Cyril Haynes
Cyril Haynes (* 1915 in the Panama Canal Zone ; † 1996 ) was an American jazz pianist and arranger .
Haynes played with Billy Hicks in 1937 and worked as a pianist and arranger in 1940/41 with Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans , who gave concerts in New York's Savoy Ballroom . In 1943 he was a member of the orchestra of Sidney and Wilbur De Paris , from the end of 1943 he played with Roy Eldridge , then in the trio of Cedric Wallace . In 1945 he recorded under his own name for the Comet label; his teammates included Dick Vance , Don Byas , Al Casey , John Levy and Harold "Doc" West . In the same year he accompanied the singer Etta Jones with his quartet of Budd Johnson , Denzil Best and Johnny Williams for recordings on Black & White Records ( So Tired / Solitude ).
In Hollywood he worked with Slim Gaillard in 1947 , then with Benny Carter . In 1949 he performed with his own trio at the Village Vanguard ; In 1952 he played with Ben Webster , Ray Brown and Milt Jackson . Haynes worked on other recordings until 1961 and appeared as a soloist in New York clubs such as The Cookery or Jimmy Ryan's in the mid-1970s .
Web links
- Cyril Haynes at Allmusic (English)
- Cyril Haynes at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bill Lee, People in Jazz: Jazz Keyboard Improvisors of the 19th & 20th Centuries
- ^ Charles Delaunay : Hot discographie encyclopédique 1952. Volume 3 (El-He) . Paris, Éditions Jazz Disques, 1952.
- ^ Billboard, April 16, 1949
- ↑ Jazz journal international, Volume 61 (2008)
- ↑ Tom Lord
- ↑ New York Magazine November 15, 1971
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Haynes, Cyril |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz pianist and arranger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Panama Canal Zone |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1996 |