OUR COMMON GROUND<p>Roy Ayers, the legendary jazz vibraphonist and composer, sampled by countless artists, dies at 84.</p><p>Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk.</p><p>His soul lingers in the vibrato always.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MusicHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MusicHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Americanjazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Americanjazz</span></a></p>