Classic Louis Hayes in the UK with Cannonball Adderly, Charles Lloyd, Joe Zawinul and Sam Jones

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Louis Sedell Hayes was born on 31 May 1937, in Detroit Michigan, USA. Louis began playing drums at a very early age, by his mid teens he was leading his own band in Detroit. Shortly afterwards he teemed up with Yusef Lateef and has never looked back.




Moving to New York while still a teenager, in 1956, he joined the Horace Silver Quintet, and for the next two years when he wasnt touring and recording with Horace, Louis recorded with John Coltrane and numerous other jazz greats. In 1959 Louis went on to join Cannonball Adderleys quintet touring worldwide and recording with the group until 1965 when he joined the Oscar Peterson Trio with whom he toured and recorded for the next two years.




From the fifties to date Louis Hayes has recorded with, and played beside, a veritable whos who in jazz, to name just a few, Yusef Lateef, Bobby Timmons, Hank Jones, Sony Rollins, Sam Jones, Freddie Hubbard, Kenny Barron, Victor Feldman, Percy Heath, Pepper Adams, Woody Shaw, Roland Hannah, Richard Davies, Tommy Flannagan, Curtis Fuller, Idrees Sulieman, Art Farmer, Cecil Taylor, Hank Mobley, Charles Tolliver, Dexter Gordon, Barry Harris, Cedar Walton, Reggie Workman, James Moody, Kirk Lightsey, Vincent Herring, Christian McBride, Javon Jackson, McCoy Tyner, Nancy Wilson, from one generation to another, the list goes on and on, too many to mention here. Louis is one of the most recorded drummers in the history of jazz, with hundreds of recordings to his credit, and one of the few drummers to successfully span all the changes in the music since the hard bop era.




Following in the footsteps of his first major influences, Kenny Klook Clark, Max Roach, Philly Joe Jones, and Papa Jo Jones, who anchored the Count Basie Orchestra, all were great drummers and band leaders in their own right. Louis has enjoyed a steady successful career since his days with Yusef Lateef , he developed his own style and honed his craft ever evolving and stretching himself musically. Louis is a dynamic driving force, his energy level, is as fresh today as it was in the sixties he has earned his place as a drumming legend and a great band leader. Louis Hayes has worked and recorded steadily with his own groups since 1989, his exceptional talent has always extended itself in his infallible ability to mobilize some of the tightest most cohesive groups together under his own name. His current group is Louis Hayes and the Cannonball Legacy Band featuring Vincent Herring alto sax, Jeremy Pelt trumpet,

Rick Germanson, Piano, Santi Debriano, bass.

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[dixjazz]

Brilliant..!!.......Amazing how drummers of those years could do so much with their relatively basic kit....nowadays, they seem to need 35 different tom-toms....and an arsenal of cymbals...many thanks..!!

[calatrumpian]

wow, thanks alot for this....just when i thought i was startin to sound good on the drums...ah well, back to the drawing board!!!

[mrsticks28]

Years ago, drum shop owner Frank Ippolito gave me one of Louis' cracked K Zildjians. We cut the crack out and what a sweet sounding cymbal. Lost my head one day and sold it to drummer friend Joe Corsello.

[wgw60]

I can hardly wait ! Louis hayes is coming to Jimmy Maks,PDX on April 11/11.

Alan Jones/Dan Balmer opening. It's going to be a great night !

[ConCarneBlues]

ZAWINUUUUUL!

[MrTwilleydontmind]

Louis Hayes + Sam Jones = BOUNCE

[ElYardbirdo]

@dixjazz Louis Hayes is still playing, that's the funny part. I saw him in October and he's still just as talented and, strangely, doesn't look too much older.

[valois89]

It's spelt Adderley, for fu*ks sake. Sorry for being an ass but you were asking for it.

[reverseengine]

Had the honor of meeting Mr. Hayes at Cafe Amrita in NYC last year. Brilliant drummer a very down-to-earth, funny guy.

[bkjbs762]

@albo8686 yeah, but charles lloyd plays along in some other songs in the same set

[albo8686]

yeah but it's Nat Adderly, not Charles Lloyd