The East St. Louis native was a contemporary and friend of legendary jazzman Miles Davis.
Haynes played piano to Davis’ trombone in the school band at Lincoln High School in East St. Louis. After graduating in 1944, the two went on to the Juliard School of Music.
Davis went with jazz while Haynes stuck to the classics, performing and recording a range of music — from Rachmaninoff to Scott Joplin to his own gospel compositions.
In 1958, he performed at New York’s Carnegie Hall.
Haynes died Monday in East St. Louis. Funeral arrangements are pending.
