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JFA Presents: Craig Holiday Haynes
June 24, 2021
Bushwick Inlet Park | Free
Acclaimed drummer Craig Holiday Haynes the son of legendary drummer and three-time Grammy Award winner, Roy Haynes brings his craft to Brooklyn. Named after Billie Holiday, he started playing tenor sax at age 14 in and around NYC with a group called the Fabulous Uniques. Craig later studied African percussion with Chief Bey and seriously switched over to a drum set around his 20th birthday. He's toured with R&B/ Disco artist “Gary Toms Empire”, Sun Ra with whom he's also recorded and has since played an assortment of great jazz, blues, R&B, and most recently gospel with folks such as Barry Harris, Clifford Jordan, Freddie Hubbard, Gloria Lynne, Lionel Hampton, Tony Bennett, The Boys Choir of Harlem, The Allman Brothers Band, Leslie West, Geri Allen, Marcus Miller, Gladys Knight, Eddie Palmeri, actor Danny Glover (to name a few) and many, many others!
Craig has toured North America, Brazil, Cuba, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, North, and West Africa.
Craig has toured North America, Brazil, Cuba, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, North, and West Africa.