NYC: ROY HAYNES QUARTET AT BIRDLAND THROUGH SATURDAY
Legendary drummer Roy Haynes will perform at BIRDLAND (315 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-581-3080) Tuesday through Saturday, December 7th through 11th, with shows at 8:30 & 11:00 pm. Roy has been the pulse of jazz percussion for more than five decades, directing the course of jazz improvisation with his intelligent and joyous drumming. Haynes has played with the likes of Louis Armstrong, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny and many others, lending his unflagging energy and marvelous invention to thousands of performances and recordings. The only living musician who shared the stage with Charlie Parker on Birdland's opening night (December 15, 1949), Roy Haynes recently celebrated Birdland's 60th Anniversary by headlining with his 'Fountain of Youth' quartet. There is a $40 cover plus a $10 food/drink minimum.
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