American jazz drummer and group leader
Roy Haynes
Haynes performing in 2011
Birth name Roy Owen Haynes Born (1925-03-13 ) March 13, 1925 (age 99) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.Genres
Jazz Occupation(s) Musician Instrument(s) Drums Years active 1942–present Labels
Mainstream ,
Emarcy ,
Impulse! ,
Galaxy ,
New Jazz ,
Pacific Jazz ,
Evidence ,
Vogue ,
Marge
Musical artist
Roy Haynes, George Wein's CareFusion Jazz Festival 55 (2009) — Newport, Rhode Island
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]
Haynes has led bands such as the Hip Ensemble.
[1] His albums Fountain of Youth
[3] and Whereas
[4] were nominated for a
Grammy Award .
[5]
[6] He was inducted into the
Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1999.
[7] His son
Graham Haynes is a cornetist; another son Craig Holiday Haynes and grandson
Marcus Gilmore are both drummers.
[8]
Career
Haynes performing in San Francisco, 1981
Haynes was born in the
Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts, to Gustavas and Edna Haynes, immigrants from the
Barbados .
[9] A younger brother,
Michael E. Haynes , became an important leader in the black community of Massachusetts, working with
Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, representing Roxbury in the
Massachusetts House of Representatives , and for forty years serving as pastor of the
Twelfth Baptist Church , where King had been a member while he pursued his doctoral degree at
Boston University .
[10]
Haynes made his professional debut in 1942 in his native Boston, and began his full-time professional career in 1945.
[11] From 1947 to 1949 he worked with saxophonist
Lester Young ,
[9] and from 1949 to 1952 was a member of saxophonist
Charlie Parker 's quintet.
[9] He also recorded at the time with pianist
Bud Powell and saxophonists
Wardell Gray and
Stan Getz .
[9] From 1953 to 1958, he toured with singer
Sarah Vaughan and recorded with her.
[12]
[13]
A tribute song was recorded by
Jim Keltner and
Charlie Watts of
the Rolling Stones ,
[14] and he appeared on stage with
the Allman Brothers Band in 2006
[15] and Page McConnell of
Phish in 2008.
[16] "Age seems to have just passed him by," Watts observed. "He's eighty-three and in 2006 he was voted Best Contemporary Jazz Drummer [in
Modern Drummer magazine's readers' poll]. He's amazing."
[17]
In 2008, Haynes lent his voice to the open-world video game
Grand Theft Auto IV , to voice himself as the DJ for the fictional classic jazz radio station, Jazz Nation Radio 108.5.
[18]
Haynes is known to celebrate his birthday on stage, in recent years at the
Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City.
[19] In 2020, during the
COVID-19 pandemic , his 95th birthday celebration was cancelled.
[20]
Awards and honors
A Life in Time – The Roy Haynes Story was named by
The New Yorker magazine as one of the Best Boxed Sets of 2007
[21] and was nominated for an award by the Jazz Journalist's Association.
[22]
WKCR-FM, New York,
[23] surveyed Haynes's career in 301 hours of programming, January 11–23, 2009.
[24]
Esquire named Roy Haynes one of the best-dressed men in America in 1960, along with
Fred Astaire ,
Miles Davis ,
Clark Gable , and
Cary Grant .
[13]
In 1994, Haynes was awarded the Danish Jazzpar prize, and in 1996 the French government knighted him with the
Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres , France's top literary and artistic honor.
[5] In 1995, the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts named Haynes as a
NEA Jazz_Master .
[25] Haynes received honorary doctorates from the Berklee College of Music (1991),
[26] and the New England Conservatory (2004),
[27] as well as a Peabody Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, in 2012.
[28] He was inducted into the
DownBeat magazine Hall of Fame in 2004.
[29] On October 9, 2010, he was awarded the
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation 's BNY Mellon Jazz Living Legacy Award at the
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in
Washington, DC .
[30]
In 2001, Haynes's album
Birds of a Feather: A Tribute to Charlie Parker was nominated for the
44th Annual Grammy Awards as Best Jazz Instrumental Album.
[31]
On December 22, 2010, he was named a recipient of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences ,
[32] and he received the award at the Special Merit Awards Ceremony & Nominees Reception of the
54th Annual Grammy Awards on February 11, 2012.
[33]
In 2019, Haynes was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the
Jazz Foundation of America at the 28th Annual Loft Party.
[34]
Discography
Roy Haynes (left) and
Gunther Schuller in 2008
As leader/co-leader
Busman's Holiday (
EmArcy , 1954)
Roy Haynes Modern Group (Swing, 1955) – recorded in 1954
Jazz Abroad (
Mercury , 1956) – recorded in 1953.
split album with
Quincy Jones .
We Three with
Paul Chambers &
Phineas Newborn (
New Jazz , 1959) – recorded in 1958
Just Us (New Jazz, 1960)
Out of the Afternoon (
Impulse! , 1962)
Cracklin' with
Booker Ervin (New Jazz, 1963)
Cymbalism (New Jazz, 1963)
People (Pacific Jazz, 1964)
Hip Ensemble (
Mainstream , 1971)
Senyah (Mainstream, 1972)
Booty with
Blue Mitchell ,
Charles Kynard ,
Charles Williams (Mainstream, 1974)
Togyu (
RCA , 1975) – recorded in 1973
Jazz a Confronto Vol. 29 (
Horo , 1976)
Sugar Roy (Kitty, 1976)
Thank You Thank You (
Galaxy , 1977)
Vistalite (Galaxy, 1979) – recorded in 1977
True or False (
Freelance , 1986)
Encounters with Mark Isaacs,
Dave Holland (ABC, 1990) – recorded in 1988
Equipoise (Mainstream, 1991) – reissue of
Hip Ensemble (1971) with 1 additional track "Roy's Tune"
When It's Haynes It Roars (
Dreyfus Jazz , 1992)
Live at the Riverbop (
Marge , 1993) – live recorded in 1979
Homecoming (Evidence, 1994) – live recorded in 1992
Te Vou! (Dreyfus Jazz, 1994)
My Shining Hour with
Thomas Clausen 's Jazzparticipants (Storyville, 1995) – recorded in 1994
Praise (Dreyfus Jazz, 1998)
The Roy Haynes Trio featuring
Danilo Perez &
John Patitucci (
Verve , 2000) – recorded in 1999
Birds of a Feather: A Tribute to Charlie Parker (Dreyfus Jazz, 2001) –
Grammy -nominated album
Love Letters (Eighty-Eight's, 2002)
Whereas (Dreyfus Jazz, 2006)
The Island (Explore, 2007) – recorded in 1990
Roy-Alty (Dreyfus Jazz, 2011)
Compilations
Fountain of Youth (Dreyfus Jazz, 2004) –
Grammy -nominated album
Quiet Fire (Galaxy, 2004) – reissue of Thank You Thank You (1977) and Vistalite (1977)
A Life in Time: The Roy Haynes Story (Dreyfus Jazz, 2007)[3CD + DVD-Video] –
Grammy -nominated track included
As sideman
In recorded year order
1947:
Lester Young , The Complete Aladdin Recordings of Lester Young (
Blue Note , 1995)[2CD]
1949:
Kai Winding , Modern Jazz Trombones (
Prestige , 1952)
1949–1950:
Stan Getz ,
Stan Getz Quartets (Prestige)
1950:
Charlie Parker ,
Bird at St. Nick's (Jazz Workshop, 1958)
[44]
1949–51:
Bud Powell ,
The Amazing Bud Powell (Blue Note, 1952)[10 inch]
1950–52:
Wardell Gray , Memorial Album (Prestige, 1964)[2LP]
1951–53:
Miles Davis ,
Miles Davis and Horns (Prestige, 1956)
1950–54: Stan Getz,
The Complete Roost Recordings (Blue Note, 1997)
1954:
Sarah Vaughan ,
Sarah Vaughan (
EmArcy , 1955)
1954?:
Cal Tjader , Vibist (Savoy, 1954)
1954?:
Eddie Shu , I Only Have Eyes For Shu (
Bethlehem , 1955)
1955:
Sarah Vaughan ,
In the Land of Hi-Fi (EmArcy, 1955)
1955:
Nat Adderley ,
Introducing Nat Adderley (
Wing , 1955)
1949–56:
Milt Jackson ,
Meet Milt Jackson (
Savoy , 1956)
1956:
Red Rodney Quintet, Modern Music from Chicago (Fantasy, 1983)
1954–57: Sarah Vaughan,
Swingin' Easy (EmArcy, 1957)
1957:
Sonny Rollins ,
The Sound of Sonny (
Riverside , 1957)
1958: Sarah Vaughan,
After Hours at the London House (
Mercury , 1959)
1958:
Thelonious Monk ,
Thelonious in Action (Riverside, 1958) – live
1958: Thelonious Monk,
Misterioso (Riverside, 1958) – live
1958: Thelonious Monk, Live at the Five Spot Discovery! (Blue Note, 1993)
1958:
Art Farmer ,
Portrait of Art Farmer (
Contemporary , 1958)
1958:
Art Blakey ,
Drums Around the Corner (Blue Note, 1999)
1958: Sonny Rollins,
Brass & Trio (
MetroJazz , 1958)
1958:
Dorothy Ashby ,
In a Minor Groove (
New Jazz , 1958)
1958:
John Handy ,
In the Vernacular (
Roulette , 1958)
1958:
George Shearing ,
Latin Affair (
Capitol , 1959)
1959:
Randy Weston ,
Live at the Five Spot (
United Artists , 1959) – live
1959:
Kenny Burrell ,
A Night at the Vanguard (
Argo , 1959) – live
1959:
Phineas Newborn, Jr.
Piano Portraits by Phineas Newborn (
Roulette , 1959)
1959:
Sonny Stitt ,
The Sonny Side of Stitt (
Roost , 1960)
1959: Phineas Newborn, Jr.
I Love a Piano (Roulette, 1960)
1959:
Lee Konitz ,
You and Lee (
Verve , 1959)
1960:
Eric Dolphy ,
Outward Bound (
New Jazz , 1960)
1960: Eric Dolphy,
Out There (New Jazz, 1961)
1960: Eric Dolphy,
Far Cry (New Jazz, 1962)
1960: Etta Jones,
Don't Go to Strangers (Prestige, 1960)
1960:
Booker Little ,
Booker Little (Time, 1960)
1960:
Betty Roché ,
Singin' & Swingin' (Prestige, 1960)
1960:
Tommy Flanagan ,
The Tommy Flanagan Trio (Moodsville, 1960)
1960:
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Big Band,
Trane Whistle (Prestige, 1960)
1960:
Oliver Nelson ,
Taking Care of Business (New Jazz, 1960)
1960: Oliver Nelson,
Nocturne (
Moodsville , 1961)
1960: Oliver Nelson,
King Curtis & Jimmy Forrest,
Soul Battle (Prestige, 1962)
1960: Sonny Stitt
Stittsville ,
Sonny Side Up (
Roost , 1961)
1960:
Kai Winding &
J. J. Johnson ,
The Great Kai & J. J. (
Impulse! , 1961)
1960:
Lem Winchester ,
Lem Winchester with Feeling (Moodsville, 1961)
1960:
Steve Lacy ,
The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy (
Candid , 1961)
1960:
Ray Charles ,
Genius + Soul = Jazz (Impulse!, 1961)
1960: Oliver Nelson,
Screamin' the Blues (New Jazz, 1961)
1960–61:
Etta Jones ,
Something Nice (Prestige, 1961)
1961: Oliver Nelson,
Straight Ahead (New Jazz, 1961)
1961: Oliver Nelson,
The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Impulse!, 1961)
1961:
Jaki Byard ,
Here's Jaki (New Jazz, 1961)
1961:
Ted Curson ,
Plenty of Horn (Old Town, 1961)
1961:
Stan Getz and
Bob Brookmeyer ,
Recorded Fall 1961 (Verve, 1961)
1961: Stan Getz,
Focus (Verve, 1962)
1962:
Jackie Paris ,
The Song Is Paris (Impulse!, 1962)
1962:
Roland Kirk ,
Domino (
Mercury , 1962)
1962:
Willis Jackson ,
Bossa Nova Plus (Prestige, 1962)
1960–62: Sonny Stitt,
Stitt in Orbit (Roost, 1963)
1960–62:
Jimmy Forrest ,
Soul Street (New Jazz, 1962)
1962:
McCoy Tyner ,
Reaching Fourth (Impulse!, 1963)
1962: Ted Curson,
Ted Curson Plays Fire Down Below (Prestige, 1963)
1961-63:
John Coltrane ,
Impressions (Impulse!, 1963)
1961–63: John Coltrane,
Newport '63 (Impulse!, 1993)
1963:
Frank Wess ,
Yo Ho! Poor You, Little Me (Prestige, 1963)
1963:
Andrew Hill ,
Black Fire (Blue Note, 1964)
1963: Andrew Hill,
Smokestack (Blue Note, 1966)
1963:
Jackie McLean ,
Destination... Out! (Blue Note, 1964)
1964: Jackie McLean,
It's Time! (Blue Note, 1965)
1961–64: Jaki Byard,
Out Front! (Prestige, 1965)
1964:
Jimmy Witherspoon ,
Blue Spoon (Prestige, 1964)
1966: Stan Getz,
The Stan Getz Quartet in Paris (Verve, 1967)
1966:
Gary Burton ,
Tennessee Firebird (
RCA , 1967)
1967: Gary Burton,
Duster (RCA, 1967)
1966–68: Stan Getz,
What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David (Verve, 1968)
1968:
Archie Shepp ,
The Way Ahead (Impulse!, 1968)
1968:
Chick Corea ,
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (
Solid State , 1968)
1968:
Jack DeJohnette ,
The DeJohnette Complex (
Milestone , 1969)
1969: Gary Burton,
Country Roads & Other Places (RCA, 1968)
1969:
Leon Thomas ,
Spirits Known and Unknown (
Flying Dutchman , 1970)
1969: Oliver Nelson,
Black, Brown and Beautiful (Flying Dutchman, 1970)
1969:
Clifford Jordan ,
In the World (
Strata-East , 1972)
1970: Leon Thomas,
The Leon Thomas Album (Flying Dutchman, 1970)
1970–71:
Pharoah Sanders ,
Thembi (Impulse!, 1971)
1971:
Gato Barbieri ,
Under Fire (Flying Dutchman, 1973)
1974:
Dave Brubeck ,
All The Things We Are (
Atlantic , 1976)
1975:
Duke Jordan Quartet,
Misty Thursday (
SteepleChase , 1976)
1976: Duke Jordan Trio,
Live in Japan (SteepleChase, 1977)
1976: Duke Jordan Trio,
Flight to Japan (SteepleChase, 1978)
1976:
Tommy Flanagan ,
Trinity (
Inner City , 1980)
1976:
Warne Marsh ,
How Deep, How High (
Interplay , 1980)
1977:
Mary Lou Williams , A Grand Night For Swinging (
High Note , 2008)
1977?:
Nick Brignola Sextet with
Pepper Adams ,
Baritone Madness (
Galaxy , 1978)
1978:
Dizzy Reece ,
Manhattan Project (
Bee Hive , 1978)
1978: Dizzy Reece and Ted Curson,
Blowin' Away (
Interplay , 1978)
1978?:
Johnny Griffin ,
Birds and Ballads (Galaxy, 1978)
1978: Gary Burton,
Times Square (
ECM , 1979)
1978:
Alice Coltrane ,
Transfiguration (
Warner Bros. , 1978)[2LP]
1978:
Art Pepper ,
Art Pepper Today (Galaxy, 1979)
1978:
Sal Nistico ,
Neo/Nistico (
Bee Hive , 1978)
1978:
Red Garland ,
Equinox (Galaxy, 1979)
1978:
Hank Jones ,
Ain't Misbehavin' (Galaxy, 1979)
1978:
Stanley Cowell ,
Equipoise (Galaxy, 1979)
1978: Archie Shepp,
Lady Bird (
Denon , 1979)
1979: Ted Curson,
The Trio (Interplay, 1979)
1979:
Joe Albany ,
Bird Lives! (Interplay, 1979)
1981: Chick Corea,
Trio Music (ECM, 1982)
1983:
Freddie Hubbard ,
Sweet Return (Atlantic, 1983)
1983?:
Toshiyuki Honda , Dream (Eastworld, 1983)
1984: Chick Corea,
Trio Music Live in Europe (ECM, 1986) – live.
Grammy nominated album.
1987: McCoy Tyner,
Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane (Impulse!, 1988) –
Grammy won album
1987:
Michel Petrucciani ,
Michel plays Petrucciani (Blue Note, 1988)
1987: Chick Corea, Live in Montreaux (GRP, 1994) – live
1988:
Mark Isaacs , Encounters , with
Dave Holland (
ABC , 1990 & 1995; veraBra, 1991; Gracemusic, 2013)
1989: Pat Metheny,
Question and Answer (
Geffen , 1990)
1994:
Kenny Barron ,
Wanton Spirit (Verve, 1994) –
Grammy nominated album
1995:
Michel Petrucciani &
Stephane Grappelli , Flamingo (Dreyfus, 1996)
1996: Chick Corea,
Remembering Bud Powell (
Stretch , 1997) –
Grammy nominated album
1997: Gary Burton,
Like Minds (
Concord , 1998) –
Grammy won album
2010: Sonny Rollins, Road Shows vol. 2 (Doxy, 2011) – live
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