jazz

Roy Ayers was born on September 10, 1940 in Los Angeles. Thanks to his trombone playing father and piano teaching mother, he became immersed in music from day one and the story goes that he was given his first set of vibe mallets by his hero Lionel Hampton at the age of 5. Constantly performing and recording since the 1960s, he is one of the most famous jazz vibraphonists. He has produced some of the most loved modern soul-jazz records of all time such as, "Everybody Loves The Sunshine"...

A survivor of Glastonbury, Mon is a co-founder of Australia’s toughest funk export Deep Street Soul (Freestyle Records) supporting The Bamboos, Marva Whitney, Charles Bradley, Breakestra and others. Mon won Triple J’s Unearthed competition fronting her own tunes, and lends her keyboard playing to both local and international artists such as Kylie Auldist, The Paesanos, John Fleming (Scared Little Weird Guys) and accompanies the Melbourne Mass Gospel Choir. Mon brings the vintage keys sounds with a touch of warped modernism into the mix.

Grey Ghost Pianist Roosevelt T. Williams, better known as "Grey Ghost," entertained Central Texas audiences from the 1920s through the 1990s with his jazz-tinged barrelhouse blues. Once called the "Thelonious Monk of Blues," Williams was born Dec. 7, 1903, in Bastrop. Armed with basic musical training as a teen, he used his good ear to absorb African-American, Anglo, Mexican, and Eastern European styles pouring out of area dances and roadhouses. Williams often traveled to and from gigs by slipping onto empty boxcars, which earned him the Grey Ghost appellation.