(Blue Note)The American sax star follows in the footsteps of Jan Garbarek on a modern-day reprise full of verve Saxophonist extraordinaire Branford Marsalis claims his garlanded quartet is “a chamber […]
Jazz-soul vibraphonist and band leader best known for his laid-back summer track Everybody Loves the Sunshine When Ruby Ayers, a piano teacher, took her five-year-old son Roy to a concert […]
Ayers’ genre-bending jazz-funk sound produced one fantastic album after another – and then found a new lease of life in hip-hop sampling • Roy Ayers, jazz-funk pioneer behind Everybody Loves […]
Family announces on Facebook that the musician died in New York City after a long illness Roy Ayers, the jazz-funk pioneer whose hit Everybody Loves the Sunshine has become a […]
The prolific US trumpeter shuffles the pack with the addition of synths, guitar and vibes to enhance his melodic, dextrous playing Now 48, trumpeter Pelt has maintained a profuse presence […]
