On November 12, 2024 Roy Owen Haynes died aged 99. He was musician (drums), regarded as one of best and most influential drummers in the history of jazz music. In his career lasting over 80 years he recorded and performed with the best known and most important jazz musicians, including Miles Davis, Lester Young, Kai Winding, Stan Getz, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Wardell Gray, Sarah Vaughan, Cal Tjader, Eddie Shu, Nat Adderley, Milt Jackson, Red Rodney, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Art Farmer, Art Blakey, Dorothy Ashby, John Handy, George Shearing, Randy Weston, Kenny Burrell, Phineas Newborn, Jr, Sonny Stitt, Lee Konitz, Eric Dolphy, Etta Jones, Booker Little, Betty Roché, Tommy Flanagan, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Oliver Nelson, Sonny Stitt, Kai Winding, J. J. Johnson, Lem Winchester, Steve Lacy, Ray Charles, Jaki Byard, Ted Curson, Bob Brookmeyer, Jackie Paris, Roland Kirk, Willis Jackson, McCoy Tyner, Ted Curson, John Coltrane, Frank Wess, Andrew Hill, Jackie McLean, Jimmy Witherspoon, Gary Burton, Archie Shepp, Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, Leon Thomas, Clifford Jordan, Pharoah Sanders, Gato Barbieri, Dave Brubeck, Duke Jordan, Warne Marsh, Mary Lou Williams, Nick Brignola, Dizzy Reece, Johnny Griffin, Alice Coltrane, Art Pepper, Sal Nistico, Red Garland, Hank Jones, Stanley Cowell, Joe Albany, Freddie Hubbard, Toshiyuki Honda, Michel Petrucciani, Mark Isaacs, Dave Holland, Pat Metheny and Kenny Barron. Roy Haynes received big number of awards including “Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award” by the “National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences”, and the award at the “Special Merit Awards Ceremony & Nominees Reception” of the “54th Annual Grammy Awards”. In 2019, Haynes was given the “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the “Jazz Foundation of America”. As leader and co-leader, Roy Haynes released 32 albums.
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Miles Davis: Filles De Kilimanjaro
In December 1968, “Columbia” label released “Filles de Kilimanjaro”, the 40th Miles Davis album. It was recorded June – September 1968, at “Columbia 30th Street” in New York City, and was produced by Teo Mecero.
Personnel:
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
- Herbie Hancock – electric piano
- Chick Corea – piano, RMI electra-piano
- Ron Carter – electric bass
- Dave Holland – double bass
- Tony Williams – drums
- Frank Laico, Arthur Kendy – engineer
- Hiro – cover art
Track listing:
All tracks by Miles Davis.
- Frelon Brun
- Tout de Suite
- Petits Machins
- Filles de Kilimanjaro
- Mademoiselle Mabry
Miles Davis: Live-Evil
On November 17, 1971, “Columbia” label released “Live-Evil”, album of live and studio recordings by Miles Davis. It was recorded February – June 1970, at “Columbia Studio B” in New York City, December 1970, at “The Cellar Door” in Washington, D.C., and was produced by Teo Macero.
Personnel:
- Miles Davis – trumpet, electric trumpet with wah-wah
- Herbie Hancock – electric piano
- Chick Corea – electric piano
- Keith Jarrett – electric piano, organ
- Joe Zawinul – electric piano
- Khalil Balakrishna – electric sitar
- Gary Bartz – soprano and alto saxophone
- Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone
- Steve Grossman – soprano saxophone
- John McLaughlin – electric guitar
- Dave Holland – acoustic and electric bass
- Ron Carter – acoustic bass
- Michael Henderson – electric bass
- Hermeto Pascoal – vocals, voice, drums, electric piano, whistling
- Jack DeJohnette – drums
- Billy Cobham – drums
- Airto Moreira – percussion
Track listing:
- Sivad – Miles Davis
- Little Church – Hermeto Pascoal
- Medley: Gemini/Double Image – Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul
- What I Say – Miles Davis
- Nem Um Talvez – Hermeto Pascoal
- Selim – Hermeto Pascoal
- Funky Tonk – Miles Davis
- Inamorata and Narration by Conrad Roberts – Miles Davis
Gary Burton: Like Minds
On November 3, 1998, “Concord” label released “Like Minds”, the 53rd Gary Burton album. It was recorded in December 1997, at “Avatar Sound Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Gary Burton. In 1998, the album won “Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group”.
Personnel:
- Gary Burton – vibraphone
- Chick Corea – piano
- Pat Metheny – guitar
- Dave Holland – double bass
- Roy Haynes – drums
- James Farber – engineer, mixing
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Darlene Barbaria – art direction, design
Track listing:
All tracks by Pat Metheny except where noted.
- Questions and Answers
- Elucidation
- Windows
- Futures
- Like Minds
- Country Roads
- Tears of Rain
- Soon – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
- Straight Up and Down – Chick Corea
Maria Muldaur: Same
In August 1973, “Reprise” label released the self-titled, debut Maria Muldaur album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Warner Bros Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and Joe Boyd.
Personnel:
- Maria Muldaur – vocals
- Ry Cooder – acoustic guitar
- Andrew Gold – acoustic guitar
- David Nichtern – acoustic and electric guitar
- Clarence White – acoustic guitar
- David Lindley – Hawaiian guitar
- Bill Keith – banjo, steel guitar
- David Grisman – mandolin
- Dr. John – keyboards, horn arrangements
- Jim Dickinson – piano
- Mark T. Jordan – piano
- Spooner Oldham – piano
- Greg Prestopino – vocal and background vocals, piano
- James Gordon – organ, clarinet
- Chris Ethridge – bass
- Klaus Voormann – bass
- Ray Brown – bass
- Dave Holland – bowed bass
- Jimmy Calhoun – bass
- Tommy McClure – bass
- Freebo – bass
- Amos Garrett – vocals, bass, guitar
- Jim Keltner – drums
- Ed Shaughnessy – drums
- John Boudreaux – drums
- Jim Gordon – drums
- Chris Parker – drums
- Nick DeCaro – accordion, string arrangements
- Jerry Jumonville – alto horn, horn arrangements
- Artie Butler – alto horn, horn arrangements
- Richard Greene – violin
- Beryl Marriott – violin
- Larry Packer – violin, viola
- Karen Alexander – backing vocals
- Gloria Jones – backing vocals
- Ellen Kearney – backing vocals
- Bettye LaVette – backing vocals
- Jessica Smith – backing vocals
Track listing:
- Any Old Time – Jimmie Rodgers
- Midnight at the Oasis – David Nichtern
- My Tennessee Mountain Home – Dolly Parton
- I Never Did Sing You a Love Song – David Nichtern
- The Work Song – Kate McGarrigle
- Don’t You Feel My Leg (Don’t You Get Me High) – Blue Lu Barker, Danny Barker, J. Mayo Williams
- Walkin’ One and Only – Dan Hicks
- Long Hard Climb – Ron Davies
- Three Dollar Bill – Mac Rebennack
- Vaudeville Man – Wendy Waldman
- Mad Mad Me – Wendy Waldman
Dave Holland & Sam Rivers: Dave Holland/Sam Rivers
On February 17, 1976, “Improvising Artists” label released “Dave Holland / Sam Rivers”, an album by Dave Holland and Sam Rivers. It was recorded in December 1975, at “Big Apple Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Paul Bley.
Personnel:
- Sam Rivers – soprano and tenor saxophone
- Dave Holland – bass
Track listing:
All tracks by Sam Rivers.
- Waterfall
- Cascade
Trapeze: Same
In May 1970, “Treshold” label released the self-titled, debut Trapeze album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Morgan Studios” and “Decca Studeios” in London, and was produced by John Lodge.
Personnel:
- Glenn Hughes – lead vocals, bass, guitars, trombone
- Mel Galley – guitars, bass, backing vocals
- Terry Rowley – organ, piano, flute, guitars
- Dave Holland – drums
- John Jones – co-lead vocals, trumpet
- Roger Quested – engineer
- Chris Neal – engineer
- Bill Price – engineer
- John Punter – engineer
- David Wedgbury – photography
- Barry Wentzell – photography
Track listing:
- It’s Only a Dream – Mel Gailey
- The Giant’s Dead Hoorah – Glen Hughes
- Over – John Jones, Mel Gailey
- Nancy Gray – Glen Hughes
- Fairytale/Verily Verily/Fairytale – John Jones, Mel Gailey
- It’s My Life – John Jones, Mel Gailey
- Am O – Glen Hughes
- Suicide – John Jones, Mel Gailey
- Wings – Glen Hughes, Terry Rowley
- Another Day – Mel Gailey, Glen Hughes, John Jones
- Send Me No More Letters – Terry Rowley
- It’s Only a Dream (reprise) – Mel Gailey
James Carter: The Real Quiet Storm
On March 10, 1995, “Atlantic” label released “The Real Quiet Storm”, the third James Carter studio album. It was recorded October – November 1994, at “Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Yves Beauvais.
Personnel:
- James Carter – soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, bass flute, bass clarinet
- Craig Taborn – piano
- Dave Holland – bass
- Jaribu Shahid – bass
- Leon Parker – drums
- Tani Tabbal – drums
Track listing:
- ‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
- You Never Told Me That You Care – Hobart Dotson, Sun Ra
- The Intimacy of My Woman’s Beautiful Eyes – James Carter
- 1944 Stomp – Don Byas
- The Stevedore’s Serenade – Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon
- Born to Be Blue – Mel Tormé, Robert Wells
- Deep Throat Blues – James Carter
- A Ballad for a Doll – Jackie McLean
- Eventide – Bill Doggett
Miles Davis: Jack Johnson
On February 24, 1971, “Columbia” label released “Jack Johnson”, the 39th Miles Davis album. It was recorded February – April 1970, at “30th Street” in New York City, and was produced by Teo Macero.
Personnel:
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- Steve Grossman – soprano saxophone
- Bennie Maupin – bass clarinet
- John McLaughlin – electric guitar
- Sonny Sharrock – electric guitar
- Herbie Hancock – organ
- Chick Corea – electric piano
- Dave Holland – electric bass
- Michael Henderson – electric bass
- Jack DeJohnette – drums
- Billy Cobham – drums
- Brock Peters – narration
- Teo Macero – conduction of “unknown orchestra”
- Stan Tonkel – engineering
Track listing:
All tracks by Miles Davis.
- Right Off
- Yesternow
Terence Blamchard: Wandering Moon
On February 15, 2000, “Sony Classical” label released “Wandering Moon”, the 13th Terence Blanchard album. It was recorded in June 1999, at “Clinton Recording Studios, Studio A” in New York City, and was produced by Terence Blanchard.
Personnel:
- Terence Blanchard – trumpet, liner notes
- Aaron Fletcher – alto saxophone
- Branford Marsalis – tenor saxophone
- Brice Winston – tenor saxophone
- Dave Holland – bass
- Eric Harland – drums
- Edward Simon – piano
- Jim Anderson – engineer
- Giulio Turturro – art direction
- Jimmy Katz – photography
- Laraine Perri – executive producer
- Robin Burgess – associate producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Terence Blanchard.
- Luna Viajera
- If I Could I Would
- Bass Solo
- My Only Thought of You
- Simplemente Simon
- Sweet’s Dream
- Sidney
- The Process – Edward Simon
- Joe & O
- I Thought About You – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer
