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Art of Cool: How Roy Ayers and his disciple Robert Glasper have used...

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Roy Ayers Friday, April 24 7:30 p.m. $65$125 Durham Armory 220 Foster St. Durham www.aocfestival.org But at a live 2011 homage to vibraphonist and icon Roy Ayers by hip-hop-loving jazz pianist Robert Glasper and smooth-sampling rap producer Pete Rock, the sophisti-funk legend wouldn't allow it. Ayers emerged onstage before Rock even appeared, just as The Robert Glasper Experiment introduced the strutting bump of Ayers' 1976 hit, "Everybody Loves the Sunshine."


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