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

Roy Ayers, who died March 4 at 84 ... It translated easily to Ayers’s other landmark tunes, such as 1976’s “Searching” — which even restored the burning horns that “Sunshine ...

Roy Ayers was the first person I saw playing vibraphone ... I vividly remember the first time I heard “Running Away.” “Searching” is another one of those songs that I’d wager almost ...

Roy Ayers, the jazz and R&B musician known ... Blige, the latter of whom sampled his 1976 song "Searching." Ayers described neo-soul as "a sound that encompasses all these different sounds ...

Roy Ayers, the pioneering jazz-funk composer ... Their 1976 hits “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” and “Searching” and the following year’s “Running Away” became Sunday-afternoon ...

Jazz-funk legend Roy Ayers has died at the age of 84, his family has confirmed. The American musician, best known for the hit track ‘Everybody Loves the Sunshine’ passed away on March 4 after ...

Musician Roy Ayers, 84, unexpectedly passed away on March 4, 2025, after struggling with an unknown illness. The news was confirmed through a heartfelt statement shared on behalf of Ayers' family ...

Roy Ayers, the legendary jazz vibraphonist known for his hit “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” and sampled by countless artists, died at the age of 84. In a statement shared with Variety ...

Roy Ayers, the “King of Neo Soul” who was born and raised on Vernon Avenue just south of downtown Los Angeles and saw more than 60 of his songs sampled by a who’s who of hip-hop and soul ...

Read full article: BCSO searching for missing 14-year-old last ... 2025. NEW YORK – Roy Ayers, a legendary jazz vibraphonist, keyboardist, composer and vocalist known for his spacy, funky ...

Folks, it’s getting rough out here. Just days after the death of R&B/soul fixture Angie Stone, Variety reports that jazz legend Roy Ayers has died at age 84. Ayers, who primarily played the ...