Cyril Haynes

Early life Haynes was raised in New York City, learned the piano as a child, and later studied at Columbia University. in 1952, he played with Ben Webster, Ray Brown, and Milt Jackson. In the 1950s, he also worked with Noble Sissle and Andy Kirk and played for several years with Cab Calloway, whom he traveled with while performing for the halftime shows for the Harlem Globetrotters. He continued to record until 1961, and in the middle of the 1970s, he performed as a soloist in New York clubs such as the Cookery, the Embers, the Cotton Club, and Jimmy Ryan's.

Selected discography Sources:

As leader/co-leader

1944: Morning Sadness (Comet T4) 1944: Across the Road / Cedar Manor (Comet T5) 1963: The Spider Weaves Piano Magic (Golden Crest 3091)

As sideman

1937: Billy Hicks and His Sizzling Six, Joe the Bomber / Fade Out (Variety 601) 1939: Al Cooper, Jumpin' at the Savoy (Decca 2526) 1939: Al Cooper, Jumpin' the Blues (Decca 2930) 1940: Al Cooper, Sophisticated Jump (Decca 3274) – as arranger 1944: Barney Bigard, Poon Tang (Black & White 1206) 1944: Barney Bigard, How Long Blues (Black & White 1207) 1952: Slim Gaillard, Slim Gaillard Cavorts (Clef MGC-138)