Members MarkZ Posted August 17, 2005 Members Posted August 17, 2005 Newport Salutes Jazz Drummer Roy Haynes Published: August 17, 2005Filed at 8:42 a.m. ET NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) -- Although veteran jazz drummer Roy Haynes turned 80 a few months ago, that didn't stop the audience at the JVC Jazz Festival-Newport from serenading him with a rousing chorus of ''Happy Birthday.'' Some of Haynes' musical friends also joined in the belated birthday celebration that closed this year's festival, including guitarist Pat Metheny, whose unannounced appearance drew a huge ovation. ''Actually my birthday was really March 13, but when you get to be this age you do what you want to do,'' Haynes bantered with the crowd. ''I've never had such a long birthday.'' Haynes, who has performed with Louis Armstrong, Lester Young, Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and many other jazz legends during his 60-plus-year career, opened his set Sunday by performing with his Fountain of Youth band -- musicians in their 20s who are about the same age as his grandchildren. They played tunes from their new album, including ''Trinkle, Tinkle'' by Thelonious Monk, whom the drummer played with in 1959-60. Haynes, who continues to be voted drummer of the year in polls of jazz critics and fans, then relived some of the later highlights of his career. Pianist Chick Corea, tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman and bassist Christian McBride -- who had played earlier Sunday at the festival -- teamed with the drummer to reform the band heard on Corea's 1997 ''Remembering Bud Powell'' album paying tribute to the pioneering bebop pianist. Metheny -- his trademark wild mane of hair stuffed beneath a baseball cap worn backward -- then walked onstage to play in a trio, quartet and quintet with Haynes. The trio recalled Metheny and Haynes' first recording together, the 1990 album ''Question & Answer,'' with McBride replacing the bassist on that session, Dave Holland. The festival closed on an inspired note with vibraphonist Gary Burton and Corea joining in a quintet with Metheny, McBride and Haynes to play the guitarist's composition ''Question & Answer'' -- reuniting most of the quintet heard on the Grammy-winning 1998 album, ''Like Minds.''
Members halljams Posted August 17, 2005 Members Posted August 17, 2005 Cool. I saw him in Portugal this year at the Estoril jazz festival.He didn't look that old.He played some great {censored}.
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