Terra – the captivating new album from drummer and composer Phil Haynes and his generation-spanning new trio with guitarist Ben Monder and tenor saxophonist Peyton Pleninger – is out Friday, May 1 via Haynes’ own Corner Store Jazz imprint!
“Since arriving in New York from Oregon in 1983, drummer Phil Haynes established himself as a potent force on the downtown composer/improviser scene.” – Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes
Drummer/Composer Phil Haynes reunites his socially conscious “jazz-grass” string band Free Country for their first new album in over a decade
Liberty Now!, out October 17, 2025 via Corner Store Jazz, pairs an album of new compositions touched by protest and grief with a compilation of songs tracing the turbulent history of America; Featuring Haynes with cellist/vocalist Hank Roberts, guitarist Jim Yanda & bassist Drew Gress.
“Free Country fuses grassroots Americana with hip, upbeat arrangements that toggle jazz, bluegrass and country [and] breathe new life into American heritage and traditionalism.” – Glenn Astarita, All About Jazz
“Since arriving in New York from Oregon in 1983, drummer Phil Haynes established himself as a potent force on the downtown composer/improviser scene.” – Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes
The Complete American Recordings, out June 14 via Corner Store Jazz, compiles the band’s two studio albums and a previously unheard 1995 live recording from the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The collection features Haynes with varying line-ups including John Tchicai, Paul Smoker, Herb Robertson, Ellery Eskelin, Andy Laster and Joe Daley
“Since arriving in New York from Oregon in 1983, drummer Phil Haynes established himself as a potent force on the downtown composer/improviser scene.” – Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes
Drummer/Composer Phil Haynes launches an ambitious three-year release schedule with a new album by his adventurous trio No Fast Food. Coda(s), due out on Haynes’ 62nd birthday, June 15, 2023 via his Corner Store Jazz imprint, reunites the drummer with legendary saxophonist David Liebman and bassist Drew Gress. The release is the first of several planned through 2025, including Haynes’ memoir Chasing the Masters with an accompanying 62-track audio compilation
“[No Fast Food is] freewheeling free-bop… by a musically flexible trio of masters hellbent on dealing beauty.” – Dave Wayne, All About Jazz
“Since arriving in New York from Oregon in 1983, drummer Phil Haynes established himself as a potent force on the downtown composer/improviser scene.” – Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes
release date: 27.03.2020 via Corner Store Jazz
Lyrical yet adventurous piano trio Day Dream reconvenes for their third record in a decade, this time focusing on original material
“…a set of buoyant originals…. This is a trio that truly is more than the sum of its parts, attaining vibrancy and color through a melding of Gress’ deep, shapely tones, Haynes’ probing, loose-limbed accents and Rudolph’s heady lyricism. There’s a fullness to the performance that you don’t usually hear in occasional trios –- or even steadily working ones….Perhaps the highlight of Originals, produced by Haynes, is his lovely offbeat celebration of his wife, ‘Beloved Refracted.’” – Lloyd Sachs, DownBeat
