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Roy Ayers, Vibraphonist Who Injected Soul Into Jazz, Dies at 84

He helped introduce a funkier strain of the music in the 1970s. He also had an impact on hip-hop: His “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” has been sampled nearly 200 times.

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Coffy (Movie), Deaths (Obituaries), Everybody Loves the Sunshine (Song), Jazz, Jazz Is Dead (Record Label), Mann, Herbie, Polydor Records, Rap and Hip-Hop, Rhythm and Blues (Music)
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