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

Ayers was a pioneer in the jazz scene, becoming one of the artists who created some of the first acid jazz tracks, and was a ...

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

American record producer Roy Ayers, a pioneer of jazz-funk since the early 1960s, died on March 4, 2025, at the age of 84.

Jazz musician Roy Ayers has died at the age of 84. His family announced his death on social media and that he "will be sorely missed".

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