Jazz musician Roy Haynes, whose eclectic drumming style helped define the genre, has died, according to reports. He was 99. Haynes died Tuesday in Nassau County, New York, following a brief illness, his daughter Leslie Haynes-Gilmore confirmed to The New York Times and The Washington Post. A cause of death was not disclosed.

An irrepressible force who remained relevant over the course of a seven-decade career, he had a hand in every major development in modern jazz.

Jazz legend performed alongside fellow greats like Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Eric Dolphy, and countless more over career that spanned nearly 80 years