Louis Hayes

American drummer

Born: 31 May 1937
Detroit
Country: United States
Record labels: Blue Note, Candid Records, Muse Records, Chesky Records, HighNote Records
Discography: 14 albums

Biography

Louis Hayes is a jazz musician who plays drum kit. Louis Hayes was born on 31 May 1937 in Detroit. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Blue Note, Candid Records, Muse Records and Chesky Records. The discography here lists 14 albums, from “Louis Hayes” (1960) to “Artform Revisited” (2024). Honours include NEA Jazz Masters (2023).

Louis Hayes (born May 31, 1937) is an American jazz drummer and band leader. He was with McCoy Tyner's trio for more than three years. Since 1989 he has led his own band, and together with Vincent Herring formed the Cannonball Legacy Band. He is part of the NEA Jazz Masters awards class of 2023.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Louis Hayes 1960 · Vee-Jay Records

Breath of Life 1974

Ichi-Ban 1976 · Timeless Records Una Max 1990 The Super Quartet 1994 · Timeless Records Dreamin' of Cannonball 2001 The Real Thing 2009 The Time Keeper 2009 · 18th & Vine Records

Return of the Jazz Communicators 2014 · Live

Serenade For Horace 2017 · Blue Note

Live at Jazzhus Montmartre 2020

Crisis 2021

Exactly Right! 2023 · Savant Artform Revisited 2024 · Savant Records, Inc.

Also plays on

Albums where Louis Hayes is credited as a sideman

1957	Jazz for the Thinker — Yusef Lateef	percussion
1957	Before Dawn — Yusef Lateef	drums (drum set)
1957	Jazz Mood — Yusef Lateef	drums (drum set)
1957	Four Altos — Phil Woods, Gene Quill, Sahib Shihab, Hal Stein	drums (drum set)
1957	Volume 3 — Curtis Fuller	drums (drum set)
1957	New Trombone — Curtis Fuller	drums (drum set)
1957	Dial “S” for Sonny — Sonny Clark	drums (drum set)
1958	Jazz...It's Magic! — Curtis Fuller, Sonny Redd, Tommy Flanagan, George Tucker, Louis Hayes	drums (drum set)
1958	Cliff Craft — Cliff Jordan	drums (drum set)
1958	Back on the Scene — Bennie Green	drums (drum set)
1959	The Cats — Tommy Flanagan, John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell & Idrees Sulieman	drums (drum set)
1960	Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners — Cannonball Adderley feat. Ray Brown & Wes Montgomery	drums (drum set)
1960	Motor City Scene — Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams	drums (drum set)
1960	Work Song — Nat Adderley	drums (drum set)
1960	Makin' the Changes — Jackie McLean	drums (drum set)
1960	Montgomeryland — Monk Montgomery, Wes Montgomery, Buddy Montgomery, Harold Land, Pony Poindexter, Louis Hayes, Tony Bazley	drums (drum set)
1960	The Soul Society — Sam Jones	drums (drum set)
1960	West Coast Blues! — Harold Land	drums (drum set)
1960	Barry Harris at The Jazz Workshop — Barry Harris	drums (drum set)
1960	Them Dirty Blues — The Cannonball Adderley Quintet feat. Nat Adderley	drums (drum set)
1961	Lush Life — John Coltrane	drums (drum set)
1961	Movin' Along — Wes Montgomery	drums (drum set)
1961	Naturally!: Nat Adderley Quartets — Nat Adderley	drums (drum set)
1961	A Long Drink of the Blues — Jackie McLean	drums (drum set)
1961	Undercurrent — Kenny Drew	drums (drum set)
1962	Nancy Wilson / Cannonball Adderley — Nancy Wilson / Cannonball Adderley	drums (drum set)
1962	Curtis Fuller With Red Garland — Curtis Fuller With Red Garland	drums (drum set)
1962	Cleanhead & Cannonball — Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson with The Cannonball Adderley Quintet	drums (drum set)
1962	Blue and Sentimental — Ike Quebec	drums (drum set)
1963	The Body & The Soul — Freddie Hubbard	drums (drum set)