Jazz funk is a style of music that grew out of jazz, but brings in elements of soul music and rhythm and blues. While jazz often features a swing beat, jazz funk is backed by a groove rhythm that ...

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Roy Ayers, the legendary jazz-funk pioneer, has died at the age of 84 in New York City after a long illness. Click here for important updates to our privacy policy. Is US safer from guns?

Roy Ayers, the pioneering jazz-funk composer, producer, and vibraphonist, died Tuesday, March 4, in New York after a long illness, his family said in a post from his Facebook account.