Roy Haynes, Live at the Riverbop (1979 Blue Marge)

Dusty Groove writes: "A hip 70s session from Roy Haynes -- recorded in Paris, and a fair bit different than some of his few American dates of the time! The group's a very cool one -- with alto and flute from Ricardo Strobert, plus guitar, electric bass, and Roy's drums -- a groove that's partly electric, but not really in a fusion way -- more a semi-spiritual jazz vibe, with almost a Strata East or Black Jazz undercurrent at times! Haynes wrote most of the tunes for the record, and they're some very sharp-edged numbers -- never as arch-modern as some of his work in later years, and instead handled with a wicked sense of rhythm -- almost a deeper 70s extension of the wonderful groove that Roy brought to his few dates as a leader in the 60s. The whole thing's a key lost chapter in Haynes career -- and titles include versions of Freddie Hubbard's "Little Sunflower" and Wayne Shorter's "Foot Prints" -- plus the originals "I'm So High", "Bull Fight", "Riverbop Blues", and "True or False"."