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Instruments:
Alto, Tenor and Soprano Saxophones
Flute, Clarinet
Musical Education:
Private Study with Yusef Lateef, Barry Harris. Performed for
and Critiqued by Miles Davis
Recent Past Engagements
- St. Nick’s Pub, 145th St., Harlem, NYC; Every Wednesday 1996- 2004
- Pumpkins, Church and Nostrand Aves, Brooklyn, NY; Every Monday 1999- 2004.
- 22 West, Harlem, NYC; Every Thursday, Dec. 1999 to Feb. 2001.
-Showman’s Café, Harlem, NYC; intermittent dates since1980’s.
- SUNY University Hospital, Brooklyn, NY; performed for Hospital President and Staff; intermittent dates 1999 to present.
-Medgar Evers College-Jazzy Jazz -Festival, Brooklyn, NY; summer 1998.
-JazzMobile, Brooklyn and Manhattan locations;
intermittent dates since 1970’s.
Has played in every major Jazz club in the New York metropolitan area since the 1970’s.
Discography:
Gerald Hayes Then and Now Twin Productions 325
Louis Hayes Quartet Una Max Steeplechase SCCD31263
Louis Hayes Quartet Nightfall Steeplechase SCCD31285
Louis Hayes Quartet Breath of Life Muse
Charles Davis Ingia Strata East SES7425
Azar Lawrence Summer Solstice Prestige P-10097
Toru Oki Blues Band Toru Oki Blues Band CBS/SONY 25AH780
The Shirelles Spontaneous Combustion Sceptor SRM562 Honors and Awards:
- District Attorney Charles Hynes "Awards to Jazz Greats" recipient at 7th Annual -African-American Heritage Celebration: Brooklyn, New York, USA- Feb. 1999.
-The Greater Jamaica Development Corp. Jazz Achievement
And Contribution Award: Jamaica, New York, USA- Aug. 2000.
Teaching Experience:
- Harbor Junior High School, Woodwind Specialist. Taught Flute, Clarinet and Saxophone: New York City, USA 1979 – 1983.
-Saxophone teacher at Manna House: New York City, USA June 2001- 2003
- Private Students: currently two students weekly.
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Gerald Hayes, Saxophonist
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Performance History:
Current Engagements:
The Garage, Greenwich Village, New York City
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Lenox Lounge, Harlem, NYC
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Night of the Cookers, Brooklyn, New York
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Various venues with Soundpipers Band; club dates on a bi-monthly basis 1994- present.
Tours and Concerts:
- Baker’s Keyboard Lounge, Detroit, Michigan, April 2005
- Harlem Welcome to President Bill Clinton, July 30, 2001; member of Saxophone Summit who played for the President.
- Rainbow Coalition Gala, New York Stock Exchange; member of quartet who performed for President Clinton and Jesse Jackson: Jan. 2000.
- Kimball’s East, San Francisco, CA; The Louis Hayes Quintet: 1998.
- Zanzibar, Philadelphia, PA, Al Gray Sextet: 1997
- Bermuda Onion, Toronto, Canada; The Louis Hayes Quintet
- Annual Jazz Concert at Herbert E. Lehman College, Bronx, NY. Big band featuring Wynton Marsalis and Valerie Capers: 1992.
-Annual Jazz concert at Herbert E. Lehman College, Bronx, NY. Big band featuring Max Roach and Valerie Capers: 1991.
- Toru Oki Blues Band tour of Japan: December 1982, July 1979. |
Press:
-People Magazine, Aug. 13, 2001: Photo with President Bill Clinton at Welcome to Harlem concert.
- N. Y. Daily News, July 31, 2001. Front- page photo with President Clinton at Welcome to Harlem concert.
- USA Today, July 31, 2001. Front -page photo with President Clinton at Welcome to Harlem concert.
- N.Y. Daily News, Aug. 5, 2001. Named in article on Harlem Saxophone Summit members as one of nine top saxophonists in New York.
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