
                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.