HAYNES, ROY OWENS

HAYNES, ROY OWENS. Jazz drummer (13 March 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts). He played drums as a child. During his high-school years he played with various groups in Boston, Massachusetts, then went to New York in 1945, where he played with Luis Russell (1945-47) at the Savoy Ballroom in the Harlem community. Thereafter he played with various groups, including Lester Young (1947-49), Charlie Parker (1949-50), Miles Davis , Stanley (Stan) Getz (intermittently 1950-65),...