where the vibes most often appear — sound more chilled-out than they really are. Roy Ayers, who died March 4 at 84, understood this perhaps better than any other vibraphonist. He had the chops ...

Everybody Loves Sunshine hit-maker and jazz legend, Roy Ayers, has passed away after battling a long illness. He was 84.

Jazz-funk musician Roy Ayers died on Tuesday after a "long illness," his family announced in a statement shared to his social ...

Roy Ayers, the legendary vibraphonist and ... “At the time, my mother and father told me he laid some spiritual vibes on me,” Ayers said at the time, adding that later he picked up the ...

The legendary American vibraphonist, composer and pioneer of jazz-funk died Tuesday, his family said. He was 84.

“Roy Ayers was kind of a godfather of the contemporary vibes. He brought a different element to his sound, compared to everybody else,” vibraphonist Warren Wold told The New York Times last year.

Roy Sr., played trombone. Ayers, a choir boy, formed his first musical group while a student at Thomas Jefferson High School. Several years later, he released his debut album "West Coast Vibes" in ...