Roy Haynes, a prolific jazz drummer who had more than a seven-decade-long career, has died at the age of 99. A representative for Haynes confirmed news of his death to PEOPLE.

Roy Haynes, a Roxbury native and sublime, inventive jazz drummer, dies at 99 Print this Article Mr. Haynes, with his band at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston in 2013.

Roy Haynes, a prolific jazz drummer who had more than a seven-decade-long career, has died at the age of 99. A representative for Haynes confirmed news of his death to PEOPLE.

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 ...

Roy Haynes, the pioneering jazz drummer who performed with legends like Charlie Parker, Lester Young and Sarah Vaughan, died Tuesday at the age of 99. His death was confirmed by his daughter, Leslie ...

Roy Owen Haynes was born March 13, 1925, in Boston, to parents who had emigrated from Barbados. Already a working drummer in his teens, Haynes landed a touring gig that brought him to New York ...

Roy Haynes, a jazz drummer who ignited the rhythmic fire on landmark performances by Charlie Parker, Chick Corea and Pat Metheny, ... died Nov. 12 in Oceanside, N.Y.

Roy Haynes, the pioneering jazz drummer who performed with legends like Charlie Parker, Lester Young and Sarah Vaughan, died Tuesday at the age of 99. His death was confirmed by his daughter ...

Roy Haynes, a prolific jazz drummer who had more than a seven-decade-long career, has died at the age of 99. Haynes’ daughter Leslie Haynes-Gilmore confirmed to The New York Times that the ...

Roy Haynes. American jazz drummer and bandleader has died. Born in 1925 in Roxbury, Mass., he influenced generations of jazz drummers and helped change the direction of rhythmic improvisation.