JAZZ icon Roy Ayers has died at the age of 84 after a long illness. The legendary crooner was best known for the hit 1970s ...

Roy Ayers, the legendary jazz vibraphonist responsible for "Everybody Loves the Sunshine, has died. He was 84 years old.

Roy Ayers, the legendary jazz vibraphonist known for his hit “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” and sampled by countless artists, ...

Roy Ayers, the vibraphonist, composer, and record producer whose groove instinctively pushed jazz to its soulful outer limits ...

Roy Ayers, the multi-hyphenate composer and artist nicknamed the ‘Godfather of Neo Soul,’ has passed away at the age of 84. News of Ayers’ passing was confirmed on Wednesday (March 5), with ...

The vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer helped inspire the neo-soul movement, and his best-known song was sampled ...

Ayers released nearly four dozen albums, often hitting the top charts NEW YORK: Roy Ayers, the trailblazer of jazz ...

Ayers' family revealed that he died in New ... The track was one of the top 200 songs of the 1970s, according to Pitchfork. The song finished in 72nd place and commentator Matthew Schnipper ...

Roy Ayers, the trailblazer of jazz, funk and neo-soul whose "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" proved a hugely popular hip-hop sample, has died. He was 84 years old. The artist's family shared the ...