Originally from the Washington, D.C. area, John was first a drummer, then a piano player, and didn't add the vibraphone until his late teens when he was inspired by Lionel Hampton recordings. Since ...

The legend goes like this: In 1930, jazz drummer Lionel Hampton was performing a gig at the NBC studios. In those days, and for a long time to come, the sound that identified NBC was three notes ...

Duarte Ventura, born in 2000, began his musical studies at the age of ten at the Associação Filarmónica Arganilense, attending percussion and music theory classes. At the age of twelve, he started ...

Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, an NEA Jazz Master who influenced generations of musicians as an improviser and composer, died Monday at the age of 75 after a protracted struggle with emphysema. A ...

Jazz-funk pioneer Roy Ayers died Tuesday in New York. The vibraphonist, known for his often-sampled 1976 album “Everybody Loves the Sunshine,” died after a long illness and a “beautiful 84 years” on ...

Critically acclaimed vibraphonist Joel Ross brings a sound DownBeat hails as “lush, high-powered and full of luminous energy.” A Blue Note Artist, Ross has changed the conversation around vibes, ...

Roy Ayers, the legendary vibraphonist and musician behind 1976’s album “Everybody Loves the Sunshine,” has died. He was 84. The musical artist’s family shared the news on Ayers’ Facebook on March 5, ...

Roy Ayers, the “King of Neo Soul” who was born and raised on Vernon Avenue just south of downtown Los Angeles and saw more than 60 of his songs sampled by a who’s who of hip-hop and soul artists, died ...

A bunch of musicians got up on a roof this past August to pay homage to the 60th anniversary of the Broadway debut of Fiddler on the Roof in 2024. They have a performance at the Jazz Estate on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jazz-funk pioneer Roy Ayers died Tuesday in New York. The vibraphonist, known for his often-sampled 1976 album “Everybody Loves ...