Roy Haynes

Who they were

Personal life His son Graham Haynes is a cornetist ; another son Craig Holiday Haynes and grandson Marcus Gilmore are both drummers. [ 1 ] Haynes was known to celebrate his birthdays on stage and in later years at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City . [ 2 ] His 95th birthday celebration in 2020 was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . [ 3 ] On November 12, 2024, following a short illness, Haynes died at age 99 in Nassau County , New York, on the South Shore of Long Island . [

Roy Owen Haynes 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.

Path and career

Career Haynes performing in 1964 Haynes was born on March 13, 1925, in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston , to Gustavas and Edna Haynes, immigrants from Barbados . [ 1 ] His younger brother, Michael E. Haynes , became an important leader in the African American community in Massachusetts, working with Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement , representing Roxbury in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and for forty years serving as pastor of the Twelfth Baptist Church .

Why this date

Roy Haynes appears on our November 12 calendar for 2024 as a death entry.