Roy Haynes RIP

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

Late November 1949	Pershing Hotel Ballroom, Chicago	Private recording (Tape)	Charlie Parker Quintet
December 25, 1949	Carnegie Hall, New York	Voice of America radio broadcast	Charlie Parker Quintet
February 14, 1950	Birdland, New York	Private recording (Tape)	Charlie Parker Sextet
February 18, 1950	St. Nicholas Arena, New York	Private recording (Tape)	Charlie Parker Quintet
May 17, 1950	Birdland, New York	Private recording (Tape)	Charlie Parker Sextet
June-July 1950	Café Society Downtown, New York	Private recording (Tape)	Charlie Parker Quintet
June 30, 1950	Birdland, New York	Private recording (Tape)	Birdland All-Stars
August 17-23, 1950	Apollo Theater, New York	Private recording (Tape)	Charlie Parker with Strings
August 23, 1950	Apollo Theater, New York	WMCA-AM radio broadcast	Charlie Parker with Strings
August 28, 1950	Rainbow Inn, New Brunswick	Private recording (Tape)	Charlie Parker Sextet
September 16, 1950	Carnegie Hall, New York	Commercial for Verve	Charlie Parker with Strings
March 12, 1951	Unknown recording studio, New York	Commercial for Mercury	Charlie Parker Jazzers
March 24, 1951	Birdland, New York	WJZ-AM radio broadcast	Charlie Parker with Strings
March 31, 1951	Birdland, New York	WJZ-AM radio broadcast	Charlie Parker Quintet
April 1-3, 1951	Birdland, New York	Voice of America radio broadcast	Charlie Parker Quintet
April 7, 1951	Birdland, New York	WJZ-AM radio broadcast	Charlie Parker with Strings
April 21, 1951	Symphony Ballroom, Boston	Private recording (Tape)	Charlie Parker Quintet
June 23, 1951	Eastern Parkway Ballroom, Brooklyn	Private recording (Tape)	Charlie Parker Quintet
November 4, 1951	Veterans Administration Hospital, Philadelphia	Private recording (Tape)	Charlie Parker Sextet
November 14, 1952	Carnegie Hall, New York	Location recording	Charlie Parker with Strings
December 8-14, 1952	Hi-Hat Club, Boston	Unknown radio broadcast	Charlie Parker and His All-Stars
December 14, 1952	Hi-Hat Club, Boston	WCOP-AM radio broadcast	Charlie Parker and His All-Stars
March 10, 1953	Storyville, Boston	WHDH-AM radio broadcast	Charlie Parker All-Stars
March 30, 1953	Band Box, New York	WMGM-AM radio broadcast	Charlie Parker Quartet
March 31, 1954	Fine Sounds Studio, New York	Commercial for Verve	Charlie Parker Quintet
August 27, 1954	Birdland, New York	WABC-AM radio broadcast

[mjzee]

Was wondering when... when there's radio silence you kinda figure... but the shoe finally dropped.  A life well lived, with so much great music, including my favorite My Favorite Things:

[T.D.]

4 hours ago, felser said:

RIP to a legend.  As Sassy (and Rahsaan) said:   "Roy.  Haynes !"

+1. Amazing career.

I think Tommy Flanagan voiced the above (emphasis added) on Out of the Afternoon.

Edited November 13 by T.D.

[clifford_thornton]

Not much to say other than a hearty thanks for so many decades of great music. RIP.

[trane_fanatic]

7 hours ago, Dan Gould said:

Oh wow - the last month has been rough, first Golson, then LD and now Haynes.

All-time great, as if that needs to be said.

RIP.

Yep. And Quincy.

[mrjazzman]

Wow, Benny Golson, now Roy Haynes and Lou Donaldson. Is Sonny the only one left?

[trane_fanatic]

20 minutes ago, mrjazzman said:

Wow, Benny Golson, now Roy Haynes and Lou Donaldson. Is Sonny the only one left?

Looks like Terry Gibbs, Martial Solal, Dick Hyman, Sheila Jordan, Marshall Allen & Bill Crow in addition to Sonny are the last notable contemporaries alive from that era. Guys like Herbie, Reggie Workman & Ron Carter came of age in the next generation. 

Edited November 13 by trane_fanatic

[Teasing the Korean]

14 hours ago, Dan Gould said:

Oh wow - the last month has been rough, first Golson, then LD and now Haynes.

Plus Q!

[Dan Gould]

1 hour ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Plus Q!

Q is hugely important to "Music" and his loss was sad. But the ones that hit me are Golson, LD and Haynes.

[tranemonk]

I was so lucky to see him, here in Boston. Today's Boston Globe has a good obit on him. I agree with the many good things said. When I saw him he was probably in his 70s and still dressed better than most of us.

 

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/12/metro/roy-haynes-sublime-inventive-jazz-drummer-dies-99/

[Pim]

He was an drummer. Must be something if you’re able to say you’ve played with both Bird and Trane. 
 

Haynes finest moment imo:

that’s some serious tight drumming 😍. Not a lot of people could have replaced Jones without affecting the chemistry of the Classic Quartet

RIP Mr Haynes you were amazing.

[mjazzg]

'nuff said.

What a musical life

 

[clifford_thornton]

7 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

'nuff said.

What a musical life

 

Quote

AAJ: I was just listening to Roy Haynes playing with Andrew Hill [Black Fire, Blue Note 4151] and I was thinking to myself, wow, Roy Haynes in '63 sounds like Sunny Murray in '61!

SM [laughing]: Let me tell you a little story now that you mentioned that; well Cecil got this gig at a place on Bleecker and Broadway called Take 3, and we played there about a month. It was the kind of place that would be open all night, there'd be drunken soldiers and gay guys fighting, and hookers, and we made a dollar and a half, some nights two. And one night while I was playing, and Cecil says to me 'Sunny' and I said 'what, we just got started, what's up?' And Cecil whispers, 'Max Roach is in the audience. He's sittin' right up front.' And I almost lost my sticks, you know. And so he stayed a set, and then the night after, it's very true, speaking of Roy Haynes, I was setting up and sitting at my drums, and you know I love these cats and I would carry these cats on my shoulders somewhere, and I looked behind me, Roy Haynes is sitting there in the same funky donkey grace. And he smiles and he says, 'you don't like someone sitting behind you, right?' And I said, 'no sir, that's right.' And he laughs and said okay, and he went and sat in front. And we've been friends and I told this story to his son, Graham, and Graham saw me later (we played together a lot) and said 'dad said exactly what you said, man.'

From an interview I did with Murray in 2003. It's on the AAJ site, which I detest and refuse to drive traffic to, but if you want me to email you a pdf I'll gladly do that.

[mjazzg]

8 minutes ago, clifford_thornton said:

From an interview I did with Murray in 2003. It's on the AAJ site, which I detest and refuse to drive traffic to, but if you want me to email you a pdf I'll gladly do that.

Yes please, I'll dm

[colinmce]

10 hours ago, trane_fanatic said:

Looks like Terry Gibbs, Martial Solal, Dick Hyman, Sheila Jordan, Marshall Allen & Bill Crow in addition to Sonny are the last notable contemporaries alive from that era. Guys like Herbie, Reggie Workman & Ron Carter came of age in the next generation. 

Might add Helen Merrill and Dizzy Reece to the first list as well. 

[Jason Bivins]

RIP to one of the very greatest.

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

From an interview I did with Murray in 2003. It's on the AAJ site, which I detest and refuse to drive traffic to, but if you want me to email you a pdf I'll gladly do that.

Thnx for sharing ....

[medjuck]

On 11/13/2024 at 8:50 AM, colinmce said:

Might add Helen Merrill and Dizzy Reece to the first list as well. 

And Gene di Novi. I forgot that he had played with Bird as well as Prez. 

Radio broadcasts with Bird from Royal Roost on March 5th and March 12th 1949.

Recorded with Pres on Dec 29 '47.  Results now on Blue Note. To the best of my knowledge still alive and living in Toronto.  (Not sure he's still in Toronto.) 

Edited November 14 by medjuck

[jazzbo]

I forgot about that. He's a great player.

[Gheorghe]

One of my favourites, I loved everything he did with Bird, Diz, Bud and with Trane and with his own group. 

Saw him live I think about 2005 or so....., but the others where unknown to me. 

He must be the last one, who stil lived recently and had played with Bird and with Bud. 

His recordings with Bird on St. Nick,  on Summit Meeting at Birdland (the best) and on "Happy Bird" , all of them live recordings are treat. 

Especially I like that set at Birdland with Bird and Diz and Bud (those great "genullmen" of modern music ---quote from Symphony Sid) , that´s some of the greatest bop ever. 

And on recordings with Bud Powell in Quintet and Trio he is much better recorded than others. The best one again are the quintet recordings like those with Bird and Diz or the one with Fats and Rollins, and listen to "Winter Session" from the Birdland recordings and you know why it sounds better than other trio recordings: Because of Roy Haynes!!!!! And on that strange and late discovered "Kavakos Club Washington", same here, listen to Roy playing on "Woodyn You" and "Salt Peanuts"....

[tranemonk]

I thought I read somewhere (Instagram?) from a fellow musician that he had gotten dementia. Can anyone else confirm that?

[Peter Friedman]

Glad I had the chance to see him  play live a few times. A fantastic drummer.

R.I.P.

[JSngry]

9 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

 

He must be the last one, who stil lived recently and had played with Bird and with Bud. 

Until otherwise declared, there is still Sonny Rollins.

[medjuck]

31 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Until otherwise declared, there is still Sonny Rollins.

And as I said above Gene di Novi.

[JSngry]

Did he also play with Bud too?