Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Yahoo LAUNCHCAST Song Of The Day-Roy Haynes


Artist:Roy Haynes

Song:Stompin' At The Savoy

Album:Love Letters





Jazz drummer Roy Haynes was never flashy so he was underrated for years. In his senior years he has attained deserved legendary status. He was born Mar. 13, 1925 in Roxbury, MA. He started out in the 40s backing up big name musicians when they would travel to Boston. Eventually he moved to New York and worked extensively with Lester Young, Charlie Parker and plenty of others. He would lead his own band occasionally and tour with Stan Getz & Chick Corea among others. In 2000 he formed a trio with pianist Danilo Perez & bassist John Pattitucci that was a best seller on Verve. The 2002 CD Love Letters was recorded in Japan for 88 Records and released in the US by Columbia. It's solid straight ahead jazz with Kenny Barron & David Kikoski on piano, Dave Holland & Christian McBride on bass, Joshua Redman on tenor sax and John Scofield on guitar. Roy Haynes is still kickin' it in his 80s. His current band is called Fountain Of Youth and his most recent CD is Whereas in 2006 on the French label Dreyfus. They are releasing a Roy Haynes documentary on DVD. His son Graham Haynes plays cornet and grandson Marcus Gilmore plays drums. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Here's Roy Haynes & Fountain Of Youth (Jaleel Shaw-sax, Martin Bejerano-piano, David Wong-bass) performing at the J & R Music Festival in New York City Aug. 26, 2006 followed by a brief interview.

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