Biography
Louis Hayes (born May 31, 1937) is an American jazz drummer and band leader. He was with McCoy Tyner's trio for more than three years. Since 1989 he has led his own band, and together with Vincent Herring formed the Cannonball Legacy Band. He is part of the NEA Jazz Masters awards class of 2023.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Giant Steps
1960
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
1963
Lush Life
1961
The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery
1960
Eastern Sounds
1962
Born To Be Blue
1985
6 Pieces Of Silver
1957
First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings
2021
The Cats
1959
Dial "S" For Sonny
1957
Know What I Mean?
1962
Take Twelve
1962
Undercurrent
1961
Blowin' The Blues Away
1959
Further Explorations
1958
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
Tetragon
1968
Blue & Sentimental
1963
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet In San Francisco
1960
Black Pearls
1964
That's My Story: John Lee Hooker Sings The Blues
1960
...More Lasting Than Bronze
1972
Blues Etude
1966
Cannonball's Bossa Nova
1963
Credited work
3,772 releases · 440 albums · active 1956–2026
- Performance · 4,222
- Other credits · 33
- Production · 8
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Plaza Sound Studios · The Jazz Workshop, San Francisco