Louis Hayes & Gregory Porter

Drummer Louis Hayes is a superior hard bop stylist best known for supporting soloists rather than taking the spotlight himself. Over a seven-plus-decade career, he has been ranked alongside the illustrious Art Blakey as a superior, swinging hard bop stylist who pushes a beat under a given soloist, creating active, fluid integration between frontline players and the rhythm section. Beginning his career with Yusef Lateef's fine group in 1955, he made his bones with Horace Silver, with whom he worked from 1956-1960. He cut his self-titled leader debut for Vee-Jay with the Lateef ...