Mike Gill, of the Mobile Funk Unit, holds his sousaphone before playing in the annual True/False March March parade on Friday ...

Roy Ayers, the influential vibraphonist and jazz-funk pioneer known for his iconic track "Everybody Loves the Sunshine," has ...

asked Thomas, supplying a scat-like vocal during the extended opener, with Hampton emerging to rip a late solo as jazzy horns and percussion drove the funk clinic to completion. ForbesBootsy ...

H.E.R. directs a documentary full of all-star conversations framed around archival footage of an artist who remains an ...

One of the most exhilarating moments is when a goal is scored, and the goal horn plays a big role in enhancing the moment.

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

The West Philly native has crafted a funk song reminiscent of the Philly soul era of the 1970s, complete with a smooth blend ...

We remember Roy Ayers, the vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer behind "Everybody Loves the Sunshine." He died Tuesday at the age of 84.

Roy Ayers, who died March 4 at 84 after a long illness, understood this perhaps better than any other vibraphonist. He had the chops to run rings around many of his peers, and he did just that as a ...

The recordings of vibraphonist Roy Ayers are part of the foundation of contemporary R&B and hip-hop; Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige and many others have sampled his work.

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