Roy Haynes, a jazz drummer who ignited the rhythmic ... musical vocabulary of his instrument over an eight-decade career, died Nov. 12 in Oceanside, New York. He was 99. The death was confirmed ...

Sarah Vaughan and more Roy Haynes, a prolific jazz drummer who had more than a seven-decade-long career, has died at the age ...

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 ...

This is FRESH AIR. We're going to remember drummer Roy Haynes. He died November 12 at the age of 99. He was one of the most in-demand drummers in jazz, working with Lester Young, Miles Davis ...

Haynes played with just about all of the greats and helped change the direction of jazz improvisation. Roy Haynes died today at age 99. NPR's Eric Westervelt has this appreciation. (SOUNDBITE OF ...