Roy Haynes - 1972 - Senyah

Roy Haynes

1972

Senyah

01. Sillie Willie 7:48
02. Little Titan 7:22
03. Senyah 5:30
04. Full Moon 6:14
05. Brujeria Con Salsa 4:01

Roy Haynes – drums, timpani
Marvin Peterson – trumpet
George Adams – tenor saxophone
Carl Schroeder – piano
Roland Prince – guitar
Don Pate – bass
Lawrence Killian – congas

Originally Mainstream MRL 351.
Recorded in 1972.

Roy Owen Haynes (born March 13, 1925) is an American jazz drummer and group leader. Haynes is among the most recorded drummers in jazz, and in a career lasting over 70 years has played in a wide range of styles ranging from swing and bebop to jazz fusion and avant-garde jazz. He has a highly expressive, personal style ("Snap Crackle" was a nickname given him in the 1950s).

He has also led his own groups, some performing under the name Hip Ensemble. His recordings as a leader, Fountain of Youth and Whereas, were nominated for a Grammy Award. He continues to perform worldwide and was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1999. His son Graham Haynes is a cornetist; his son Craig Haynes and grandson Marcus Gilmore are both drummers.

The energetic material here, features the great Roy Haynes leading a killer funky date with Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson on trumpet, George Adams on tenor saxophone, bassist Don Pate, congquero Lawrence Killian pianist Carl Schroeder and guitarist Roland Price. Adams wrote two stellar numbers on the set in "Silly Willie" and Full Moon, while Haynes and Peterson contributed one each. This set is a burner, featruing Haynes in an entirely new light.