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Roy Haynes
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Drummers · 1925–2024

Roy Haynes

American jazz drummer and group leader (1925–2024)

Born
13 March 1925
Boston
Died
12 November 2024
Nassau County
Country
United States
Active
1945–2024
Record labels
EmArcy Records, Impulse!, Futura et Marge, Mainstream Records
Discography
27 albums

Biography

Roy Haynes was a jazz musician who played drum kit. Roy Haynes was born on 13 March 1925 in Boston and died on 12 November 2024 in Nassau County. The music is usually filed under jazz and hard bop. Record labels: EmArcy Records, Impulse!, Futura et Marge and Mainstream Records. The discography here lists 27 albums, from “Roy Haynes Modern Group” (1955) to “My Shining Hour” (2020). Honours include Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2011), NEA Jazz Masters and Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.

Roy Owen Haynes (March 13, 1925 – November 12, 2024) was an American jazz drummer. In the 1950s, he was given the nickname "Snap Crackle" for his distinctive snare drum sound and musical vocabulary. He is among the most recorded drummers in jazz. In a career spanning more than eight decades, he played swing, bebop, jazz fusion and avant-garde jazz. He is considered to be a pioneer of jazz drumming. Haynes led bands, including the Hip Ensemble. His albums Fountain of Youth and Whereas were nominated for a Grammy Award. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1999.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Roy Haynes Modern Group 1955 · Disques Vogue Jazz Abroad 1957 · EmArcy We Three 1959 · New Jazz Just Us 1960 · Prestige Cracklin’ 1963 · New Jazz Cymbalism 1963 · New Jazz People 1964 Hip Ensemble 1971 · Mainstream Records Senyah 1972 · Mainstream Records Togyu 1975 · RCA Jazz a confronto 29 1976 · Horo Records Thank You Thank You 1977 · Galaxy Vistalite 1979 · Galaxy True or False 1986 · Live · Free Lance Equipoise 1991 · Mainstream Records Homecoming 1994 · Live · Evidence My Shining Hour 1995 · Storyville Records Te-Vou! 1995 · Disques Dreyfus The Roy Haynes Trio 2000 · Verve Birds of a Feather: A Tribute to Charlie Parker 2001 · Dreyfus Jazz Love Letters 2003 · Columbia Fountain of Youth 2004 · Live · Dreyfus Jazz Praise 2007 · Dreyfus Jazz Whereas 2007 · Dreyfus Jazz Roy-Alty 2011 · Dreyfus Jazz Keeping Up 2018 · Nagel Heyer Records My Shining Hour 2020

Also plays on

Albums where Roy Haynes is credited as a sideman

1951 Fats Navarro Memorial Album — Fats Navarro drums (drum set)
1951 Modern Jazz Trombones — Kai Winding, Jay Jay Johnson drums (drum set)
1952 South of the Border — Charlie Parker drums (drum set)
1954 Split Kick — Stan Getz drums (drum set)
1954 Vibist — Cal Tjader drums (drum set)
1955 In the Land of Hi-Fi — Sarah Vaughan drums (drum set)
1955 Sarah Vaughan — Sarah Vaughan drums (drum set)
1955 Introducing Nat Adderley — Nat Adderley drums (drum set)
1956 Sonny Rollins With the Modern Jazz Quartet — Sonny Rollins with The Modern Jazz Quartet feat. Art Blakey & Kenny Drew drums (drum set)
1956 Her Trio Her Quartet — Toshiko drums (drum set)
1957 Plays Cole Porter - The Genius of Charlie Parker #5 — Charlie Parker drums (drum set)
1957 The Sound of Sonny — Sonny Rollins drums (drum set)
1957 Sings Broadway: Great Songs from Hit Shows — Sarah Vaughan drums (drum set)
1957 The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Volume 1 — Fats Navarro drums (drum set)
1958 Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass — Sonny Rollins drums (drum set)
1958 In a Minor Groove — Dorothy Ashby & Frank Wess drums (drum set)
1959 After Hours at the London House — Sarah Vaughan drums (drum set)
1959 You and Lee — Lee Konitz drums (drum set)
1960 Outward Bound — Eric Dolphy drums (drum set)
1960 The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy — Steve Lacy instruments, drums (drum set)
1960 Taking Care of Business — Oliver Nelson drums (drum set)
1960 Live at the Fivespot — Randy Weston drums (drum set)
1960 Booker Little — Booker Little drums (drum set)
1961 Genius + Soul = Jazz — Ray Charles drums (drum set)
1961 The Happy "Bird" — Charlie Parker drums (drum set)
1961 Recorded Fall 1961 — Stan Getz & Bob Brookmeyer drums (drum set)
1961 Focus — Stan Getz drums (drum set)
1961 Out There — Eric Dolphy drums (drum set)
1961 The Great Kai & J.J. — Kai Winding & J.J. Johnson drums (drum set)
1961 Screamin' the Blues — Oliver Nelson Sextet Featuring: Eric Dolphy / Richard Williams drums (drum set)

Awards

Historic 78 rpm records

  • T'AIN'T NO USE HERBIE STEWARD QUINTET · HERBIE STEWARD · AL HAIG · JIMMY RAINEY ·… archive.org ↗
  • The Old Master Painter Jackie Paris · Eddie Shu · Dick Hyman · John Collins · Roy Haynes ·… · 1949 archive.org ↗
  • Goodbye Sue Jackie Paris · Dick Hyman · Eddie Shu · John Collins · Roy Haynes ·… · 1949 archive.org ↗
  • Water-Works Kai Winding Sextette · Brew Moore · Jerry Mulligan · Kai Winding ·… · 1949 archive.org ↗
  • The Song Is You The Stan Getz Quintet · Stan Getz · Jimmy Rainey · Horace Silver ·… · 1951 archive.org ↗
  • Potters Luck The Stan Getz Quintet · Stan Getz · Jimmy Rainey · Horace Silver ·… · 1952 archive.org ↗
  • Yvette Stan Getz Quintet · Stan Getz · Jimmy Rainey · Horace Silver · L… · 1952 archive.org ↗
  • PASTIME Lennie Tristano · Peter Ind · Roy Haynes · Tristano · Rudy Van Gelder · 1952 archive.org ↗

Frequently asked questions

What instrument did Roy Haynes play?

Roy Haynes is known for playing drum kit.

When and where was Roy Haynes born?

Roy Haynes was born 13 March 1925 in Boston.

What are Roy Haynes's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include Roy Haynes Modern Group (1955), Jazz Abroad (1957), We Three (1959), Just Us (1960) and Cracklin’ (1963).

External links

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