Matt Murphy

Matt Murphy

@bladdage.bsky.social

Frequent Food Taster, Liminal Presence, Amateur Reader and Avid Minnesotan

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Matt Murphy
@bladdage.bsky.social

RIP to an all-timer. I make myself an appointment to watch 1959’s Jazz on a Summer’s Day every July. Haynes was one of the last surviving links to the history on display in that film.

Nate Chinen@natechinen.bsky.social

Saddens me deeply to report that Roy Haynes died this morning, at 99. One of the greatest ever to pick up a pair of sticks, and one of the last OG heroes of modern jazz. I wrote his obit for the NYT — here's a gift link 🔗

nytimes.comRoy Haynes, a Giant of Jazz Drumming, Is Dead at 99An irrepressible force who remained relevant over the course of a seven-decade career, he had a hand in every major development in modern jazz.

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