This is FRESH AIR. Today is the centennial of the birth of jazz drummer Roy Haynes. He almost made it to the occasion. He died in November at age 99. Haynes was one of the most in-demand drummers ...

When your drumming career begins at age 19 in the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, playing for jazz legends like Lionel Hampton, Woody Herman and Count Basie, it’s more than a great start. To perform with Ella ...

Veteran jazz drummer Roy Haynes died in Nassau County, New York Tuesday at 99, his daughter Leslie Haynes-Gilmore said. Haynes-Gilmore told The New York Times that her father passed away on the ...

At 84, the drummer whose discography includes credits ... Herbie Hancock’s trailblazing electric-jazz sextet of the early ’70s. “He’s got that fresh understanding of things,” Williams ...

Stoll added that jazz, good drummers indicate good bands. Saturday’s program will be what Hamilton describes as a musical version of the old television show “This is Your Life” with songs ...