Roy Ayers, the legendary vibraphonist and composer known for his groundbreaking work in jazz-funk, has passed away at the age of 84 ...

Every week in the BYU Music Building, the band Just Khakis keeps to a strict practice schedule, preparing for upcoming shows, gigs and competitions.

Musicians have been paying tribute to the "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" icon, whose influence has shaped R&B, hip-hop and neo-soul.

Everybody Loves Sunshine hit-maker and jazz legend, Roy Ayers, has passed away after battling a long illness. He was 84.

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

After a six-month wait, the Smooth Jazz Festival is ready for a spring show at Riverwalk Amphitheater this weekend.

describing him as “highly influential and sought after as a music collaborator.” Ayers was a pioneer of the jazz-funk movement, and he was well-known for neo-soul, acid jazz and rhythm and ...

It will feature music from a "high-voltage, global funk bank" called the Funk Junket ... "I didn't even know what jazz was or how to play it before the band program," said Wesley Bisheff, a ...