ROY HAYNES

'Roy Owen Haynes', born on March 13 1925, in Boston, Massachusetts, is an American jazz drummer and bandleader.
Haynes is one of the most recorded drummers in jazz and in his over 60-year career has played in a wide range of styles ranging from swing and bebop to jazz fusion and avant-garde jazz. He has a highly expressive, personal style ("Snap Crackle" was a nickname given him in the 1950s) and is known to foster a deep engagement in his bandmates.
His son Graham is a notable cornetist, and his grandson Marcus Gilmore and nephew Christopher Haynes are both drummers.

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Biography

Haynes began his full time professional career in 1945. From 1947 to 1949 he worked with saxophonist Lester Young, and from 1949 to 1952 was a member of saxophonist Charlie Parker's quintet. He also recorded at the time with pianist Bud Powell and saxophonists Wardell Gray, and Stan Getz. From 1953 to 1958 he toured with singer Sarah Vaughan.
Haynes went on to work with more experimental musicians, like saxophonists John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy, or pianists Chick Corea and Andrew Hill. He was inducted into the Down Beat Magazine Hall of Fame in 2004.
Haynes has recorded or performed with Gary Burton, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Henry Grimes, Christian McBride, Jackie McLean, Pat Metheny, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Art Pepper, Horace Tapscott and many others. He has also led his own groups, some performing under the name Hip Ensemble. His most recent recordings as a leader are ''The Roy Haynes Trio'', ''Fountain of Youth'' and ''Where As'' (recorded live at the Artists' Quarter). He continues to perform world-wide and is booked well into 2008.

External links

★ Drummerworld: Roy Haynes

★ Interview

★ Concert Review

★ Jazz Police: Concert Review Roy Haynes Live at the Artists' Quarter

★ Jazz Police: CD Review ''Where As'', 2006

★ Why I Love Roy Haynes and Why Jazz Education Matters from District Administration Magazine 7/04