Kevin Whitehead
👤 Speaker
301
total appearances
Appearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Fresh Air
Canonical Lyricist Ira Gershwin Gets His Due
In the new century, Haynes assembled his so-called Fountain of Youth Band, which featured a series of up-and-coming players. That band's last release session comes from 2011, when Roy Haynes was 86, capping a 65-year recording career studded with more jazz classics than we have time to even hint at. He was a heavy hitter whose limber beat could lift a bandstand.