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" <313@hyperreal.org>
Subject: Re: [313] Ubiquity
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 21:12:19 -0500
http://www.ubiquityrecords.com/
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From: "FRED MCMURRY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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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
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