All About Jazz: Growing up in Boston, what led you to play jazz music? Roy Haynes: That's a hard question, but it's not. First of all, it was such a long time ago, there weren't too many choices. I ...
Jazz musician Roy Haynes, whose eclectic drumming style helped define the genre, has died, according to reports. He was 99. Haynes died Tuesday in Nassau County, New York, following a brief illness, ...