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Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes – born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 13, 1925 – is one of jazz’s
most recorded drummers. From swing to fusion, bebop to avant-garde, he has
forged a career as a leader as well as working as a sideman for many of jazz’s
most iconic performers including Lester Young, Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Cal
Tjader, Sarah Vaughan, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Kenny Burrell, Ray
Charles, Chick Corea, and many others. Roy Haynes made his professional live
debut in 1942 and became a full-time musician three years later. He then worked
with saxophonist Lester Young (1947-1949) befo...
