Roy Ayers, a legendary jazz vibraphonist, keyboardist, composer and vocalist known for his spacy, funky 1976 hit “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” that has been sampled by such R&B and rap heavyweights ...

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

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 ...

Brandon Lott, a featured artist for 2025's Art & Soul, has brought his alternative R&B and neo-soul style to Indianapolis ...

Roy Ayers was a virtuoso jazz vibraphone player and multi-instrumentalist, but he was also able, in the 1970s, to bring jazz ...

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In 1945, Lionel Hampton spotted a five year-old boogying so hard during his concert in Los Angeles, that the legendary the ...

Roy Ayers, the influential vibraphonist whose mellow grooves bridged jazz, funk, and soul across generations, has passed away following a prolonged illness at age 84. The pioneering musician’s family ...

Kyle Thurman and Isaiah Smith were both taken into custody following the alleged hazing-related death of beloved Southern ...

Rampage pay tribute to American vibraphonist, record producer and composer Roy Ayers - who was often called The Godfather of Neo-Soul (R.I.P).