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Louis Hayes Quintet at Jimmy’s

Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club
135 Congress St
Portsmouth, NH 03801 US

“𝑯𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛’𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔”
— 𝑱𝑨𝒁𝒁 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑺

𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐍𝐄𝐀 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 & 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐈𝐒 𝐇𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐒, 𝐚 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐣𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐲’𝐬! The Acclaimed Quintet includes the brilliant Louis Hayes on Drums, Pianist DAVID HAZELTINE, Bassist DEZRON DOUGLAS, Saxophonist ABRAHAM BURTON, and Vibraphonist STEVE NELSON.

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟎’𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐘𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐟, 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐠 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, Louis found himself at the tender age of 18 in New York as a member of the great Horace Silver Quintet. His first recording with Horace, the classic album ‘Six Pieces Of Silver’ would introduce him to the jazz world as a new force to be acknowledged.

𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟔 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟗 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟓. He joined piano master Oscar Peterson from 1965-67 during which time he and bassist Sam Jones became known as the “dynamic duo,” recognized as the most powerful rhythm duo in jazz. Louis would rejoin Oscar in 1971 for a year.

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨-𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐧, 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞, 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐧. Louis also spent several years touring with McCoy Tyner. The Louis Hayes Group with Herald Mabern and Frank Strozier culminated four years of artistry with the album; Variety Is The Spice which received wide critical acclaim, truly an accomplishment during a period when his style of hard driving, “bebop” was less preferred.

𝐈𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟐, 𝐇𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝟑 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐂𝐃𝐬: Dreaming of Cannon, Maximum Fire Power, and Louis Hayes and The Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band. Band members were Vincent Herring, Jeremy Pelt and bass players Vincent Archer, Richie Goods and Dezron Douglas at various times.

𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐣𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞, 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐤, 𝐉 𝐉 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐞 𝐌𝐜𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐧, 𝐖𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐠𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐲, 𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐂𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐧, 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐢 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐫, 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬.

“𝑳𝒐𝒖𝒊𝒔 𝑯𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒔—𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛 𝒅𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒙𝒕𝒚 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑯𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑺𝒊𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑨𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒚, 𝑶𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓 𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏, 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒚 𝑹𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒔, 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔.”
— 𝑨𝑳𝑳 𝑨𝑩𝑶𝑼𝑻 𝑱𝑨𝒁𝒁

“𝑫𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒔, 𝑯𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒔’𝒔 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.”
— 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑮𝑼𝑨𝑹𝑫𝑰𝑨𝑵

“𝑯𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒗𝒊𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍-𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒔, 𝒕𝒐𝒎-𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒔.”
— 𝑫𝑶𝑾𝑵𝑩𝑬𝑨𝑻 𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑵𝑬

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