The two Texas singer-songwriters' careers have often intersected, beginning with Crowell first hearing Nelson's earliest songs on the radio and seeing his shows in Houston in the mid 1960s. Nelson ...

Roy Ayers, the towering jazz figure, passed away on Tuesday, March 4, at 84. Hip-Hop Wired has put together eight essential ...

The jazz-funk pioneer passed away in New York City at age 84; his catalog is essential to the experience of so many in the Black community.

Everybody Loves Sunshine hit-maker and jazz legend, Roy Ayers, has passed away after battling a long illness. He was 84.

Roy Ayers, the jazz and R&B musician known as ... Blige, the latter of whom sampled his 1976 song "Searching." Ayers described neo-soul as "a sound that encompasses all these different sounds ...

Oh What a Beautiful World, due out April 25 and the country legend's 77th solo studio album, arrives four days before ...

NEW YORK CITY -- Roy Ayers, the legendary jazz vibraphonist, composer and producer known for hit songs like "Everybody Loves the Sunshine," has died at 84, according to his family. Ayers' family ...

From Mary J. Blige's "My Life" to Naughty by Nature's "Sunshine," here are 21 hip-hop and R&B songs that have sampled the ...