American jazz drummer and group leader (1925–2024)
Roy Haynes
Haynes performing in 1981
Background information Born Roy Owen Haynes
(1925-03-13 ) March 13, 1925Died November 12, 2024(2024-11-12) (aged 99) Genres Jazz Occupation Musician Instrument Drums Years active 1942–2020 Labels Mainstream ,EmArcy ,Galaxy ,Impulse! ,New Jazz ,Vogue ,Pacific Jazz ,Evidence ,Marge
Musical artist
Roy Owen Haynes (March 13, 1925 – November 12, 2024) was an American jazz drummer. In the 1950s, he was given the nickname "Snap Crackle " for his distinctivesnare drum sound and musical vocabulary. He is among the most recorded drummers in jazz. In a career spanning more than eight decades, he playedswing ,bebop ,jazz fusion andavant-garde jazz . He is considered to be a pioneer of jazz drumming.
Haynes led bands, including the Hip Ensemble. His albumsFountain of Youth andWhereas were nominated for aGrammy Award .[ 1] [ 2] Modern Drummer [ 3]
Haynes performing in 1964 Haynes was born on March 13, 1925, in theRoxbury neighborhood ofBoston , to Gustavas and Edna Haynes, immigrants fromBarbados .[ 4] Michael E. Haynes , became an important leader in the African American community in Massachusetts, working withMartin Luther King Jr. during thecivil rights movement , representing Roxbury in theMassachusetts House of Representatives and for forty years serving as pastor of theTwelfth Baptist Church . King had been a member at the church while he pursued his doctoral degree atBoston University .[ 5]
Haynes made his professional debut in 1942 in Boston and began his full-time professional career in 1945.[ 6] Lester Young ,[ 4] Charlie Parker 's quintet.[ 4] Bud Powell and saxophonistsWardell Gray andStan Getz .[ 4] Sarah Vaughan and recorded with her.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] John Coltrane Quartet, often working as a sub for drummerElvin Jones . In 1990, he co-led the albumQuestion and Answer Pat Metheny .[ 10] [ 11]
A tribute song was recorded byJim Keltner andCharlie Watts ofthe Rolling Stones ,[ 12] the Allman Brothers Band in 2006[ 13] Phish in 2008.[ 14] Modern Drummer 's readers' poll]. He's amazing."[ 15]
Haynes,George Wein 's CareFusion Jazz Festival 55,Newport, Rhode Island , August 2009 In 2008, Haynes voiced a DJ for the fictional classic jazz radio station, Jazz Nation Radio 108.5 on the open-world video gameGrand Theft Auto IV [ 16] Roy-Alty , was released in 2011.[ 17]
His sonGraham Haynes is acornetist ; another son Craig Holiday Haynes and grandsonMarcus Gilmore are both drummers.[ 18]
Haynes was known to celebrate his birthdays on stage and in later years at theBlue Note Jazz Club inNew York City .[ 19] COVID-19 pandemic .[ 20]
On November 12, 2024, following a short illness, Haynes died at age 99 inNassau County , New York, on theSouth Shore ofLong Island .[ 17] [ 21] [ 22] [ 23]
A Life in Time – The Roy Haynes Story was named byThe New Yorker [ 24] [ 25] WKCR -FM, New York,[ 26] [ 27] Esquire Fred Astaire ,Miles Davis ,Clark Gable , andCary Grant .[ 8]
Roy Haynes (left) andGunther Schuller , January 2008 In 1994 Haynes was awarded the DanishJazzpar Prize , and in 1996 the French government knighted him with theChevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres , France's top literary and artistic honor.[ 1] NEA Jazz Master .[ 28] Berklee College of Music (1991),[ 29] New England Conservatory of Music (2004),[ 30] Peabody Institute of TheJohns Hopkins University , in 2012.[ 31] DownBeat [ 32] Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation 's BNY Mellon Jazz Living Legacy Award at theKennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.[ 33] Birds of a Feather: A Tribute to Charlie Parker 44th Annual Grammy Awards as Best Jazz Instrumental Album.[ 34]
On December 22, 2010, Haynes was named a recipient of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by theNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences ,[ 35] 54th Annual Grammy Awards on February 11, 2012.[ 36] Jazz Foundation of America at the 28th Annual Loft Party.[ 37]
Selected discography [ edit ] Busman's Holiday (EmArcy , 1955)[ 47] Jazz Abroad Mercury , 1956) – recorded in 1953.split album withQuincy Jones .[ 48] We Three Paul Chambers &Phineas Newborn (New Jazz , 1959) – recorded in 1958[ 49] [ 50] [ 51] Just Us [ 52] [ 53] Out of the Afternoon Impulse! , 1962)[ 54] [ 55] Cracklin' Booker Ervin (New Jazz, 1963)[ 56] [ 57] Cymbalism [ 58] [ 59] Hip Ensemble Mainstream , 1971)[ 60] [ 61] Senyah [ 62] [ 63] Thank You Thank You Galaxy , 1977)[ 64] [ 65] [ 66] [ 67] Vistalite [ 68] [ 69] [ 70] [ 71] Birds of a Feather: A Tribute to Charlie Parker Grammy -nominated album[ 34] Whereas (Dreyfus Jazz, 2006)[ 72] Fountain of Youth (Dreyfus Jazz, 2004) –Grammy -nominated album[ 73] ^a b "Roy Haynes: Biography" .Blue Note Records .Archived from the original on May 25, 2022. RetrievedMarch 10, 2022 .^ "Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth Band" .Rensselaer .Archived from the original on December 1, 2022. 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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
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