Graham Haynes

Graham Haynes is a boundary-pushing cornetist, trumpeter, and composer who’s spent decades blending jazz with electronic textures, global rhythms, and futuristic soundscapes. The son of legendary jazz drummer Roy Haynes, he emerged from New York’s avant-garde scene in the 1980s, co-founding the M-Base collective with Steve Coleman and weaving African influences into his work. Albums like *The Griot’s Footsteps* highlight his knack for merging West African storytelling traditions with modern improvisation, while releases like *Tones For The 21st Century* and *Transition* dive into ambient electronic experimentation. Whether he’s reimagining jazz classics or crafting immersive sonic collages, Haynes keeps his sound firmly planted in innovation, earning him a reputation as a fearless explorer of music’s outer edges.