Gilles Peterson: Roy Ayers 75th Birthday Mix | Gilles Peterson Worldwide

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Roy Ayers! What a legend. One of my biggest musical influences, widely known as "The Godfather of Neo-Soul" and purveyor of the Jazz-Funk - the man has many a mighty fine groove in his array.

Still going and with a sharp sense of humour at the grand old age of 75, the encyclopaedicly-minded crate-digger king that is Gilles Peterson has honoured this milestone with a mix of the lesser-known numbers from Roy's back-catalogue (the banger that is Chigago isn't in there, but Gilles knows his onions so I ain't complaining :D ). Get yourself acquainted. You'll find the full tracklist on Gilles' page by clicking here.

If you're digging on this, I did my own minimix for the Allstar Sonics Soundslikehoney music blog the last time Roy was in London. You can find the mix if you click here.