Louis Hayes Cannonball Legacy Quartet - RE-STREAM at Smoke Jazz & Supper Club

Louis Hayes (drums)
Vincent Herring (alto saxophone)
Rick Germanson (piano)
Dezron Douglas (bass)

Drummer Louis Hayes, one of the indispensable heartbeats of straight-ahead jazz for the past 50 years, leads his Cannonball Legacy Quartet including alto saxophonist Vincent Herring in two sets available as a weekend-long livestreaming concert event. His impeccable feel and infectious swing can often make it seem as if Hayes invented jazz drumming. He established his reputation in the 1950s and 60s with Horace Silver, Oscar Peterson, and, of course, Julian Cannonball Adderley whose soulful hard bop and effusive swing define one of the most popular jazz artists of all time. The Washington Post states, Hayes is a catalyst, channeling his boundless energy into the band itself and being frugal with Blakey- and Roach-style pyrotechnics....

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Louis Hayes (drums)
Vincent Herring (alto saxophone)
Rick Germanson (piano)
Dezron Douglas (bass)

Drummer Louis Hayes, one of the indispensable heartbeats of straight-ahead jazz for the past 50 years, leads his Cannonball Legacy Quartet including alto saxophonist Vincent Herring in two sets available as a weekend-long livestreaming concert event. His impeccable feel and infectious swing can often make it seem as if Hayes invented jazz drumming. He established his reputation in the 1950s and 60s with Horace Silver, Oscar Peterson, and, of course, Julian Cannonball Adderley whose soulful hard bop and effusive swing define one of the most popular jazz artists of all time. The Washington Post states, Hayes is a catalyst, channeling his boundless energy into the band itself and being frugal with Blakey- and Roach-style pyrotechnics.
“The master hard-bop drummer who set the beat for the legendary Cannonball Adderley bands.” -- The New Yorker

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