's direction? Onward to the Polydor web site to find my answer. > >Fred > > >>From: "JavierDrada" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "313" <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [313] Ubiquity >>Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 21:12:19 -0500 >> >>http://www.ubiquityrecords.com/ >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "FRED MCMURRY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 8:59 PM >>Subject: [313] Ubiquity >> >> >>: Does anybody know about Ubiquity >>: >>: Re: >>: Who : Languis, dj Hoseh (dublab), dj Nobody (Ubiquity) >>: >>: I know that Roy Ayers had/has a label called Ubiquity but it's a jazz >>: label...I'm sure these are not the same labels. >>: >>: Fred >>: _________________________________________________________________________ >>: Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. >>: >>: Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at >>: http://profiles.msn.com. >>: >>: >>: --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>: To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>: For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>: >> >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >_________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > >Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at >http://profiles.msn.com. > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
