Born on Sept. 10, 1940, in Los Angeles, Ayers grew up in a musical family; his schoolteacher mother was also a piano ...

Roy Ayers, the legendary jazz vibraphonist ... Mos Def also paid homage in “Sunshine” (2004), incorporating Ayers’ track, while Brand Nubian’s “Wake Up (Reprise in the Sunshine ...

Neo-soul musician Roy Ayers has died after "a long illness," his family wrote in a statement shared on his social media accounts. Born on Sept. 10, 1940, in Los Angeles, Ayers grew up in a musical ...

The vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer died Tuesday at the age of 84, after battling a long illness.