Roy! Haynes!

“.. that ‘Shulie a Bop’ with Sarah Vaughan  , which was in 1954 – where she introduces the trio in the song and just before she says my name I say, “Bap!” And she says “Roy!” I say “Bap-bap-bap!” “Haynes!”   Snap Crackle’ – other musicians called me that, and I always thought it’d be a good song title, and I decided to do an introduction like ‘Shulie a Bop.’ That’s Tommy saying ‘Roy!’ and ‘Haynes!’ We tried it first with Rahsaan, but for some reason he was sort of spaced,” - Roy Haynes

First off I'd like to thank Grand Theft Auto 4 for introducing me to the wonders of Roy Haynes, as a young kid learning about the great tradition of the music, JNR (Jazz Nation Radio) was an important part of development for me. He used to host the station and his enthusiasm for life and music was infectious! This song would always play and i became enamored with it. The consummate drummers drummer, I have nothing but good things to say about Roy Haynes. Thank you Roy for reminding me that music is supposed to be fun!

Hope everyone can enjoy a little piece of drum history and a little piece of Roys great contributions to music. 

Roland Kirk (ts, manzello, stritch, fl) Tommy Flanagan (p) Henry Grimes (b) Roy Haynes (d) Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 16 & 23, 1962 

Fun Fact: The album cover is taken just outside Van Gelders studio in the forest around somewhere haha.