An escape for temporary moments.” Roy Ayers, U.S. funk, soul and jazz composer and vibraphone player, during a live concert ...

Roy Ayers, the legendary vibraphonist and composer known for his groundbreaking work in jazz-funk, has passed away at the age ...

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 “king of neo-soul” and artist behind “Everybody Loves Sunshine,” has died. His family confirmed his death ...

He helped introduce a funkier strain of the music in the 1970s. He also had an impact on hip-hop: His “Everybody Loves the ...

Roy Ayers, a legendary jazz vibraphonist, keyboardist, composer and vocalist known for his spacy, funky 1976 hit “Everybody ...

Roy Ayers, whose hypnotic vibraphone playing and genre-blending compositions transformed jazz and influenced generations of ...

Roy Ayers, who died March 4 at 84 ... of musical-cultural relevance in the United States: an NPR Tiny Desk concert. Then 77 years old, Ayers was flanked by a much younger trio of jazz-, funk ...

Roy Ayers, the vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer behind ... Like a scene out of a movie, a 5-year-old Ayers boogie ...

Roy Edward Ayers Jr was born into a musical family in Los Angeles on ... Ayers attended a Lionel Hampton Big Band concert ...

FILE - Roy Ayers performs at the 2Pac 40th Birthday Concert Celebration on Thursday, June 16, 2011, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ron Harris, File) FILE - Roy Ayers performs at the 2Pac 40th Birthday ...

Following the 1970 album Ubiquity, Ayers named himself and his live band Roy Ayers Ubiquity ... Soul Train and headlining an NPR Tiny Desk concert in March 2018. Ayers is survived by his wife ...