Search - Artist/Band: Louis Hayes

• Name: Louis Hayes
• Birthday: 05/31/1937
• Birth Place: Detroit, MI
• Decades Active: 1960,1970,1980,1990,2000
• Genre: Jazz
• Styles: Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Post-Bop
• Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Earthy, Passionate, Sophisticated, Confident, Dramatic, Earnest, Energetic, Exuberant, Freewheeling, Literate, Lively, Playful, Refined/Mannered, Relaxed, Searching, Stately, Stylish, Uplifting, Warm, Witty

Title	Release
The Time Keeper	06/09/2009
Maximum Firepower	08/29/2006
Dreamin' of Cannonball	08/06/2002
The Candy Man	09/04/2001
Quintessential Lou	03/14/2000
Ichi-Ban	01/01/2000
The Super Quartet	01/01/2000
Louis At Large WA	08/27/1996
Nightfall	08/01/1994
Blue Lou WA	06/28/1994
Una Max	12/1989
Light and Lively WA	04/21/1989
Variety Is the Spice of Life	1979
The Real Thing	1977
Breath of Life	02/02/1974

A superior hard bop drummer best known for supporting soloists rather than taking the spotlight himself, Louis Hayes led a band in Detroit as a teenager and was with Yusef Lateef during 1955-1956. He had three notable associations: Horace Silver's Quintet (1956-1959), the Cannonball Adderley Quintet (1959-1965), and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1965-1967). Hayes often teamed up with Sam Jones, both with Adderley and Peterson and in freelance settings. He led a variety of groups during the 1970s, including quintets co-led by Junior Cook and Woody Shaw. Louis Hayes appeared on many records through the years with everyone from John Coltrane and Cecil Taylor to McCoy Tyner, Freddie Hubbard, and Dexter Gordon, and has led sessions for Vee-Jay (1960), Timeless (1976), Muse (1977), and Candid (1989). Since the '90s, he has continued to remain active releasing such albums as Louis at Large in 1996, Quintessential Lou in 2000, and Dreamin' of Cannonball in 2002. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide