Friday, June 12, 2009

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"."

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  2. http://rapidshare.com/files/233462230/_Live_At_The_Riverbop_.zip

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  3. I really like this lp specially "true or false" that i play again and again and enjoy more and more...THANK YOU from France

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  4. Thanks Jacques, I really like footprints, though the whole album grooves. Cool!

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  5. here is the missing information for this recording:

    Recorded December 21, 1979 at the Riverbop Jazz Club in Paris.

    ARTISTS
    Ricardo Strobert (alto sax, flute); Marcus Fiorillo (guitar); David Jackson (bass); Roy Haynes (drums, percussion)
    TRACKS

    1.
    True or False
    2.
    Little Sun Flower
    3.
    Footprints
    4.
    I'm So High
    5.
    Full Flight
    6.
    Riverbop Blues
    7.
    I'm So High (reprise)

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