In the seventies he produced at least two true club classics with 'Running Away' and 'Sweet Tears', jazzfunk classics like 'Can't You See Me, which made him immensely popular on the UK jazz-funk scene
In 1980 Roy launched his own label Uno Melodic and released "Lots Of Love". Many of the artists featured within his camp later became top artists in their own right, including Bobbi Humphrey and Justo Almario. Roy was also synonymous in producing some now much sought after rare groove classics from The Eighties Ladies, Ethel Beatty, and Sylvia Striplin.
In the late nineties, Jazz-funk icon Roy Ayers lays down his funk spirit in the form of deep house records, for example : the recent release with Scott Grooves on which Lonnie Liston Smith's classic 'Expansions' is reconstructed, or his deep-house version of 'Sweet Tears' he made for Louie Vega. He can still be admired, worshiped or just plainly enjoyed at London's hottest jazz club Ronnie Scotts.
Roy Ayers was born on September 10, 1940 in Los Angeles and he started out in 1963 as a vibe player with Herbie Mann.