"Snap, Crackle and Swing: Young Roy Haynes" on Night Lights

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Here's a recent Night Lights episode devoted to drummer Roy Haynes, focusing on the recordings he made from the late 1940s through the beginning of the 1970s with artists such as Lester Young, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Chick Corea, and Sarah Vaughan, in addition to his own dates as a leader:

Snap, Crackle and Swing: Young Roy Haynes

 

[Big Beat Steve]

Ohhh ....

Talking about "young" Roy Haynes, so you did not include any of his tracks from his first leader session in Sweden in October, 1954? And none of his recordings made under his own name a couple of weeks later in Paris for Swing and CfD either? (The Swing 10-incher has been reissued not long ago in that much-touted Vogue box set) What a pity. The Metronome sessions, in particular, have reached not quite cult status but are highly regarded among the expatriate recordings from that era here. And after all it was these sessions that put him on the map as a "young" leader - years before he recorded as a leader again.

So these recordings definitely do not deseve to stay under the radar in his leader discography, paticularly when it comes to acknowledging when his career as a leader actually began.

 

Edited July 13, 2016 by Big Beat Steve

[BillF]

Now listening! 

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Big Beat Steve: I had a lot of ground to cover! ☺️

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Up in honor of Mr. Haynes' 92nd birthday today:

Snap, Crackle and Swing: Young Roy Haynes

 

[ghost of miles]

Up again for Roy Haynes, still swinging at 94 today!

Snap, Crackle and Swing: Young Roy Haynes

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We’re re-airing Snap, Crackle And Swing: Young Roy Haynes this week, and I’m bumping a bit earlier than usual in honor of his 96th birthday today. Long may he ride!

Edited March 13, 2021 by ghost of miles

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Up for #99!

Snap, Crackle and Swing: Young Roy Haynes

Edited March 13 by ghost of miles

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... and in memory. 

Snap, Crackle and Swing: Young Roy Haynes