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Roy Haynes
Released 2004

Greensleeves
08:20
34 plays

Summer Night
07:55
33 plays

Butch and Butch
04:50
32 plays

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- 1
- Greensleeves
- 08:20
- 34 plays

- 2
- Twinkle Trinkle
- 05:55
- 24 plays

- 3
- Summer Night
- 07:55
- 33 plays

- 4
- Ask Me Now
- 08:55
- 26 plays

- 5
- Butch and Butch
- 04:50
- 32 plays

- 6
- Inner Trust
- 10:53
- 25 plays

- 7
- Green Chimneys
- 08:08
- 26 plays

- 8
- Remember
- 06:12
- 28 plays

- 9
- Question & Answer
- 10:16
- 111 plays

album review

Drummer Roy Haynes chose a perfect title for this album: at 79 years of age, he is an undisputed elder statesman of jazz and one of the few surviving ambassadors from the bebop past; at the same time, he plays with the kind of energy and unflagging invention that would be the envy of a drummer one-third his age. Fountain of Youth was recorded live in December of 2002 at the legendary Birdland club in New York City. Haynes leads a quartet that also features pianist Martin Bejerano, saxophonist Marcus Strickland, and bassist John Sullivan. The program opens with a brilliant jazz-waltz setting of the traditional English tune "Greensleeves," and then proceeds to survey both bebop standards (there are no fewer than three Thelonious Monk compositions on the nine-track program), Tin Pan Alley classics (Irving Berlin's "Remember"), and even a Pat Metheny tune (the lovely "Question and Answer"). Everyone plays with both fire and elegance, especially on the dancing "Butch and Butch" and a lovely, meditative rendition of Monk's "Ask Me Now." And while Haynes always plays with consummate taste and never consciously upstages his young bandmates, a listener paying any attention at all will be constantly surprised by his inventive and exquisitely tasteful rhythmic exclamations and subtle prods. Very highly recommended. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide