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

The recordings of vibraphonist Roy Ayers are part of the foundation of contemporary R&B and hip-hop; Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige and ...

The American musician Roy Ayers, one of the most important post-bop jazz artists and a pioneer of jazz-funk and acid jazz, ...

Roy Ayers, the jazz-funk pioneer behind songs like 'Everybody Loves The Sunshine', has died at the age of 84, leaving behind a feel-good musical legacy.

Ayers began to demonstrate his musical aptitude “by the tender age of five, by which time he was playing boogie woogie tunes on the piano,” it says. “He turned to the steel guitar by the age ...

Roy Ayers, who died March 4 at 84 after a long illness, understood this perhaps better than any other vibraphonist. He had the chops to run rings around many of his peers, and he did just that as a ...