When Roy Haynes sat down at the tiny kit on the stage of the Everyman Theatre, during the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival in 2005, he shook his head ruefully and said, "Man, I feel like a midget!" Rising above the audience laughter, somewhere in the depths of the theatre, a voice replied, "Roy, you're a giant!" And so he was.Roy Haynes might not have had such a big, powerful sound as Art Blakey or Elvin Jones but he was an inventive, intuitive drummer, understated in some ways, yet passionate and rhythmically provocative... [ read more ]
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