Louis Hayes

Louis Hayes (born May 31, 1937) is an American jazz drummer and band leader.

Biography

Louis Sedell Hayes was born to a father who played drums and piano.  His mother played the piano. Hayes got his first drum set at age 10.  He refers to the early influence of hearing jazz, especially big bands on the radio.  His main influence was Philly Joe Jones and he was mentored by Jo Jones.  His three main associations were with Horace Silver's Quintet (1956–59), the Cannonball Adderley Quintet (1959–65), and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1965–67). Hayes often joined Sam Jones, both with Adderley and Peterson, and in freelance settings.

When he was a teenager, he led a band in Detroit clubs before he was 16.  He worked with Yusef Lateef and Curtis Fuller from 1955 to 1956.  He moved to New York in August 1956 to replace Art Taylor in the Horace Silver Quintet and in 1959 joined the Cannonball Adderley Quintet, with which he remained until mid-1965, when he succeeded Ed Thigpen in the Oscar Peterson Trio.  He left Peterson in 1967, and formed a series of groups, which he led alone or with others; among his sidemen were Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Kenny Barron, and James Spaulding.  He returned to Peterson in 1971.

The Louis Hayes Sextet, formed in 1972, became, in 1975, the Louis Hayes-Junior Cook Quintet and the Woody Shaw-Louis Hayes Quintet (Cook remained as a sideman until Rene McLean joined); in its last form the quintet played successful engagements throughout Europe and (without McLean) acted as the host group when, in 1976, Dexter Gordon visited the U.S. for the first time in many years. After Shaw left the group in 1977, Hayes continued to lead it as a hard-bop quintet.

Hayes has appeared on many records throughout the years, and played with John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Timmons, Hank Mobley, Booker Little, Tommy Flanagan, Cecil Taylor, McCoy Tyner, Ray Brown, Joe Henderson, Gary Bartz, and Tony Williams.  He also led sessions for Vee-Jay (1960), Timeless (1976), Muse (1977), Candid (1989), Steeplechase (1989–94), and TCB (2000–2002).

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.

His current project is entitled "Serenade for Horace."  It is a tribute to his friend and mentor, Horace Silver.

Hayes plays Premier Drums.

Discography

As leader/co-leader
 Louis Hayes (Vee-Jay, 1960)
 Breath of Life (Muse, 1974)
 Ichi-Ban (Timeless, 1976) with Junior Cook 
 The Real Thing (Muse, 1977)
 Variety Is the Spice (Gryphon, 1979)
 Light and Lively (SteepleChase, 1989)
 The Crawl (Candid, 1989)
 Una Max (SteepleChase, 1989)
 Nightfall (SteepleChase, 1991)
 Blue Lou (SteepleChase, 1993)
 The Super Quartet (Timeless, 1994)
 Louis at Large (Sharp Nine, 1996)
 Quintessential Lou (TCB, 2000)
 The Candy Man (TCB, 2001)
 Dreamin' of Cannonball (TCB, 2002)
 Maximum Firepower (Savant, 2006)
 Return of the Jazz Communicators (Smoke Sessions, 2014)
 Serenade for Horace (Blue Note, 2017)

As sideman
With Pepper Adams
Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (Reservoir, 1983 [1990])
With Cannonball Adderley
 In San Francisco (1959, Riverside)
 Them Dirty Blues (Riverside, 1960)
 The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse (Riverside, 1960)
 Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners (Riverside, 1961)
 African Waltz (Riverside, 1961)
 Plus (Riverside, 1961)
 Nancy Wilson / Cannonball Adderley (1961, Capitol)
 Cannonball in Europe! (Riverside, 1962)
 Jazz Workshop Revisited (Riverside, 1962)
 Nippon Soul (Riverside, 1963)
 The Sextet (Milestone, 1962-63 [1982])
 Autumn Leaves (Riverside, 1963)
 The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York (Riverside, 1964)
 Cannonball Adderley Live! (Capitol, 1964)
 Live Session! (Capitol, 1964)
 Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof (Capitol, 1964)
 Domination (Capitol, 1965)
 Phenix (Fantasy, 1975)
With Nat Adderley
 Work Song (Riverside, 1960)
 Naturally! (Jazzland, 1961)
With Gene Ammons
 Goodbye (Prestige, 1974)
With Georges Arvanitas
 Cocktail for Three (Pretoria, 1959)
With Kenny Burrell
 K. B. Blues (Blue Note, 1957 [1979])
 Bluesin' Around (Columbia, 1961 [1983])
With James Clay
 A Double Dose of Soul (Riverside, 1960)
With Al Cohn
Son of Drum Suite (RCA Victor, 1960)
 True Blue (Xanadu, 1976) with Dexter Gordon
 Silver Blue (Xanadu, 1976) with Dexter Gordon
With John Coltrane
 Lush Life (Prestige, 1958)
 The Last Trane (Prestige, 1958)
 Coltrane Time (United Artists, Blue Note, 1958)
 The Believer (Prestige, 1963)
With Richard Davis
 Muses for Richard Davis (MPS, 1969)
With Kenny Drew
 Undercurrent (Blue Note, 1960)
With Victor Feldman
Merry Olde Soul (Riverside, 1961)
With Tommy Flanagan, John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell, and Idrees Sulieman
 The Cats (Prestige, 1957)
With Ricky Ford
Tenor Madness Too! (Muse, 1992)
With Curtis Fuller
 New Trombone (Prestige, 1957)
 Curtis Fuller with Red Garland (New Jazz, 1957 [1962])
 Jazz ...It's Magic! (Regent, 1957)
 Curtis Fuller Volume 3 (Blue Note, 1957)
With Terry Gibbs
 Take It from Me (Impulse!, 1964)
With Dexter Gordon
 Ca'Purange (Prestige, 1972)
 Tangerine (Prestige, 1972)
With Bennie Green
 Back on the Scene (Blue Note, 1958)
With Grant Green
 Gooden's Corner (Blue Note, 1961)
 Oleo (Blue Note, 1962)
With Wilbur Harden
 Mainstream 1958 (Savoy, 1958)
With Barry Harris
 Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop (Riverside, 1960)
With Joe Henderson
 The Kicker (Milestone, 1967)
 Tetragon (Milestone, 1968)
With John Hicks
Gentle Rain (Sound Hills, 1994)
On the Wings of an Eagle (Chesky, 2006)
With Johnny Hodges
 Blue Hodge (Verve, 1961)
With Freddie Hubbard
 The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (Impulse!, 1962)
 The Body & the Soul  (Impulse!,1963)
 The Hub of Hubbard  (MPS, 1970)
With J. J. Johnson
 A Touch of Satin (Columbia, 1962)
With Sam Jones
 The Soul Society (Riverside, 1960)
 The Chant (Riverside, 1961)
 Changes & Things (Xanadu, 1977)
 Something in Common (Muse, 1977)
With Clifford Jordan
 Cliff Craft (Blue Note, 1957)
 Inward Fire (Muse, 1978)
With Harold Land
 West Coast Blues! (Jazzland, 1960)
With Yusef Lateef
 Jazz for the Thinker (Savoy, 1957)
 Stable Mates (Savoy, 1957)
 Jazz Mood (Savoy, 1957)
 Before Dawn: The Music of Yusef Lateef (Verve, 1957)
With Johnny Lytle
 Nice and Easy (Jazzland, 1962)
With Ken McIntyre
 Year of the Iron Sheep (United Artists, 1962)
With Jackie McLean
 Strange Blues (Prestige, 1957)
 Makin' the Changes (New Jazz, 1960 [recorded 1957])
With Wes Montgomery
 Movin' Along (Riverside, 1960)
With Phineas Newborn, Jr.
 A World of Piano! (Contemporary, 1962)
 The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr. (Contemporary, 1963)
With David "Fathead" Newman
Resurgence! (Muse, 1981)
With Freddie Redd
 Shades of Redd (Blue Note, 1960)
With Woody Shaw
 The Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble at the Berliner Jazztage (Muse, 1976)
With Horace Silver
 6 Pieces of Silver (Blue Note, 1956)
 The Stylings of Silver (Blue Note, 1957)
 Further Explorations by the Horace Silver Quintet (Blue Note, 1958)
 Finger Poppin' with the Horace Silver Quintet (Blue Note, 1959)
 Blowin' the Blues Away (Blue Note, 1959)
With James Spaulding
 Songs of Courage (Muse, 1991 [1993])
Blues Nexus (Muse, 1993)
With Sonny Stitt
 12! (Muse, 1972)
With Idrees Sulieman
 Roots (New Jazz, 1958) with the Prestige All Stars
With Lucky Thompson
Concert: Friday the 13th - Cook County Jail (Groove Merchant, 1973)
I Offer You (Groove Merchant, 1973)
With McCoy Tyner
 Uptown/Downtown (Milestone, 1988)
With Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Back Door Blues (Riverside, 1962)
With Cedar Walton
 A Night At Boomers, Vol. 1 (Muse, 1973)
 A Night At Boomers, Vol. 2 (Muse, 1973)
 Firm Roots (Muse, 1974 [1976])
 Pit Inn (East Wind, 1974)
With Roosevelt Wardell
 The Revelation (Prestige, 1960)
With Phil Woods
 Four Altos (Prestige, 1957) with Gene Quill, Sahib Shihab, and Hal Stein
With The Young Lions
 The Young Lions (1960) Vee-Jay
With Joe Zawinul
 Money in the Pocket (Atlantic, 1967)

References 

Category:Hard bop drummers
Category:Post-bop drummers
Category:Mainstream jazz drummers
Category:American jazz drummers
Category:Musicians from Detroit
Category:1937 births
Category:Living people
Category:SteepleChase Records artists
Category:Timeless Records artists
Category:Vee-Jay Records artists
Category:Muse Records artists
Category:Candid Records artists
Category:Chesky Records artists
Category:20th-century American drummers
Category:American male drummers
Category:Jazz musicians from Michigan
Category:20th-century American male musicians
Category:Male jazz musicians
Category:Cannonball Adderley Quintet members