Justin Haynes

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Justin Grant Alan Haynes (born February 24, 1973 in Ottawa ; † March 13, 2019 in Toronto ) was a Canadian jazz musician ( guitar , also piano , composition ).

Live and act

Haynes grew up in Ottawa , attended Earl of March High School in Kanata and first learned to play classical guitar before switching to jazz guitar - influenced by Joe Pass . He was already performing at Cafe Wim on Sussex Drive while he was still in high school . As a young adult, he eventually moved to Toronto . Throughout his career, Haynes has worked in Ottawa and Toronto with Vernon Isaacs , Roddy Ellias , Rebecca Campbell , John Geggie, Jim Bryson, Jamie Gatti, Tena Palmer, Kevin Turcotte, Kirk MacDonal, Nick Fraser and Jordan O'Connor.

In addition to his musical career, Haynes volunteered as a music teacher with autistic children. He also took lessons from Gary Peacock in New York and Ralph Towner in Seattle . In the following years he worked on musical projects with Andy Stochansky , Rebecca Campbell, Hugh Marsh and the Icelandic musicians Hilmar Jensson and Petur Gretarsson . He submitted the solo album Show ; he also wrote compositions for theater groups and short films. Shortly before the end of his life he was homeless. In the field of jazz, he was involved in eight recording sessions between 1997 and 2015, including a. with the Jean Martin Trio and Anthony Braxton ( Creative Orchestra (Guelph) 2007 ). Haynes died in unexplained circumstances in the second week of March 2019 at the age of 46.

Discographic notes

  • Justin Haynes, Tena Palmer: Not Drowning. . . Waving (1996)
  • Nick Fraser / Justin Haynes / Quinsin Nachoff: Owls in Daylight (1997)
  • Jean Martin / Kevin Turcotte / Justin Haynes: Get Together Weather (Unity Record, 1999)
  • Rebecca Campbell, Justin Haynes: The Sweetest Noise (2002)
  • Nick Fraser, Justin Haynes: Are Faking It . (The Canada Council for the Arts, 2004)
  • Jean Martin / Justin Haynes: Freedman (2008)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ remembering.ca ; Ottawa Citizen, obituary, accessed August 5, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c Peter Hum: RIP, Justin Haynes: Ottawa-raised musician dies at 46. March 15, 2019, accessed on February 16, 2019 (English).
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed March 16, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Haynes, Justin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haynes, Justin Grant Alan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian jazz musician (guitar)
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Ottawa
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 2019
Place of death Toronto