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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Jane Monheit: Never Never Land
On May 9, 2000, “N-Coded” label released “Never Never Land”, the debut Jane Monheit album. It was recorded in January 2000, and was produced by Joel Dorn and Carl Griffin.
Personnel:
- Jane Monheit– vocals, vocal arrangements
- Kenny Barron– piano
- Bucky Pizzarelli– guitar
- Ron Carter– bass
- Lewis Nash– drums
- Hank Crawford– alto saxophone
- David “Fathead” Newman– flute, tenor saxophone
- David Berkman– arrangements
- Peter Eldridge – arrangements
- Tom Shick – engineer, mixing
- Todd Parker – engineer assistant
- Gene Paul – mixing, mastering
- Carl Griffin – executive producer
Track listing:
- Please Be Kind – Saul Chapin, Sammy Cahn
- Detour Ahead – Herb Ellis, Johnny Frigo, Lou Carter
- More Than You Know – Vincent Youmans, Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu
- Dindi – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Aloisio de Oliveira, Ray Gilbert
- Save Your Love for Me – Buddy Johnson
- Never Let Me Go – Ray Evans, Jay Livingston
- My Foolish Heart – Victor Young, Ned Washington
- I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) – Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster
- Twisted – Wardell Gray, Annie Ross
- Never Never Land – Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne
Joni MItchell: Court and Spark
On January 1, 1974, “Asylum” label released “Court and Spark”, the sixth Joni Mitchell studio album. It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Joni Mitchell. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in the US by the “RIAA” and was voted the best album of the year for 1974 in “The Village Voice Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.” In 2003, the album was ranked at number 113 in “Rolling Stone” magazine list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personnel:
- Joni Mitchell– lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, clavinet
- Larry Carlton– electric guitar
- Wayne Perkins– electric guitar
- Dennis Budimir – electric guitar
- Robbie Robertson– electric guitar
- José Feliciano– electric guitar
- Joe Sample– electric piano, clavinet
- Wilton Felder– bass
- Max Bennett– bass
- Jim Hughart – bass
- John Guerin– drums, percussion
- Milt Holland– chimes
- Tom Scott– woodwinds, reeds
- Chuck Findley– trumpet
- David Crosby– backing vocals
- Graham Nash– backing vocals
- Susan Webb – backing vocals
- Cheech Marin– backing voice
- Tommy Chong– backing voice
Track listing:
All track by Joni Mitchell, except where noted.
- Court and Spark
- Help me
- Free Man in Paris
- People’s Parties
- Same Situation
- Car on a Hill
- Down to You
- Just Like This Train
- Raise on Robbery
- Trouble Child
- Twisted – Annie Rose, Wardell Gray

