Roy Haynes

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Roy Haynes

Roy Owen Haynes (born March 13, 1925) is an American jazz drummer. 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. He has led bands such as 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. His son Graham Haynes is a cornetist; another son Craig Holiday Haynes and grandson Marcus Gilmore are both drummers.

Birth and Death Data: Born March 13, 1925 (Boston)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1949 - 1958

Roles Represented in DAHR: drums

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	E0VB-4629	10-in.	5/18/1950	Someday you'll need me	Johnny Moore ; Three Blazers (Johnny Moore)	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, drums
Atlantic	291	10-in.	9/18/1949	I'll get along somehow	Ruth Brown ; Budd Johnson's Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Atlantic	293	10-in.	9/18/1949	Rocking blues	Ruth Brown ; Budd Johnson's Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	105433		8/7/1958	Lover man	Tony Scott and the All Stars		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	105434		8/7/1958	Mop mop	Tony Scott and the All Stars		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	105435		8/7/1958	Woody'n you	Tony Scott and the All Stars		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	105436		8/7/1958	'Round midnight	Tony Scott and the All Stars		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	105437		8/7/1958	Lester leaps in	Tony Scott and the All Stars		instrumentalist, drums

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Haynes, Roy," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/320530.

Haynes, Roy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/320530.

"Haynes, Roy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.