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Louis Hayes

United States · b. 1937-05-31

Louis Hayes is credited on 2,457 releases across 443 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,457

Credits

443

Albums

8

Decades active

483

In collections

Biography

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Louis Hayes (born May 31, 1937, Detroit, Michigan, USA) is an American jazz drummer. He has played with Yusef Lateef, Horace Silver, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Clark, Oscar Peterson and many others. Brother of Gerald Hayes.

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Credited work

2,457 releases · 443 albums · active 1957–2025

  • Performance · 2,823
  • Other credits · 8
  • Production · 6
  • Engineering · 1

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · MPS-Studio, Villingen · Plaza Sound Studios

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