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Roy Haynes, legendary jazz drummer, dead

Roy Haynes, versatile jazz drummer, Long Islander, dies at 99

Roy Haynes, the powerful and prolific jazz drummer whose career stretched from the swing era of the 1940s to the fusion era of the 1970s, and surged in the 1990s as he began collecting Grammys, medals, titles and other honors, has died. He was 99.

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Roy Haynes, pioneering modern jazz drummer, has died at 99

Roy Haynes was one of the last giants of modern jazz who was present at its birth. His eight decades of drumming spanned from the swing and bebop eras to the avant-garde. Haynes played with just about all of the greats and helped change the direction of ...

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Roy Haynes, legendary jazz drummer, dead at 99

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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Jazz and swing show arranged at Bent's Opera House

The seven-piece band will perform three full sets of big band-style jazz and swing classics from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

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Jazz legend Wynton Marsalis says America’s democracy is ‘in swing’

At Fortune’s Global Forum conference on Monday in New York City, Wynton Marsalis, trumpeter legend and director of Jazz at ...

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