Bright Side

Cal Haines has performed as a professional Jazz drummer for more than forty years. Gigging from Ohio to Memphis to Nashville, Cal appeared with Diahann Carroll, Bob Hope, Ray McKinley and the Modernaires, Al Greene, Clark Terry, Marvin Stamm, Yul Brenner in the King and I and at Opryland theme park. Moving a couple of times to Santa Fe, Cal has shared New Mexico stages with most area musicians and singers, as well as Emily Remler, Bobby Shew, Richie Cole and the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra. He has recently formed the Cal Haines Trio featuring two exceptional musicians: Lewis Winn, guitar, and Michael Glynn, bass. His music and collaborative art is the focus of a column in the June issue of Albuquerque The Magazine. Known for his soft and sensitive style with brushes, colorful cymbals and being on time, Cal swings with clean rhythmic finesse. The new CD was greeted by a sellout crowd at the Outpost Performance Space in Albuquerque, New Mexico.