I'm stuck on that name. It's got me going." Roy Ayers canceled 2023 concerts due to 'health complications' but hoped to 'get back to work' Ayers was still performing into his 80s, with his last ...

Roy Ayers, who died March 4 at 84 ... of musical-cultural relevance in the United States: an NPR Tiny Desk concert. Then 77 years old, Ayers was flanked by a much younger trio of jazz-, funk ...

Roy Ayers, whose hypnotic vibraphone playing and ... broadening its cultural impact beyond concert venues and recording studios. Sampling transformed Ayers’ influence. As hip-hop emerged as ...

Jazz great Roy Ayers, the vibraphonist ... His influence stretched far beyond jazz clubs and concert halls. He worked with some of the biggest names in the industry, from Fela Kuti to Erykah ...

Roy Ayers, the “king of neo-soul” and artist behind “Everybody Loves Sunshine,” has died. His family confirmed his death after suffering a “long illness” on social media. He was 84 ...

Following the 1970 album Ubiquity, Ayers named himself and his live band Roy Ayers Ubiquity ... Soul Train and headlining an NPR Tiny Desk concert in March 2018. Ayers is survived by his wife ...

FILE - Roy Ayers performs at the 2Pac 40th Birthday Concert Celebration on Thursday, June 16, 2011, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ron Harris, File) FILE - Roy Ayers performs at the 2Pac 40th Birthday ...

Roy Ayers, the vibraphonist ... a 5-year-old Ayers boogie’d so hard at a Lionel Hampton concert that the vibraphonist handed Ayers his first pair of mallets. “At the time, my mother and ...

I’m stuck on that name. It’s got me going.” Roy Ayers canceled 2023 concerts due to 'health complications' but hoped to 'get back to work' Ayers was still performing into his 80s, with his last live ...

FILE - Roy Ayers performs at the 2Pac 40th Birthday Concert Celebration on Thursday, June 16, 2011, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ron Harris, File) NEW YORK (AP) — Roy Ayers, a legendary jazz vibraphonist, ...