Roy+Ayers+Ubiquity | fr
Bingo Players (Paul Bäumer & Maarten Hoogstraten) have been left gasping for air after a seriously hectic year with bookings in the Netherlands and abroad. Outgrowing local bingo halls to play with the big ballers of the game has been the result of their hard work and devotion. The Bingo Players appear to have been made for each other, the proof of which came in November 2009, when the DJ/producer duo topped the Beatport overall chart for a second time with their remake of the dance floor classic, “Devotion”, which stayed on no. 1 for two weeks and over a...
(Roy E. Ayers Jr.) est un vibraphoniste et chanteur américain né Los Angeles (Californie) le 10 septembre 1940.
Il grandit dans une famille de musiciens : son père était tromboniste et sa mère pianiste. Il étudie le piano et l'harmonie dans sa famille et au collège. A cinq ans il se voit offrir une paire de baguette de vibraphone par Lionel Hampton. Mais ce n’est qu’à l’âge de 17 ans qu’il se met sérieusement à l’instrument.
Dès 1958, il commence à jouer, avec Phineas Newborn Jr, Curtis Amy, Teddy Edwards, Leroy Vinnegar, Vi Redd.
Influencé à ses débuts par Milt...
Starting over again can be a pain. However looking at The Don Ramos Players with fresh eyes was enough to make them realise then when something does come to an end, you always have to look forward at the prospect of doing something in a different light. They have played in bands that have come and gone. They are John, Smittens, Lloyd and Adam. They are The Don Ramos Players. What was originally going to start out as a solo project soon turned into a proper band. They draw influences from bands such as Hot Water Music, The Lawrence Arms,...
Out of Tokyo and featuring members of other major bands in the Tokyo Ska Scene (Rude Bones, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra) this band played traditional ska that was not often heard out of Japan. They have one record available for sale in America, Torrid Rock on King Django's Stubborn Records. The band appears to have broken up in 2002 (it's hard to tell because the website is in Japanese). .
South Street Player's was actually one man,
DeeJay Roland Clark who is still active in the Miami dance scene. .