Jazz drummer Roy Haynes, pictured in 2000 at the Birdland Jazz
Club in New York City, died Tuesday. (Jim Cooper / Associated
Press)
By Don Heckman
Nov. 12, 2024 4:53 PM PT
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 his seven-decade
career, has died.
A representative for Haynes confirmed
to The Times that the prolific percussionist died Tuesday. His
daughter, Leslie Haynes-Gilmore, told the New York Times her father
died after a brief illness. He was 99.