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“The human manifestation of the word ‘hip’... Always in the moment, always in this time, eternal and classic and at the same time totally nonchalant about it”: Jazz legend Roy Haynes dies aged 99

Roy Haynes, circa 192.

Sad news from the world of jazz where it has been announced that veteran drummer Roy Haynes has died, aged 99, just four months short of his 100th birthday.

He was one of the last links to the swing and bebop era. Haynes played with some of the genre’s old time greats, including Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and many many more.

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