Joe Haymes and his Orchestra - Jazz Pie (1932)

Joseph Lawrence Haymes (Feb.10,1907 - July 10.1964) was an American jazz bandleader and arranger.

Born in Marshfield, Missouri, Haymes relocated with his family to Springfield, Missouri after his railroader father was killed in an accident. Joe attended Greenwood Laboratory School in Springfield and was a drummer in the local Boy Scout Band; as a youth he also learned the piano. Entering Drury College in 1926, he played locally with his own dance band before being hired as arranger by Ted Weems in 1928 and leaving school. Haymes arranged the hit "Piccolo Pete", among many others, for Weems, setting a new, highly jazz-informed style for the orchestra.

Haymes struck out on his own again in 1930, leading a band in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and relocating to New York City by 1932. That year the Haymes orchestra was one of the country's hottest dance bands, with a particular knack for jazz novelties and recording on all 3 major labels, but in late 1933 he sold the band to actor-leader Buddy Rogers, beginning a habit of selling orchestras to others. Early in 1934, Haymes put together a swing group with assistance from arranger Spud Murphy, but after Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey split in 1935, Tommy arranged a deal with Haymes to take over the latter's group. Haymes himself hired several of Charlie Barnet's musicians for a new band, which recorded from 1935-1937 but was only modestly successful.

Haymes toured as an arranger with Les Brown in 1938, and then found work writing and arranging anonymously for radio. He was briefly inducted into the U.S. Army in 1942, where he served as a medical orderly. On his return, he continued arranging for Hollywood studios from the 1940s into the late 1950s, interrupted by spells with Phil Harris and Johnnie Lee Wills. Haymes' chief employer during the 50s was Lawrence Welk's television show, although he sometimes performed solo in L.A. area piano bars.

About 1960, he relocated to Dallas, Texas, then home to several semi-retired bandleaders (Ted Weems chief among them) who occasionally employed his scoring skills.

Never married, Haymes died of heart failure at age 57.


Joe Haymes and his Orchestra - Jazz Pie (1932)

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