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 ... When not traveling with Russell, the young drummer spent much time on Manhattan's 52nd Street and uptown in Minton's, the legendary incubator of bebop, ...

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.