Jazz drummer Roy Haynes, pictured in 2000 at the Birdland Jazz Club in New York City, died Tuesday. (Jim Cooper / Associated Press) Roy Haynes, a jazz drummer and band leader whose skill and ...

Roy Haynes was one of the last giants of modern jazz who was present at its birth. His eight decades of drumming spanned from the swing and bebop eras to the avant-garde. Haynes played with just about ...

This is FRESH AIR. We're going to remember drummer Roy Haynes. He died November 12 at the age of 99. He was one of the most in-demand drummers in jazz, working with Lester Young, Miles Davis, Charlie ...

Roy Haynes, born on March 13, 1925, in Roxbury, MA, first came on the scene at a pivotal time in jazz history, when the Swing Era was drawing to a close and bebop was still being born. I'm one of the ...

Haynes' mastery was on display in mid-October during a two-night program billed as ``The World of Roy Haynes'' at New York's Lincoln Center, with Corea and Metheny as special guests. Haynes opened the ...

Guitarist Jim Hall, trumpeter Roy Hargrove, and bassist Christian McBride have been tapped by tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins to join him onstage at the Beacon Theatre on Friday, September 10, to help ...

Roy Haynes. American jazz drummer and bandleader has died. Born in 1925 in Roxbury, Mass., he influenced generations of jazz drummers and helped change the direction of rhythmic improvisation. Roy ...

Roy Haynes, a jazz drummer and band leader whose skill and versatility led to performances with such diverse artists as Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Chick Corea and Pat Metheny over the course of ...