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Coverage dated November 12, 2024

Roy Haynes, legendary jazz drummer, dead at 99

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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Roy Haynes, one of the world’s most influential jazz drummers, has died at age 99. Haynes passed away in Nassau County, New York following a brief illness, his daughter Leslie Haynes-Gilmore told the New York Times in an article published Tuesday.

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  1. NPR

    Roy Haynes, pioneering modern jazz drummer, has died at 99 (opens NPR)

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    Haynes influenced generations of drummers and helped change the direction of jazz improvisation.

  2. KTVZ Bend

    Roy Haynes, legendary jazz drummer, dead at 99 (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Roy Haynes, one of the world’s most influential jazz drummers, has died at age 99. Haynes passed away in Nassau County, New York following a brief illness, his daughter Leslie Haynes-Gilmore told the New York Times in an article published Tuesday.

  3. The Boston Globe

    Roy Haynes, a Roxbury native and sublime, inventive jazz drummer, dies at 99 (opens The Boston Globe)

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    “The father of modern drumming,” the guitarist Pat Metheny once called Mr. Haynes, who was the recipient of several Grammy awards.

  4. Rolling Stone

    Roy Haynes, Pioneering and Prolific Jazz Drummer, Dead at 99 (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Roy Haynes, the prolific and proficient jazz drummer who recorded alongside Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Sonny Rollins, has died at the age of 99.

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