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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John Coltrane:The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording
On September 25, 2001, “Impulse!” label released “The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording”, the final live John Coltrane recording. It was recorded in April 1967, at the “Olatunji Center of African Culture” in New York City, and was produced by Bryan Koniarz.
Personnel:
- John Coltrane – soprano and tenor saxophone
- Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone
- Alice Coltrane – piano
- Jimmy Garrison – double bass
- Rashied Ali – drums
- Algie DeWitt – Batá drum, double bass
- Jumma Santos – percussion
Track listing:
- Introduction by Billy Taylor
- Ogunde – John Coltrane
- My Favorite Things – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein
Dave Burrell: High Won-High Two
On September 9, 1968, “Black Lion” label released “High Won-High Two”, the second Dave Burrell studio album. It was recorded in February 1968, and was produced by Michael Cuscuna and Alan Douglas.
Personnel:
- Dave Burrell — piano, arranger
- Pharoah Sanders — tambourine
- Norris Sirone Jones — bass
- Bobby Kapp – drums
- Sunny Murray — drums
- Malcolm Walker — design
- Raymond Ross — photography
- Stanley Crouch — liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Dave Burrell, except where noted.
- West Side Story Medley – Leonard Bernstein
- Oozi Oozi
- Bittersweet Reminiscence
- Bobby and Si
- Dave Blue
- Margie Pargie (A.M. Rag)
- East Side Colors
- Theme Stream/Dave Blue/Bittersweet Reminiscence/Bobby and Si/M
John Coltrane: OM
In January 1968, “Impulse!” label released “Om”, a posthumously-released John Coltrane album. It was recorded in October 1965, at “Camelot Sound Studios” in Seattle, Washington, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
- John Coltrane – soprano and tenor saxophone
- Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone
- Donald Rafael Garrett – clarinet, double bass
- Joe Brazil – flute
- McCoy Tyner – piano
- Jimmy Garrison – bass
- Elvin Jones – drums
- Jan Kurtis – engineer
- Robert and Barbara Flynn – cover design
- Joe Lebow – liner design
- Bill Levy – photography
- Nat Hentoff – liner notes
Track listing:
- Om, Part 1
- Om, Part 2
Pharoah Sanders: Village Of The Pharoahs
In November 1973, “Impulse!” label released “Village of the Pharoahs”, the eleventh Pharoah Sanders album. It was recorded in December 1971, November 1972, September 1973, at “Wally Heider Sound Studios” in San Francisco, “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, “A&R Recording Studios” in New York, and was produced by Ed Michel.
Personnel:
- Pharoah Sanders – vocals, soprano and tenor saxophone, percussion, bells
- Sedatrius Brown – vocals
- Joe Bonner – vocals, piano, shakuhachi, flute, percussion
- Stanley Clarke, Calvin Hill, Cecil McBee – bass
- Norman Connors – drums
- Jimmy Hopps – vocals, drums, percussion
- Kylo Kylo – tambura, percussion
- Lawrence Killian – vocals, conga, percussion
- Kenneth Nash – sakara, murdunom, percussion, whistles
- Baker Bigsby – engineer, mixing
- Dixon Van Winkle – engineer
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
- Tim Bryant – design
- Philip Melnick – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Pharoah Sanders.
- Village of the Pharoahs Part 1
- Village of the Pharoahs Part 2
- Village of the Pharoahs Part 3
- Myth
- Mansion Worlds
- Memories of Lee Morgan
- Went Like It Came
Pharoah Sanders: Deaf Dumb Blind
In October 1970, “Impulse!” released “Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun)”, the fifth Pharoah Sanders album. It was recorded in July 1970, at “A & R Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Ed Michel.
Personnel:
- Pharoah Sanders – soprano saxophone, cow horn, bells, tritone whistle, cowbells, wood flute, thumb piano, percussion
- Woody Shaw – trumpet, maracas, yodeling, percussion
- Gary Bartz – alto saxophone, bells, cowbell, shakers, percussion
- Lonnie Liston Smith – piano, cowbell, thumb piano, percussion
- Cecil McBee – bass
- Clifford Jarvis – drums
- Nat Bettis – xylophone, yodeling, African percussion
- Anthony Wiles – conga drum, African percussion
- Dave Green – engineer
- Dixon Van Winkle – engineer
- Wallace Caldwell – design
- Jameelah Ali – liner notes
Track listing:
- Summun, Bukmun, Umyun – Pharoah Sanders
- Let Us Go into The House of The Lord – arranged by Lonnie Liston Smith
Pharaoh Sanders: Tauhid
In October 1967, “Impulse!” label released “Tauhid”, the second Pharoah Sanders album. It was recorded in November 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
- Pharoah Sanders – vocals, alto and tenor saxophone, piccolo
- Sonny Sharrock – guitar
- Dave Burrell – piano
- Henry Grimes – bass
- Roger Blank – drums
- Nat Bettis – percussion
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording
- Joe Lebow – design
- Nat Hentoff – liner notes
Track listing
All tracks by Pharoah Sanders
- Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt
- Japan
- Medley: Aum/Venus/Capricorn Rising
John Coltrane: Infinity
In September 1972, “Impulse!’ label released “Infinity”, album by John Coltrane. It features overdubs with strings of Coltrane’s pieces recorded in 1965 and 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, “Coast Recorders” in San Francisco, and was produced by Ed Mitchell.
Personnel:
Original performance
- John Coltrane – soprano and tenor sax, bass clarinet, percussion, bells
- Pharoah Sanders – tenor sax, flute, piccolo, tambourine, percussion
- McCoy Tyner – piano
- Alice Coltrane – piano, organ
- Jimmy Garrison – bass
- Elvin Jones – drums
- Rashied Ali – drums
- Ray Appleton – percussion
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording
- Baker Bigsby – engineer
Overdubbed with arrangements (recorded at “The village Recorder” in Los Angeles)
- Alice Coltrane – piano, harp, organ, vibraphone, tamboura, timpani
- Joan Chapman – tamboura
- Charlie Haden – bass
- Oran Coltrane – bells
String orchestra
- James Getzoff, Gerald Vinci, Gordon Marron, Michael White – violin
- Rollice Dale, Myra Kestenbaum – viola
- Jesse Ehrlich, Edgar Lustgarten – cello
- Murray Adler – concertmaster
Track listing:
All tracks by John Coltrane.
- Peace on Earth
- Living Space
- Joy
- Leo
John Coltrane: Expression
In September 1967, “Impulse!” label released “Expression”, first posthumous release of John Coltrane recordings and the last album he personally authorized. “Expression” was released two months after his death (July 17, 1967). It was recorded February – March 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
- John Coltrane – tenor saxophone, flute
- Pharoah Sanders – flute, piccolo, tambourine
- Alice Coltrane – piano
- Jimmy Garrison – bass
- Rashied Ali – drums
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording
- Victor Kalin – cover art
Track listing:
All tracks by John Coltrane.
- Ogunde
- To Be
- Offering
- Expression
Alice Coltrane: Ptah, The El Daoud
In September 1970, “Impulse!” label released “Ptah, the El Daoud”, the third Alice Coltrane studio album. It was recorded in January 1970, in Coltrane’s house in Long Island, New York, and was produced by Ed Michel.
Personnel:
- Alice Coltrane – harp, piano,
- Pharoah Sanders – tenor sax, alto flute, bells
- Joe Henderson – tenor sax, alto flute
- Ron Carter – bass
- Ben Riley – drums
- Jim Evans – design
Track listing:
All tracks by Alice Coltrane.
- Ptah, the El Daoud
- Turiya and Ramakrishna
- Blue Nile
- Mantra
