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Roy Haynes

1925 - 2024

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Roy Owen Haynes (March 13, 1925 – November 12, 2024) was an American jazz drummer. In the 1950s, he was given the nickname "Snap Crackle" for his distinctive snare drum sound and musical vocabulary. He is among the most recorded drummers in jazz. In a career spanning more than eight decades, he played swing, bebop, jazz fusion and avant-garde jazz. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Haynes is the 1,006th most popular musician (up from 1,252nd in 2019), the 5,228th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,139th in 2019) and the 334th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Roy Haynes ranks 1,006 out of 3,175. Before him are Wayne Kramer, Charles Dancla, Benny Carter, Candy Dulfer, Denny Laine, and Johnny Clegg. After him are Vlado Perlemuter, Ralph Kirkpatrick, Michael Brecker, Andrew Latimer, Tom Scott, and Rob Zombie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Roy Haynes ranks 245. Before him are Wojciech Has, Jonathan Winters, Doris Roberts, Charles Mackerras, John Neville, and Ernst Jandl. After him are Rubem Fonseca, Mohammed Mzali, Yuli Daniel, Jeanne Crain, Fritz Laband, and Luis Herrera Campins. Among people deceased in 2024, Roy Haynes ranks 252. Before him are Moacir Rodrigues Santos, Christian Oliver, Zakir Hussain, Yehuda Bauer, Wayne Kramer, and Günter Brus. After him are Joe Engle, Rolf Wolfshohl, Imre Komora, Noriko Ohara, Aleksandr Baryshnikov, and Olga Fikotová.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Haynes ranks 5,228 out of 20,380. Before him are Tiffany Darwish (1971), Brian Keith (1921), Patricia Kennedy Lawford (1924), Bugs Moran (1893), Wendell Ford (1924), and Joe Ruddy (1878). After him are The Boogeyman (1964), Chip Taylor (1940), Jack McGrath (1919), Carl Panzram (1892), Seth Carlo Chandler (1846), and L. J. Smith (1965).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Roy Haynes ranks 334. Before him are Corey Taylor (1973), Oscar Hammerstein II (1895), Jordan Rudess (1956), Kerry King (1964), Wayne Kramer (1948), and Benny Carter (1907). After him are Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911), Michael Brecker (1949), Tom Scott (1948), Rob Zombie (1965), John Scofield (1951), and Carmine Appice (1946).

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