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Roy Owen Haynes (born March 13, 1925) is an American jazz drummer. [1] He is among the most recorded drummers in jazz. In a career lasting over 80 years, he has played swing, bebop, jazz fusion, avant-garde jazz and is considered a pioneer of jazz drumming. "Snap Crackle" was a nickname given to him in the 1950s. [2]
Feb 13, 2020 · Roy Haynes Quartet - Live at Blue Note Jazz Club, Jazz Festival NYC (June 12, 2019) Roy Haines is a living legend of world jazz. Born March 13, 1925. Boston, Massachusetts.
Apr 2, 2024 · Drummer Roy Haynes has not only shared the stage with legendary jazz figures over the decades, but contributed mightily to stylistic developments in the genre. He turned 99 this year.
You may not have heard of Roy Haynes, but you have almost certainly heard him. In nearly 60 years as a jazz drummer, Haynes has appeared on some 600 recordings, many of them classics.
Mar 10, 2020 · Roy Haynes, the inexhaustibly propulsive drummer, bandleader and NEA Jazz Master, turns 95 this week, on March 13. In his honor, we’re devoting this week’s Take Five to a handful of his indelible performances on record and on film.
There has been a long-standing misperception about Roy Haynes – one that the influential jazz drummer wants cleared up once and for all. “Everything you read about me says I was born in 1926, but that’s wrong. I was born in 1925, so I’m 73 now, not 72,” Haynes says, proudly.
Mar 9, 2020 · Roy Haynes, the inexhaustibly propulsive drummer, bandleader and NEA Jazz Master, turns 95 this week, on March 13. In his honor, we’re devoting this week’s Take Five to a handful of his indelible performances on record and on film.
Roy Haynes. Drummer. 1995 NEA Jazz Master. Roxbury, Massachusetts. Date of birth: Mar 13, 1925. Photo by Vance Jacobs. Bio. Seemingly ageless, Roy Haynes has played the drums from the bebop days of the 1940s to the present day with the same restless energy.
Apr 30, 2019 · The boppers who came before were integral in paving the way to the 60s. Of course, we all remember Max Roach and Art Blakey, but another name that stands out from that cohort is Roy Haynes.
Nov 8, 2008 · Roy Haynes knows jazz! His ideas and techniques have made him a legendary drummer who in many ways helped develop Bebop and Free Jazz, a form of post Bop jazz that was popular beginning in the 1960s.
