Louis Hayes


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

Biography

Louis Sedell Hayes was born to a father, a automaker, who played drums and piano. His mother waited tables and played the piano. Hayes got his first drum set at age 10. The key influence in his early development was his cousin Clarence Stamps, an accomplished drummer who grounded his technical fundamentals and lessons that stuck for life. 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, the Cannonball Adderley Quintet, and the Oscar Peterson Trio. 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 ; in its last form the quintet played successful engagements throughout Europe and 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, Timeless, Muse, Candid, Steeplechase, and TCB.
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

With Pepper Adams
With Cannonball Adderley
  • In San Francisco
  • Them Dirty Blues
  • The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse
  • Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners
  • African Waltz
  • Plus
  • Nancy Wilson / Cannonball Adderley
  • Cannonball in Europe!
  • Jazz Workshop Revisited
  • Nippon Soul
  • The Sextet
  • Autumn Leaves
  • The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York
  • Cannonball Adderley Live!
  • Live Session!
  • Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof
  • Domination
  • Phenix
With Nat Adderley
  • Work Song
  • Naturally!
With Gene Ammons
  • Goodbye
With Georges Arvanitas
  • Cocktail for Three
With Kenny Burrell
  • K. B. Blues
  • Bluesin' Around
With James Clay
With Al Cohn
  • Son of Drum Suite
  • True Blue with Dexter Gordon
  • Silver Blue with Dexter Gordon
With John Coltrane
  • Lush Life
  • The Last Trane
  • Coltrane Time
  • The Believer
With Richard Davis
  • Muses for Richard Davis
With Kenny Drew
  • Undercurrent
With Victor Feldman
  • Merry Olde Soul
With Tommy Flanagan, John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell, and Idrees Sulieman
  • The Cats
With Ricky Ford
  • Tenor Madness Too!
With Curtis Fuller
  • New Trombone
  • Curtis Fuller with Red Garland
  • Jazz...It's Magic!
  • Curtis Fuller Volume 3
With Terry Gibbs
  • Take It from Me
With Dexter Gordon
  • Ca'Purange
  • Tangerine
With Bennie Green
  • Back on the Scene
With Grant Green
  • Gooden's Corner
  • Oleo
With Wilbur Harden
  • Mainstream 1958
With Barry Harris
  • Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop
With Joe Henderson
  • The Kicker
  • Tetragon
With John Hicks
With Johnny Hodges
  • Blue Hodge
With Freddie Hubbard
With J. J. Johnson
  • A Touch of Satin
With Sam Jones
  • The Soul Society
  • The Chant
  • Changes & Things
  • Something in Common
With Clifford Jordan
  • Cliff Craft
  • Inward Fire
With Harold Land
  • West Coast Blues!
With Yusef Lateef
With Johnny Lytle
With Ken McIntyre
With Jackie McLean
With Wes Montgomery
With Phineas Newborn, Jr.
With David "Fathead" Newman
With Freddie Redd
With Woody Shaw
With Horace Silver
With James Spaulding
With Sonny Stitt
With Idrees Sulieman
With Lucky Thompson
With McCoy Tyner
  • Uptown/Downtown
With Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
  • Back Door Blues
With Cedar Walton
  • A Night At Boomers, Vol. 1
  • A Night At Boomers, Vol. 2
  • Firm Roots
  • Pit Inn
With Roosevelt Wardell
  • The Revelation
With Phil Woods
With The Young Lions
  • The Young Lions Vee-Jay
With Joe Zawinul'