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Kevin Haynes / Grupo Elegua: Inner Outer Alignment Vol. 1

by Neil Duggan
October 11, 2026

Alto saxophonist, percussionist, composer and African folklore singer Kevin Haynes first came to prominence playing drums with the Jazz Warriors Big Band in the 1980s. An ordained Yoruba Ifá priest, his artistic development has continued to be shaped by the spiritual percussion traditions of West Africa, alongside his mastery of the alto saxophone, a proficiency that has often seen him referred to as the “African Charlie Parker." His Grupo Elegua project is a heady fusion of hard-bop jazz, ...