I grew up in a musical household, you know one where music was playing all of the time. I was one of those kids who dug through the various albums that made up my parents’ collection, often getting as ...

Roy Ayers, whose hypnotic vibraphone playing and genre-blending compositions transformed jazz and influenced generations of musicians across multiple genres, died Tuesday in New York City. He was 84.

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