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.

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

A real standout in the career of drummer Roy Haynes – and a sweet set of spiritual jazz from the 70s, unlike most other albums that Haynes ever cut! The lineup here is totally great – with George Adams on tenor, Marvin Peterson on trumpet, and Roland Prince on guitar – and the set has a slightly electric groove that blends beautifully with the soaring acoustic solo work by the main players – in a style that's strongly reminiscent of the best work on Strata East, Black Jazz, or Muse at the time! This album's definitely one of the few times that Mainstream really got things "right" in the studio – and Haynes is superb at the helm of the group, making things come off with a great sense of exploratory creativity