Roy Haynes was born in Boston, March 13, 1925. In his lengthy career as a percussionist/drummer he worked with Lester Young from 1947 to 1949, with Bud Powell and Miles Davis in '49, and Charlie Parker 1949 to 1953. He toured with Sarah Vaughan from 1954 to 1959, played with Thelonious Monk in 1959-60, made eight recordings with Eric Dolphy in 1960-61, worked with Stan Getz from 1961 to 1965, played and recorded with the John Coltrane Quartet from 1963 to 1965, collaborated with Chick Corea (also from Boston) since 1968, and with Pat Metheny during the '90s. He was inducted into the Jazz Hall of Fame in 1993 and awarded the Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award in 2012.
He passed away November 12, 2024 at age 99.
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Nice photo portraits of Haynes, young and older, in drummer webpages.
From the National Endowment for the Arts, a biography, podcast with Gerald Wilson, and transcript of interview with Jo Reed.
From NPR, a collection of concert and music reviews between 2005 and 2012, and blog post about his grandson, Marcus Gilmore, also a drummer.
From National Public Radio station WGBH, obituary of the consummate drummer Roy Haynes.
(November 13, 2024)
Article with photographs and recordings of Haynes, from radio station WBGO.
(March 09, 2020)
Article by Sam Stephenson of Smithsonian Magazine, as he interviews Haynes.
(December 31, 2003)
From the National Endowment for the Arts, a biography, podcast with Gerald Wilson, and transcript of interview with Jo Reed.
From NPR, a collection of concert and music reviews between 2005 and 2012, and blog post about his grandson, Marcus Gilmore, also a drummer.
Nice photo portraits of Haynes, young and older, in drummer webpages.
From National Public Radio station WGBH, obituary of the consummate drummer Roy Haynes.
(November 13, 2024)
Article with photographs and recordings of Haynes, from radio station WBGO.
(March 09, 2020)
Article by Sam Stephenson of Smithsonian Magazine, as he interviews Haynes.
(December 31, 2003)
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