The composer was known for his often-sampled 1976 album "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" and a career that spanned six decades.

They became his weapon of choice after he picked up the vibraphone as a Thomas Jefferson High School student at age 17. Ayers released his debut album, “West Coast Vibes,” in 1962. He ...

Happy Music Monday from GBH’s All Things Considered! Let's hear the jazz tunes that Al Davis has been listening to.

The great Roy Ayers, the vibraphone master who pioneered neo-soul in the 1970s, died on Tuesday at age 84. The news was shared by his family: “It is with great sadness that the family of legendary ...

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

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

Legendary jazz-funk pioneer Roy Ayers dies at 84, leaving a lasting impact on music with his groundbreaking fusion of jazz, ...

"He lived a beautiful 84 years and will be sorely missed," read the post published late Wednesday. Ayers is considered a ...

The vibraphone is a tuned percussion instrument, and today Corey celebrates the ways in which it has been treated as a drum. Composers and improvisers have experimented with the materiality of the ...

Born in 1940 in Los Angeles, Ayers became entranced by the vibraphone after being given his first pair of mallets by percussionist Lionel Hampton’s Big Band at the age of 5. He sang in church ...