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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Stanley Turrentine: Joyride
In October 1965, “Blue Note” label released “Joyride”, the eleventh Stanley Turrentine album. It was recorded in April 1965, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
- Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
- Herbie Hancock – piano
- Kenny Burrell – guitar
- Bob Cranshaw – bass
- Grady Tate – drums
- Phil Woods – alto saxophone, clarinet
- Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone, flute, alto flute, clarinet, piccolo flute
- Danny Bank – baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, alto flute
- Robert Ashton – tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Albert J. Johnson – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
- Clark Terry, Ernie Royal, Snooky Young – trumpet
- Henry Coker, J.J. Johnson, Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
- Oliver Nelson – arranger, conductor
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing
- River’s Invitation – Percy Mayfield
- I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone – Buddy Johnson
- Little Sheri – Stanley Turrentine
- Mattie T. – Stanley Turrentine
- Bayou – Jimmy Smith
- A Taste of Honey – Ric Marlow, Robert Scott
Paul Gonsalves: Cleopatra Feelin’ Jazzy
On May 21, 1963, “Impulse!” label released “Cleopatra Feelin’ Jazzy”, the seventh Paul Gonsalves album. It was recorded in 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
- Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
- Hank Jones – piano
- Dick Hyman – organ
- Kenny Burrell – guitar
- George Duvivier – bass
- Roy Haynes – drums
- Manny Albam – percussion
- Joe Lebow – design
- Frank Gauna – photography
Track listing:
- Caesar and Cleopatra Theme – Alex North
- Antony and Cleopatra Theme – Alex North
- Bluz for Liz – Kenny Burrell
- Cleo’s Blues – Paul Gonsalves
- Action in Alexandria – Duke Ellington
- Cleo’s Asp – Kenny Burrell
- Cleopatra’s Lament – Manny Albam
Coleman Hawkins: The Hawk Relaxes
In April 1961, “Moodsville” label released “The Hawk Relaxes”, the 28th Coleman Hawkins album. It was recorded in February 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.
Personnel:
- Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
- Ronnell Bright – piano
- Kenny Burrell – guitar
- Ron Carter – bass
- Andrew Cyrille – drums
Track listing:
- I’ll Never Be The Same – Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli
- When Day Is Done – Buddy DeSylva, Robert Katscher
- Under a Blanket of Blue – Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes
- More Than You Know – Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans
- Moonglow – Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills
- Just a Gigolo – Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci
- Speak Low – Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill
The Prestige All Stars: All Day Long
In April 1957, “Prestige” label released “All Day Long”, the fifth Prestige All Stars (The) album. It was recorded in January 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Heckensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.
Personnel:
- Kenny Burrell – guitar
- Donald Byrd – trumpet
- Frank Foster – tenor sax
- Tommy Flanagan – piano
- Doug Watkins – bass
- Art Taylor – drums
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Track listing:
- All Day Long – Kenny Burrell
- Slim Jim – Donald Byrd
- Say Listen – Donald Byrd
- A.T. – Frank Foster
Gary McFarland: Soft Samba
In March 1966, “Verve” label released “Soft Samba”, the fourth Gary McFarland album. It was recorded June, September and October 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
- Gary McFarland – arranger, vibraphone
- Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
- Seldon Powell, Spencer Sinatra – flute
- Patty Bowen – piano
- Antônio Carlos Jobim, Kenny Burrell – guitar
- Richard Davis – double bass
- Arnie Wise, Sol Gubin, Willie Bobo – percussion
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
- Val Valentin – director of engineering
- Michael J. Malatak – design
- Lester Bookbinder – cover photography
- Wally King – liner notes
Track listing:
- Ringo, Won’t You Marry Me – Linda Laurie, Jerry Mack
- From Russia with Love – Lionel Bart
- She Loves You – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
- A Hard Day’s Night – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
- The Good Life – Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon
- More (Theme from Mondo Cane) – Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Marcello Ciorciolini, Norman Newell
- And I Love Her – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
- The Love Goddess – Percy Faith, Mack David
- I Want to Hold Your Hand – John Lennon, McCartney
- Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
- California, Here I Come – Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson, Joseph Meyer
- La Vie en Rose – Pierre Louiguy, Édith Piaf, Mack David
James Brown: Please Please Please
In December 1958, “King” label released “Please Please Please”, the debut James Brown and His Famous Flames studio album. It was recorded February 1956 – September 1958, and was produced by Ralph Bass.
Personnel:
- James Brown – lead vocals
- Bobby Byrd – piano, backing vocals
- Nafloyd Scott – guitar
- Johnny Terry – backing vocals
- Sylvester Keels – backing vocals
- Bill Hollings – backing vocals
- Louis Madison – backing vocals
- Kenny Burrell – guitar
- John Faire – guitar
- Eddie Freeman – guitar
- Alvin “Fats” Gonder – piano
- Ernie Hayes – piano
- Clarence Mack – bass
- Carl Pruitt – bass
- Edwyn Conley – bass
- David “Panama” Francis – drums
- Reginald Hall – drums
- Edison Gore – drums
- George Dorsey – alto saxophone
- Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone
- Wilbert Smith – tenor saxophone
- Ray Felder – tenor saxophone
Track listing:
All tracks by James Brown, except where noted.
- Please, Please, Please – James Brown, John Terry
- Chonnie-On-Chon – James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Nafloyd Scott, Wilbert Smith
- Hold My Baby’s Hand – James Brown, Trevor Smith
- I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On – Nashpendle Knox, Nafloyd Scott
- Just Won’t Do Right
- Baby Cries Over the Ocean
- I Don’t Know – James Brown, John Terry
- Tell Me What I Did Wrong
- Try Me
- That Dood It – Rudy Thomas, Rosie Marie McCoy
- Begging, Begging – Julius Dixson, Rudy Toombs
- I Walked Alone – Nashpendle Knox, Nafloyd Scott
- No, No, No, No
- That’s When I Lost My Heart
- Let’s make It
- Love or a Game
Gil Evans: The Individualism Of Gil Evans
In September 1964, “Verve” label released “The Individualism of Gil Evans”, the sixth Gil Evans album. It was recorded September 1963, April, May, July and October 1964, at “A&R Studios” and “Webster Hall” in New York City, “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
- Gil Evans – piano, arrangements, conductor
- Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone
- Phil Woods – solo alto saxophone
- Wayne Shorter – solo tenor saxophone
- Johnny Coles – solo trumpet
- Thad Jones – trumpet
- Ernie Royal – trumpet
- Bernie Glow – trumpet
- Louis Mucci – trumpet
- Jimmy Knepper – trombone
- Frank Rehak – trombone
- Jimmy Cleveland – solo trombone
- Tony Studd – trombone
- Bill Barber – tuba
- Eric Dolphy – flute, bass clarinet, alto saxophone
- Jerome Richardson – reeds, woodwinds
- Bob Tricarico – reeds, woodwinds
- Garvin Bushell – reeds, woodwinds
- Andy Fitzgerald – reeds, woodwinds
- George Marge – reeds, woodwinds
- Al Block – solo flute
- Julius Watkins – French horn
- Gil Cohen – French horn
- Don Corado – French horn
- Bob Northern – French horn
- Jimmy Buffington – French horn
- Ray Alonge – French horn
- Pete Levin – French Horn
- Harry Lookofsky – tenor violin
- Bob Maxwell – harp
- Margaret Ross – harp
- Kenny Burrell – guitar
- Barry Galbraith – guitar
- Gary Peacock – bass
- Ron Carter – bass
- Paul Chambers – bass
- Richard Davis – bass
- Ben Tucker – bass
- Milt Hinton – bass
- Elvin Jones – solo drums
- Osie Johnson – drums
- Val Valentin – director of engineering
- Bob Simpson – engineer
- Phil Ramone – engineer
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
- Gene Lees – liner notes
Track listing:
- Time of the Barracudas – Miles Davis, Gil Evans
- The Barbara Song – Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill
- Las Vegas Tango – Gil Evans
- Flute Song/Hotel Me – Miles Davis, Gil Evans
- El Toreador – Gil Evans
Kenny Burrell: Introducing Kenny Burrell
In September 1956, “Blue Note” label released “Introducing Kenny Burrell”, the debut Kenny Burrell album. It was recorded in May 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
- Kenny Burrell – guitar
- Tommy Flanagan – piano
- Paul Chambers – double bass
- Kenny Clarke – drums
- Candido Camero – conga
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording
- Reid K. Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Leonard Feather – liner notes
Track listing:
- This Time the Dream’s on Me – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
- Fugue ‘n’ Blues – Kenny Burrell
- Takeela – Kenny Burrell
- Weaver of Dreams – Jack Elliot, Victor Young
- Delilah – Victor Young
- Rhythmorama – Kenny Clarke
- Blues for Skeeter – Kenny Burrell
Randy Weston: Uhuru Afrika
In April 1961, “Roulette” label released “Uhuru Afrika”, the thirteenth Randy Weston album. It was recorded in November 1960, at “Bell Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Teddy Reig. The album features lyrics and liner notes by the poet Langston Hughes and was banned in South Africa in 1964.
Personnel:
- Randy Weston – piano
- Clark Terry – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Benny Bailey, Richard Williams, Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
- Slide Hampton, Jimmy Cleveland, Quentin Jackson – trombone
- Julius Watkins – French horn
- Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone, flute
- Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
- Sahib Shihab – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Budd Johnson – tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Jerome Richardson – baritone saxophone, piccolo
- Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
- Les Spann – guitar, flute
- Kenny Burrell – guitar
- George Duvivier, Ron Carter – bass
- Max Roach, Charlie Persip – drums, percussion
- Wilbert Hogan – drums
- Babatunde Olatunji – percussion
- Armando Peraza – bongos
- Candido Camero – congas
- Martha Flowers, Brock Peters – vocals
- Tuntemeke Sanga – narrator
- Melba Liston – arranger
Track listing:
All tracks by Randy Weston, except where noted.
- Introduction: Uhuru Kwanza – Langston Hughes
- First Movement: Uhuru Kwanza
- Second Movement: African Lady – Randy Weston, Langston Hughes
- Third Movement: Bantu
- Fourth Movement: Kucheza Blues
