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Donald Nicks

For the past 15 or more years, Donald has been the bassist with Roy Ayers and has toured extensively with him as well as: Jorge Sylvester, Orlando Aviles, Luther Thomas, Nora McCarthy, Nancy Wilson, Henry Threadgill, Charles Earland, Ray Mantilla and records and performs all over New York and the U.S. and well as Europe. Other Professional Engagements Zachary Breaux, Tom Brown, Jean Carne, Ronnie Laws, Ray Mantilla, Toru Oki, Los Pleneros de la 21, Bobby Sanabria, Tito Puente, Bobby Watson, Sam Wooding, Charles Earland, Roy Ayers, Mario Rivera, Lonnie Liston Smith, Bill Saxton, Johnny Colon. Recordings Toru Oki :"Manhattn Midnight" "Broadway Shuffle" "Toru Oki & Albert King" Pepe Castillo: "Bananaland" Bobby Sanabria: "New York City ACHE" Roy Ayers: "Naste" "Hot" "Good Vibrations" Zachary Breaux: "Groovin" "Time & Space" "Crazy Love Songs" Jorge Sylvester:"In The Ear of the Beholder"

Spirit Driven

By Jorge Sylvester

Label: Four (friends Of Unseen Rain)
Released: 2013
Track listing: DISC 1: 1- Construction No.2, 2- Masouc, 3- Paulina's Prayer, 4- The Light Of Truth's Hight Is Not For Tender Leaves, 5- Obeahman DISC 2: 1- Construction No.1, 2- To Be With You, 3- Remember Haiti, 4- Cycle Of Life

Roy Ayers at Yoshi's

by Walter Atkins
December 12, 2015

Roy Ayers is Everywhere Yoshi's Oakland Oakland California November 27, 2015 The venerable vibraphonist Roy Ayers and his seasoned band performed during a sold out weekend at the East Bay's popular Yoshi's in Oakland's Jack London Square. The exuberant 75-year-old composer /musician opened the exciting second show with “Sweet Tears." Ayers ...

Roy Ayers at The Addition

January 21, 2015

By Walter Atkins The Addition, formally known as Yoshi's San Francisco, welcomed the celebrated and ageless acid jazz/funk vibraphonist Roy Ayers for a weekend stand on November 21, 2014. The new name was inspired by the club's location between Lower Fillmore and the Western Addition. The show kicked off the soft opening of the City's latest ...

Jorge Sylvester Ace Collective: Spirit Driven

By Jorge Sylvester

Label: Four (friends Of Unseen Rain)
Released: 2013
Track listing: Construction No. 2; Masouc; Paulina’s Prayer; The Light of Truth’s High Noon Is Not for Tender Leaves; Obeahman; Construction No. 1; To Be with You; Remember Haiti; Cycle of Life.

Jorge Sylvester Ace Collective: Spirit Driven

by Florence Wetzel
November 28, 2013

In a 1967 interview with Jazz & Pop magazine, John Coltrane stated: “I know that there are bad forces, forces put here that bring suffering to others and misery to the world, but I want to be the force which is truly for the good." In his lifetime and beyond, Coltrane has inspired artists to infuse ...

In the Ear of the Beholder

By Jorge Sylvester

Label: Jazz Magnet Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: 1. TAMBOR – THE MIX - 12:42 2. SLY MONGOOSE - 7:40 3. CORAZÓN REBELDE - 5:37 4. POR LA CLAVE - 10:12 5. IN THE EAR OF THE BEHOLDER POR LA CLAVE PART II - 17:42 6. SONGOAJIRA - 9:24 7. KING'S HIGHWAY - 6:50 8. TROPICANDO - 5:29 All compositions and arrangements by Jorge Sylvester except Sly Mangoose by Jack Edwards and Corazón Rebelde by Alberto Barreto.