roy ayers
jazz nice useless at 84
Printed March 5, 2025 6:06 PM PST
Roy Ayers, the good jazz vibraphonist identified for his hit “All people Loves the Sunshine” is useless after struggling an sickness … his household has introduced.
In a press release shared on his Fb, his household says the music legend died on Tuesday in New York Metropolis after affected by a protracted sickness. The did not specify what sickness he had.
They concluded their assertion saying … “He lived a lovely 84 years and can be sorely missed. His household ask that you just respect their privateness right now, a celebration of Roy’s life can be forthcoming.”
Ayers’ greatest hit was “All people Loves the Sunshine.” Over the 12 months’s his music has been sampled or lined by everybody, together with Kanye West, Frequent, Mary J. Blige, D’Angelo, and Tyler the Creator.
His music actually began to succeed in the plenty together with his work on the Pam Grier Blaxploitation movie, “Coffy.” He went on to drop “All people Loves the Sunshine” in 1976.
To provide you an concept of how large “All people Loves the Sunshine” is … thus far, the track has greater than 130 million streams on Spotify.
He leaves behind his spouse Argerie, and their two kids, Ayana and Mtume.
Roy was 84.
RIP
