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Performer: Roy Haynes
Artist: David Kikoski; Ralph Moore
Engineer: Herve Le Guil...
Producer: Jean-Paul Rodrigue...
Distributor: Select-O-Hits

Notes: Personnel: Roy Haynes (drums); Ralph Moore (tenor saxophone); David Kikoski (piano); Ed Howard (bass). Recorded live at the Magnetic Terrace, Paris, France on October 30, 1986. Includes liner notes by Howard Mandel. Personnel: Roy Haynes (drums); Ralph Moore (tenor saxophone); Dave Kikoski (piano). Liner Note Author: Howard Mandel. Recording information: Magnetic Terrace, Paris, France (10/30/1986). Photographers: Jeff Sedlik; Christian Ducasse. After decades of rarely leading any sessions, drummer Roy Haynes in the 1980s and '90s finally received chances to make his own records. This 1986 Paris performance, not released domestically until Evidence put this CD in 1997, finds Haynes inspiring tenorman Ralph Moore (Trane-ish but sounding fairly original), pianist David Kikoski and bassist Ed Howard to some high-quality straight-ahead playing. The nine selections are consistently rewarding, with highlights including an uptempo "Limehouse Blues," Charlie Parker's "Big Foot," Chick Corea's "Bud Powell," Thelonious Monk's "Played Twice" and Sonny Rollins' exuberant "The Everywhere Calypso." Easily recommended to hard bop collectors. ~ Scott Yanow

Down Beat (6/97, p.48) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...it's a miracle how buoyant, fresh and full of youth Roy Haynes is at age 71....it's his drumming...that raises the rather familiar material out of mainstream hard-bop routine to another level..."

While Roy Haynes's first big break came in 1947, backing legendary saxophonist Lester Young, it was not until 1958's WE THREE that his name graced the front of an LP. That's not to understate the importance of the Boston born drummer's steady beat in the history of jazz; with a career that eclipsed a half-century, the ground-breaking skins man sat in with much of the jazz universe, from Young to Miles Davis to Charlie Parker to Eric Dolphy. Haynes maintained a career into the 21st Century, as comfortable in swing as in the avant-garde, boasting a style and a knack for experimentation equaling that of his collaborators.

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