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

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 ...

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 ...

Roy Ayers, the legendary vibraphonist and neo-soul pioneer, has passed away at 84. His music shaped jazz, funk, and R&B for generations.

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

GRAMMY Award-winning Third Coast Percussion will release its 20th anniversary full-length album, Standard Stoppages. Learn ...

Under the towering gothic arches, the often buttoned-up art rock star let loose in an intimate, sometimes ramshackle ...

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In Everybody Loves The Sunshine, Roy Ayers uses six of the seven notes in F# Dorian mode as roots for fourths chords: F-sharp, A, B, C-sharp, D-sharp and E. Three of the resulting minor 11th chords ...