Every year until he was 94 he performed on his birthday at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York
Roy Haynes, one of the greatest drummers in jazz history, an iconic musician of the swing and bebop periods, has died at the age of 99.
He was born in 1925 in Roxbury, Massachusetts and started playing drums as a child.
“I always wanted to be a drummer. My brother had baguettes at home and these were the first baguettes I had. The feeling and the beat have been alive since I can remember,” he said in an interview with JazzWax in 2008.
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of drummer Roy Haynes.
In a career lasting over 80 years, Haynes has influenced and innovated, shaping some of the greatest recordings in jazz while altering the very fabric and direction of jazz improvisation with his mercurial,… pic.twitter.com/fqGhVicUUO
— The Jazz Estate (@thejazzestate) November 12, 2024
Roy Haynes worked with jazz legends such as Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, Charlie Mingus…and dozens more.
ROY HAYNES! Rest in power to one of the most important innovators of American music, who forever changed the scope of drums, and left an indelible mark of excellence on this Earth!!! pic.twitter.com/1XFaVd5aLk
— Emmet Cohen (@EmmetCohen) November 12, 2024
His career began in swing bands and he worked with Louis Armstrong after arriving in New York in 1945. This was followed by his collaboration with saxophonist Lester Young.
After touring for five years with Sarah Vaughan in the 1950s, he played with John Coltrane, who called Roy Haynes “one of the best drummers he ever worked with”. Stan Getz and Eric Dolphy followed before forming his own band in the 1960s.
His diminutive was Snap Crackle from his quick and agile style.
Every year until he was 94 years old he performed on his birthday at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York.
His death comes just days after iconic jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson died aged 98.
Source :Skai
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