Roy Ayers: Jazz Is Dead 2 (Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad) Vinyl LP

“In February 2018, Roy Ayers performed four sold out shows in Los Angeles as part of the Jazz Is Dead Black History Month series. In addition to those shows, the legendary vibraphone player had also recorded an entire album of new material with Adrian YoungeandAli Shaheed Muhammad. Over the course of its eight original compositions, written collaboratively by Younge, Shaheed Muhammad & Ayers and recorded at Younges Linear Labs in Los Angeles, the resulting album sounds both like an unearthed and unreleased album from Ayers classic period in the 1970s (which produced the oft-sampled ‘Red, Black & Green,”We Live In Brooklyn, Baby,”Everybody Loves The Sunshine,’ and ‘Running Away’), as well as something startling, new and unexpected. Joining Ayers, Younge & Shaheed Muhammad on this musical journey are drummer Greg Paul, vocalists Loren Oden, Joy Gilliam, Saudia Yasmein, Elgin Clark & Anitra Castleberry, as well as Phil Ranelin & Wendell Harrison of the legendary Spiritual Jazz label Tribe Records. The 8 tracks on this album testify to the love not only of a legendary musicians legacy, but to the vitality & necessity of this music and these sounds in the present era, a thread that will likely run throughout all of the upcoming releases from Jazz Is Dead Records.” – Jazz Is Dead

• 2ndvolume of Adrian Younge+Ali Shaheed Muhammad‘sJazz Is Dead seriesof collaborations w/Marcos Valle,Doug Carn, Gary Bartz+ more
• black vinyl pressing
• housed in die-cut jacket w/ printed inner sleeve
• music label: Jazz Is Dead2021

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