vibraphonist
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Roy Ayers was born in Los Angeles in 1940 and by his mid-20s had become an in-demand sideman as a vibraphonist.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Mr. Taylor’s “Waltz for Meghan” is more layered, with the leader and the vibraphonist providing the underpinning for probing solos from Messrs. Engle, Finlayson and Rogers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
Roy Ayers, the jazz-soul vibraphonist and bandleader behind ‘Everybody Loves the Sunshine,’ whose music became the backbone for younger artists, dies at age 84.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2025
The next day, I traveled from a set of electronic music by the composer Ash Fure to a quartet performance led by the vibraphonist Patricia Brennan.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2023
For those playing at home, the obvious association is Roy Ayers, the jazz vibraphonist turned funk-and-R&B icon in large part through his 1976 hit “Everybody Loves the Sunshine.”
From Washington Post ● May 28, 2022
But the subtle addition of a pair of vibraphonists quickly banishes any sense of things being on autopilot.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
In tribute to the late Bobby Hutcherson, Stefon Harris assembled a multi-generational quartet of vibraphonists that also included newcomer Joel Ross, the robust Warren Wolf and the repeatedly hailed “godfather of neo-soul” Roy Ayers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2017
Bobby Hutcherson, 75, one of the most admired and accomplished vibraphonists in jazz, died on Monday at his home in Montara, Calif. Hutcherson had long been treated for emphysema.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2016
Hutcherson, the bricklayer's son who became one of the greatest, most inventive jazz vibraphonists to pick up a pair of mallets, has died.
From US News ● Aug. 17, 2016
Both are in their early 30s, and both started off as drummers, as many vibraphonists do.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2011
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