CNN — (CNN) — Roy Haynes, one of the world’s most influential jazz drummers, has died at age 99. Haynes passed away in Nassau County, New York following a brief illness, his daughter Leslie ...

Haynes’ directness is of a piece with his art. “Roy stays on the edge and that keeps him young,” says bassist Ed Howard, 43, who played with Haynes for 15 years until 1997. “He never lets up. He’s ...