Biography | The music of Alto saxophonist and percussionist, Kevin Haynes, is a fusion of contemporary Jazz, with influences drawing from Afro Cuban and Native Nigerian Yoruba folkloric Bata drumming styles, along side Mandiga folk and praise songs with a hard bop modal concept and flowing Kora lines, creating a unique sound in African Jazz based music.
Kevin has three Albums out under Kevin Haynes Grupo Elegua. Tomorrows path, Ori Ire, Ajo se po (Unity) Haynes has been performing all forms jazz and African Caribbean music for 19 years Ajo se po (Unity) is the third album by Kevin Haynes and his Grupo Eleguá, following Tomorrows path (1997) and Ori ire (2002). One sense of the title Unity is the way Haynes brings together strands of different musical traditions from Africa and the New World |