Roy Haynes

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Roy Haynes

Live at Carnegie Hall, September 18, 2007.
Background information
Birth name Roy Owen Haynes
Born March 13, 1925 (1925-03-13) (age 86)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres Jazz, bebop, hard bop
Occupations Bandleader, percussionist, composer
Instruments Drums
Years active 1945–present
Labels Mainstream, Emarcy, Impulse!, Galaxy, Pacific Jazz, Evidence, Vogue, Original Jazz Classics

Roy Owen Haynes (born March 13, 1925 in the Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts)[1] is an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Haynes is among the most recorded drummers in jazz, and in a career lasting more than 60 years 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.[citation needed]

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[edit] Biography

Haynes has been “hard swinging” since 1944, when he made his professional debut at the age of seventeen in his native Boston.

Haynes extracted the rhythmic qualities from melodies and created unique new drum and cymbal patterns in an idiosyncratic, now instantly recognizable style. Rather than using cymbals strictly for effect, Haynes brought them to the forefront of his unique rhythmic approach. He also established a distinctively crisp and rapid-fire sound on the snare; this was the inspiration for his nickname, ‘Snap Crackle’.

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, and pianists Chick Corea and Andrew Hill.

Haynes has recorded or performed with Gary Burton, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Henry Grimes, Christian McBride, Jackie McLean, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Gerry Mulligan, Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, Horace Tapscott and many others.[1] He has also led his own groups, some performing under the name Hip Ensemble.[1] His most recent recordings as a leader are Fountain of Youth[2] and Whereas,[3] both of which have been nominated for a Grammy Award. He continues to perform worldwide.

[edit] Legacy

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

Roy's influence on the rock world has also been apparent in recent years, with a tribute song recorded by Jim Keltner and Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones,[4] and recent on-stage appearances with The Allman Brothers Band[5] and Page McConnell of Phish.[6]

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 A Life in Time - The Roy Haynes Story[7] was released by Dreyfus Jazz[8] 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 Best Boxed Sets of 2007,[9] and was nominated for an award by the Jazz Journalist's Association.

WKCR-FM, New York,[10] surveyed Haynes's career in 301 hours of programming January 11–23, 2009.[11]

Esquire named Roy Haynes one of the Best Dressed Men in America in 1960, along with Fred Astaire, Clark Gable and Cary Grant.

On October 9, 2010, Roy Haynes 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.

On December 22, 2010, Haynes was named a recipient of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.[12] Haynes received the award at the Special Merit Awards Ceremony & Nominees Reception of the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards on February 12, 2011. He appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman on June 8, 2011.

[edit] Discography

Roy Haynes (left) and Gunther Schuller in 2008.

[edit] As 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 (Mainstream Records)
  • 1972: Equipoise (Mainstream)
  • 1973: Senyah (Mainstream)
  • 1976: Jazz A Confronto vol.29
  • 1976: Sugar Roy
  • 1977: Vistalite
  • 1977: Thank You Thank You
  • 1979: Live at the Riverbop (Marge Records)
  • 1986: True or False
  • 1992: Homecoming
  • 1992: When It's Haynes It Roars
  • 1994: My Shining Hour
  • 1994: Te Vou! (with Pat Metheny)
  • 1998: Praise
  • 2000: The Roy Haynes Trio
  • 2000: Roy Haynes
  • 2001: Birds of a Feather: A Tribute to Charlie Parker (with Roy Hargrove, Dave Holland and Kenny Garrett)
  • 2003: Love Letters
  • 2004: Fountain of Youth
  • 2004: Quiet Fire (reissue of Thank You Thank You and Vistalite)
  • 2006: Whereas
  • 2007: A Life in Time: The Roy Haynes Story (3CD-1DVD Boxed Set, 1949-2006)
  • 2011: Roy-Alty

[edit] As sideman

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Biography
  2. ^ Fountain of Youth[dead link]
  3. ^ [1][dead link]
  4. ^ "Charlie Watts". Rosebudus.com. http://www.rosebudus.com/watts/CWJKProject.html. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
  5. ^ [2]
  6. ^ Dreyfus Records[dead link]
  7. ^ A Life in Time - The Roy Haynes Story[dead link]
  8. ^ Dreyfus Jazz[dead link]
  9. ^ Best Boxed Sets of 2007 The New Yorker
  10. ^ "WKCR 89.9FM NY". Wkcr.org. http://www.wkcr.org. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
  11. ^ "Timeoutnj.com". .timeoutny.com. http://www3.timeoutny.com/newyork/tonyblog/?p=8329. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
  12. ^ "The Recording Academy Announces Special Merit Award Honorees". Grammy.com News. http://www.grammy.com/news/the-recording-academy-announces-special-merit-award-honorees. Retrieved December 22, 2010. 

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