Roy Haynes, one of the world’s most influential jazz drummers, has died at age 99.
Haynes passed away in Nassau County, New York following a brief illness, his daughter Leslie Haynes-Gilmore told the New York Times in an article published Tuesday. Haynes’ son Craig Holiday Haynes confirmed his father’s death in a post on Facebook Tuesday. “Thanks for all your hipness dad R.I.P.,” the post reads. Roy Haynes was born in Boston on March 13, 1925 and started his musical career in 1942 as a largely self-taught drummer, according to specialist publication Drummerworld.
” Haynes went on to feature in hundreds of jazz recordings over the course of a career spanning decades, forging a reputation as one of the best in the business, but he flew largely under the radar in the wider public consciousness, perhaps due to his position as a drummer in a world dominated by front men. He also famously turned down the chance to join Duke Ellington’s band as drum chair, preferring to focus on his own music despite the prestige that the position would have brought.
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