The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge has named renowned jazz drummer Troy Davis as the 2025 recipient of the Alvin Batiste ...

Roy Haynes, a jazz drummer who ignited the rhythmic fire on ... “Roy has always had the hippest phrasing, the best feel, the magic component of heart and soul that puts him at the highest ...

Veteran jazz drummer Roy Haynes died in Nassau County ... up outta here,' while another called Haynes 'one of the greatest drummers who ever lived.' Haynes and late wife Jesse Lee Nevels Haynes ...

Grammy-winning jazz drummer Lawrence Leathers, 37, died Sunday in New York City in an apparent domestic violence incident Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE.

This is FRESH AIR. Today is the centennial of the birth of jazz drummer Roy Haynes. He almost made it to the occasion. He died in November at age 99. Haynes was one of the most in-demand drummers ...

This is FRESH AIR. Today is the centennial of the birth of jazz drummer Roy Haynes. He almost made it to the occasion. He died in November at age 99. Haynes was one of the most in-demand drummers in ...