Graham Haynes
b. September 1960, Queens, New York, USA. Trumpeter/cornetist Haynes was born into jazz, quite literally: he is the son of jazz drummer Roy Haynes. Unlike many of his generation, the younger Haynes carries on the tradition in the manner of his father, espousing the belief that you hold onto the values of the past while you move toward the future. In 1985, Haynes made his recording debut on Steve Coleman's Motherland Pulse, and went on to record with artists as varied as Cassandra Wilson, Ed Blackwell, Abbey Lincoln, Bill Laswell and Vernon Reid. His biggest influence appears to be Miles Davis, both in the sharp, biting (yet, at the core, melodious) tone of his brass instruments and the electronically enhanced, cross-cultural conception that defined the 1971-75 Davis recordings. Haynes' recordings include a "tribute' to Davis" "European period" (his Gil Evans collaborations), on Nocturne Parisian and the excellent Griot's Footsteps, on which his heady, heartfelt fusion of jazz, Middle Eastern, African and ambient music is at its pinnacle.
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Albums
- (2000) BPM
Top Tracks
- Variations On A Theme By Wagner
- Telluride
- Tristan In The Sky
- Red Zone
- Revamp
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