1. Louis Hayes was born on May 31,1937 and is an American jazz drummer and band leader.
12 Facts About Louis Hayes
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Louis Hayes was with McCoy Tyner's trio for more than three years.
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Louis Hayes is part of the NEA Jazz Masters awards class of 2023.
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Louis Sedell Hayes was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States, to a father, an automaker, who played drums and piano.
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Louis Hayes was the sister of John L Nelson, the father of the musician Prince.
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Louis Hayes refers to the early influence of hearing jazz, especially big bands on the radio.
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Louis Hayes worked with Yusef Lateef and Curtis Fuller from 1955 to 1956.
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Louis Hayes moved to New York in August 1956, to replace Art Taylor in the Horace Silver Quintet and, in 1959, joined the Cannonball Adderley Quintet, with which he remained until mid-1965, when he succeeded Ed Thigpen in the Oscar Peterson Trio.
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Louis Hayes left Peterson in 1967, and formed a series of groups, which he led alone or with others; among his sidemen were Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Kenny Barron, and James Spaulding.
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Louis Hayes has appeared on many records throughout the years, and played with John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Timmons, Hank Mobley, Booker Little, Tommy Flanagan, Cecil Taylor, McCoy Tyner, Ray Brown, Joe Henderson, Gary Bartz, and Tony Williams.
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Louis Hayes led sessions for Timeless, Muse, Candid, Steeplechase, and TCB.
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Louis Hayes was with McCoy Tyner's trio for more than three years.