Roy Haynes

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Roy Haynes

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Img_capt = Live at Carnegie Hall, September 18, 2007.
Background = drummer
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Roxbury, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Instrument = drums
Genre = Bebop, Hard bop
Occupation = Bandleader, Pianist, Composer
Years_active = 1950s-present
Label = Mainstream, Emarcy, Impulse!, Galaxy, Pacific Jazz, Evidence, Vogue, Original Jazz Classics
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Roy Owen Haynes (born on March 13 1925, in Roxbury, Massachusetts) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:fnftxqr5ldke~T1allmusic Biography] ] 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.

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.

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 " [http://www.dreyfusrecords.com/album.php?d=161&a=21&l=0 Fountain of Youth] " and " [http://www.dreyfusrecords.com/album.php?d=192&a=21&l=0 Whereas] ", both of which have been nominated for a Grammy Award. He continues to perform worldwide and is booked well into 2008.

Legacy

His son Graham Haynes is a cornetist, and his grandson Marcus Gilmore and nephew Christopher Haynes are both drummers.

Roy's influence on the Rock world has also been apparent in recent years, with a [http://www.rosebudus.com/watts/CWJKProject.html tribute song] recorded by Jim Keltner and Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones, and recent on-stage appearances with [http://www.hittinthenote.com/cart/c-104-wanee-festival-2006.aspx The Allman Brothers Band] and Page McConnell of [http://www.DreyfusRecords.com/Roy_Haynes_with_McConnell_&_Fishman_from_Phish_5_7_08.jpgPhish] .

He was inducted into the "Down Beat" Magazine Hall of Fame in 2004.

Haynes appeared in the game Grand Theft Auto IV, as the host of the jazz radio station, JNR.

A 3 CD/1 DVD boxed set entitled " [http://www.dreyfusrecords.com/RoyBoxDirect.html A Life in Time - The Roy Haynes Story] " was released by [http://www.dreyfusrecords.com/discs_ns.php?&a=21&l=0 Dreyfus Jazz] in October 2007. The set chronicles highlights from Roy's career from 1949-2006, including recordings with Parker, Vaughan, Davis, Monk, Corea, Metheny and his own Hip Ensemble and Fountain of Youth quartet. The set was listed by "The New Yorker" Magazine as one of the [http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/recordings/2007/11/26/071126gore_GOAT_recordings Best Boxed Sets of 2007] , and was nominated for an award by the Jazz Journalist's Association.

Discography

Leader

*1954 "Busman's Holiday"
*1954 "Roy Haynes Sextet"
*1956 "Jazz Abroad"
*1958 "We Three"
*1960 "Just Us"
*1962 "Out of the Afternoon" (Impulse! Records)
*1963 "Cracklin"'
*1963 "Cymbalism"
*1964 "People"
*1971 "Hip Ensemble"
*1972 "Equipoise"
*1973 "Senyah"
*1976 "Sugar Roy"
*1977 "Vistalite"
*1977 "Thank You Thank You"
*1978 "Vistalite"
*1979 "Live at the Riverbop"
*1986 "True or False"
*1992 "Homecoming"
*1992 " [http://www.dreyfusrecords.com/album.php?d=38&a=21&l=0 When It's Haynes It Roars] "
*1994 "My Shining Hour"
*1994 " [http://www.dreyfusrecords.com/album.php?d=46&a=21&l=0 Te Vou!] " (with Pat Metheny)
*1998 " [http://www.dreyfusrecords.com/album.php?d=66&a=21&l=0 Praise] "
*2000 "The Roy Haynes Trio"
*2000 "Roy Haynes"
*2001 " [http://www.dreyfusrecords.com/album.php?d=88&a=21&l=0 Birds of a Feather: A Tribute to Charlie Parker] " (with Roy Hargrove, Dave Holland and Kenny Garrett)
*2003 "Love Letters"
*2004 " [http://www.dreyfusrecords.com/album.php?d=161&a=21&l=0 Fountain of Youth] "
*2004 "Quiet Fire (reissue of Thank You Thank You and Vistalite)"
*2006 " [http://www.dreyfusrecords.com/album.php?d=192&a=21&l=0 Whereas] "
*2007 " [http://www.dreyfusrecords.com/RoyBoxDirect.html A Life in Time: The Roy Haynes Story] " 3CD-1DVD Boxed Set, 1949-2006'

ideman

*1955: "In the Land of Hi-Fi" (Sarah Vaughan)
*1960: "Outward Bound" (Eric Dolphy)
*1961: "Focus" (Stan Getz)
*1961: "The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy" (Steve Lacy)
*1962: "Domino" (Roland Kirk)
*1963: "Black Fire" (Andrew Hill)
*1963: "Smokestack" (Andrew Hill)
*1963: "Newport '63" (John Coltarne)
*1968: "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs" (Chick Corea)
*1989: "Question and Answer" (Pat Metheny)
*1998: "Like Minds" (Gary Burton)

References

External links

* [http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Roy_Haynes.html Drummerworld: Roy Haynes]
* [http://www.dreyfusrecords.com/discs_ns.php?a=21&l=0 Roy Haynes home on Dreyfus Records]
* [http://www.jazzreview.com/articleprint.cfm?ID=2948 Interview]
* [http://trinimansblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/roy-haynes-quartet-ed-thigpen-sextet.html Concert Review]
* [http://www.jazzpolice.com/content/view/5710/53/ Jazz Police: Concert Review] Roy Haynes Live at the Artists' Quarter
* [http://www.jazzpolice.com/content/view/6254/117/ Jazz Police: CD Review] "Where As", 2006
* [http://www.districtadministration.com/page.cfm?p=821 Why I Love Roy Haynes and Why Jazz Education Matters from District Administration Magazine 7/04]