where the vibes most often appear — sound more chilled-out than they really are. Roy Ayers, who died March 4 at 84, understood this perhaps better than any other vibraphonist. He had the chops ...

The Vibraphone, which Roy Ayers played expertly, is nicknamed “the vibes” in the jazz community for the way its reverberative chime emits reflective energy. It’s no wonder that a beloved ...

“Roy Ayers was kind of a godfather of the contemporary vibes. He brought a different element to his sound, compared to everybody else,” vibraphonist Warren Wold told The New York Times last year.

Roy Ayers, the legendary vibraphonist and ... “At the time, my mother and father told me he laid some spiritual vibes on me,” Ayers said at the time, adding that later he picked up the ...

Roy Sr., played trombone. Ayers, a choir boy, formed his first musical group while a student at Thomas Jefferson High School. Several years later, he released his debut album "West Coast Vibes" in ...

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

Ayers continued to make music and play live until very recently. Rest easy, Roy. Thanks for all the good vibes. Tyler, the Creator, who collaborated with Ayers on “Find Your Wings,” posted a ...

Several years later, he released his debut album "West Coast Vibes" in 1963. The following decade saw him form Roy Ayers Ubiquity ... ended on a positive note: "We had high hopes I would recover ...

Jazz-funk musician Roy Ayers died on Tuesday after a "long illness," his family announced in a statement shared to his social media accounts.