# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-hayes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:44:42.614Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-hayes"
name: "Louis Hayes"
slug: "louis-hayes"
description: "Louis Hayes is an American jazz drummer and band leader. He was with McCoy Tyner's trio for more than three years. Since 1989 he has led his own band, and together with Vincent Herring formed the Cannonball Legacy Band. He is part of the NEA Jazz Masters awards class of 2023."
tagline: "American drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louishayes.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1937-05-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.34
  momentum:             0.6149666584341813
  historical:           12.62139466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7027842/"
    handle:    "nm7027842"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "لويس هايز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B2"
    title: "لویس هایز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Hayes"
    title: "Louis Hayes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Hayes"
    title: "Louis Hayes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Hayes"
    title: "Louis Hayes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Hayes"
    title: "Louis Hayes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Hayes"
    title: "Louis Hayes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Hayes"
    title: "Louis Hayes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Hayes"
    title: "Louis Hayes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Hayes"
    title: "Louis Hayes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BA"
    title: "ルイス・ヘイズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Hayes"
    title: "Louis Hayes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D1%97_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B7"
    title: "Луї Гейз"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1e15c55f-e661-4910-9c0c-49a7b77b4d55"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q330240"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump