Kevin Haynes

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, alongside 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 Tomorrow’s path and Ori ire. One sense of the title Unity’ is the way Haynes brings together strands of different musical traditions from Africa and the New World.
His extraordinary musicianship has seen Kevin Haynes Grupo Elegua perform all around the globe at festivals such as; Salamanca Jazz Festival in Spain, Havana Jazz Festival in Cuba to the prestigious London Jazz club Ronnie Scotts also Performed at the Royal Albert Hall Brighton Dome Barbican centre and at The Islington A Hall
He is also featured four times in Moses Boyd new hit album Displaced Diaspora (2018) which has acclaimed over 1 million online streams.