Roy Haynes, a jazz drummer who ignited the rhythmic fire on landmark performances by Charlie Parker, Chick Corea and Pat Metheny, and inspired countless other musicians by expanding the musical ...

Roy Haynes was born in Boston, March 13, 1925, and was keenly interested in jazz ever since he can remember. Primarily self-taught, he began to work locally in 1942 with musicians like the Charlie ...

Roy's sound was was crisp, tight and groovin', and his drumming always just jumps right out of the speakers. So, in honour of Roy Haynes, here's a track to dig from one of his seminal LPs.