DRUMMER SUMMER. Pt 7: LUCKY. Follow the drummers. 'Hard Bop' flourishes with smart, athletic, humorous, inspired, determined, creative and lucky drummers. Roy Haynes has lived long, to play Bop, Hard Bop, and Avant-Garde with Parker, Monk, Coltrane, Metheny, Corea in the U.S., Europe, and yes... Letterman (video). Lucky for us. HARD CHOICES Saturdays 11am-1pm KMHD 89.1FM kmhd.org http://hardchoicesblog.blogspo​t.com/ -Shawn K

DRUMMER SUMMER. Pt 7: LUCKY. Follow the drummers. 'Hard Bop' flourishes with smart, athletic, humorous, inspired, determined, creative and lucky drummers. Roy Haynes has lived long, to play Bop, Hard Bop, and Avant-Garde with Parker, Monk, Coltrane, Metheny, Corea in the U.S., Europe, and yes... Letterman (video). Lucky for us. HARD CHOICES Saturdays 11am-1pm KMHD 89.1FM kmhd.org http://hardchoicesblog.blogspo​t.com/ -Shawn K

Roy Haynes (Drum Solo) Fountain Of Youth Band - David Letterman 6-8-11 - HD 720p Music is: "Summer Nights" Band Members: Jaleel Shaw - Soprano Saxophone, Martin Bejerano - Piano, David Wong - Bass

(source: allmusic.com)

Biography

by Scott Yanow

A veteran drummer long overshadowed by others, but finally in the 1990s gaining recognition for his talents and versatility, Roy Hayneshas been a major player for half a century. He worked early on with the Sabby Lewis big band, Frankie Newton, Luis Russell (1945-1947), and Lester Young (1947-1949). After some engagements with Kai Winding, Haynes was a member of the Charlie Parker Quintet (1949-1952); he also recorded during this era with Bud Powell, Wardell Gray, and Stan Getz. Haynes toured the world with Sarah Vaughan(1953-1958); played with Thelonious Monk in 1958; led his own group; and gigged with George Shearing, Lennie Tristano, Eric Dolphy, and Getz (1961). He was Elvin Jones' occasional substitute with John Coltrane's classic quartet during 1961-1965, toured withGetz (1965-1967), and was with Gary Burton (1967-1968). In addition to touring with Chick Corea (1981 and 1984) and Pat Metheny (1989-1990), Haynes has led his own Hip Ensemble on and off during the past several decades. When one considers that he has also gigged with Miles Davis, Art Pepper, Horace Tapscott, and 

DRUMMER SUMMER Pt 6. CREATIVE. Follow the drummers. 'Hard Bop' flourishes with smart, athletic, humorous, inspired, determined, creative and lucky drummers. Antonio Sanchez modernizes the instrument, the technique and the conversation, as in this solo with the Pat Metheny Group (video). HARD CHOICES Saturdays 11am-1pm KMHD 89.1FM kmhd.org http://hardchoicesblog.blogspo​t.com/ -Shawn K

DRUMMER SUMMER Pt 6. CREATIVE. Follow the drummers. 'Hard Bop' flourishes with smart, athletic, humorous, inspired, determined, creative and lucky drummers. Antonio Sanchez modernizes the instrument, the technique and the conversation, as in this solo with the Pat Metheny Group (video). HARD CHOICES Saturdays 11am-1pm KMHD 89.1FM kmhd.org http://hardchoicesblog.blogspo​t.com/ -Shawn K

Pat Metheny group live in the Jazz à Vienne Festival.Date 03.07.2002.
Lineup - Lyle Mays,Pat Metheny,Steve Rodby,Antonio Sanchez,Cuong Vu (above).

(source: allmusic.com) ANTONIO SANCHEZ


Born in Mexico City on November 1, 1971, Antonio Sanchéz started playing drums at the age of five and began performing professionally early in his teens. He pursued a degree in classical piano at the National Conservatory in Mexico and in 1993 he moved to Boston to enroll at Berklee College of Music and graduated magna cum laude in jazz studies. Since his move to New York City in 1999, Sanchéz has become one of the most sought-after drummers on the international jazz scene. He has performed and recorded with some of the biggest names in jazz, most prominently in the Pat Metheny trio alongsideChristian McBride; the guitarist's larger group; and the reunion band with Metheny, Steve Swallow, and Gary Burton. Other leaders he has worked with include Chick Corea, Michael Brecker, Charlie Haden,Toots Thielemans, and Joshua Redman. His interest in education ledSanchéz to join the faculty at New York University in 2006. In addition to performing and teaching, he has conducted clinics and master classes, and played at drum festivals worldwide, including the Modern Drummer Festival Weekend, Zildjian Day, and Montreal Drum Festival. Sanchéz has been a featured cover artist on magazines like Modern Drummer, Musico Pro, Percussioni, and Drums & Percussion. In 2007 his first recording as a leader, Migration, was issued.

DRUMMER SUMMER. Pt 5: DETERMINED. Follow the drummers. 'Hard Bop' flourishes with smart, athletic, humorous, inspired, determined, creative and lucky drummers. Art Blakey's, ever present bands are famous for the musicians that went on to lead jazz as innovators, composers, arrangers, musicians and entrepreneurs. Examples are in this burnin' rendition of, 'A Night in Tunisia' (video). HARD CHOICES Saturdays 11am-1pm KMHD 89.1FM kmhd.org http://hardchoicesblog.blogspo​t.com/ -Shawn K

DRUMMER SUMMER. Pt 5: DETERMINED. Follow the drummers. 'Hard Bop' flourishes with smart, athletic, humorous, inspired, determined, creative and lucky drummers. Art Blakey's, ever present bands are famous for the musicians that went on to lead jazz as innovators, composers, arrangers, musicians and entrepreneurs.  Examples are in this burnin' rendition of, 'A Night in Tunisia' (video). HARD CHOICES Saturdays 11am-1pm KMHD 89.1FM kmhd.org http://hardchoicesblog.blogspo​t.com/ -Shawn K

Art Blakey - dr
Bobby Timmons - p
Wayne Shorter - ts
Lee Morgan - trp
Jymie Merritt - db

BIRTHDAYS:
ABBEY LINCOLN (1930), CHARLIE HADEN (1937), RAVI COLTRANE (1965), REGINA CARTER (1966), NORMAN GRANZ (1918) ---

Norman Granz.
Born
Aug 6, 1918 in Los Angeles, CA
Died
Nov 22, 2001 in Geneva, Switzerland


(source: allmusic.com)
by Scott Yanow
At the height of his career, Norman Granz was one of the most powerful non-musicians in jazz. He always fought for the music he believed in (having a love for freewheeling jam sessions), for his artists (whom he accurately considered to be among the greatest in the world) and against racism, forcing many hotels and concert venues to become integrated in the 1940s and '50s. He studied at UCLA, served in the Army, and then in, 1944, began to make an impact on jazz. Granz supervised the award-winning film short Jammin' the Blues (which featured Lester Young) and put on a concert at the Philharmonic Auditorium in Los Angeles that he dubbed Jazz at the Philharmonic. The latter was such a big success that soon Granz was able to take the all-star jam sessions on domestic and eventually worldwide tours. The producer loved to team together top artists from the bop and swing worlds in "battles" and, although these rousing concerts were often criticized by conservative and somewhat humorless jazz critics, the jams resulted in a great deal of rewarding music. Not content with merely presenting concerts, Granz often recorded the performances even though, at 10-15 minutes, they were too long for a conventional three-minute 78. Granz founded Clef (1946) and Norgran (1953), eventually consolidating his music when he founded Verve in 1956. The rise of the LP in the early '50s was perfect timing, and Granz was able to release many JATP performances on records.

DRUMMER SUMMER Pt 4: INSPIRED. Follow the drummers. 'Hard Bop' flourishes with smart, athletic, humorous, inspired, determined, creative and lucky drummers. Billy Higgins was fuel and fanfare, whether it was hard bop or avant-garde. In a recording of Monk's, '52nd Street Theme' (video) Higgins is fervent without exaggeration. HARD CHOICES Saturdays 11am-1pm KMHD 89.1FM KMHD.org -Shawn K

DRUMMER SUMMER Pt 4: INSPIRED. Follow the drummers. 'Hard Bop' flourishes with smart, athletic, humorous, inspired, determined, creative and lucky drummers. Billy Higgins was fuel and fanfare, whether it was hard bop or avant-garde. In a recording of Monk's, '52nd Street Theme' (video) Higgins is fervent without exaggeration.  HARD CHOICES Saturdays 11am-1pm KMHD 89.1FM KMHD.org http://hardchoicesblog.blogspo​t.com/ -Shawn K

Roma - 1963
Billy Higgins on Drums, Henry Grimes on Bass, Don Cherry Trumpet, Sonny Rollins Sax.

(source: allmusic.com)
BIOGRAPHY- Billy Higgins
by Jason Ankeny
As a member of the groundbreaking Ornette Coleman-led quartet that launched the free jazz renaissance, Billy Higgins remains one of the most important and controversial drummers in music history. An uncommonly versatile and intuitive player, his nimble rhythmic patterns achieved a perfect balance between function and form, inspiring the great trumpeter Lee Morgan to remark "[Higgins] never overplays, but you always know he's there." Born October 11, 1936, in Los Angeles, Higgins began his career playing R&B, supporting headliners including Bo Diddley, Amos Milburn, and Jimmy Witherspoon. In 1953 he joined high school friend and trumpeter Don Cherry in the Jazz Messiahs, a group also featuring saxophonist James Clay; three years later, he began his session career, in the months to follow appearing on recording dates led by saxophonist Lucky Thompson and bassist Red Mitchell. Around this time, Higgins and Cherry met Coleman through mutual friend Clay. A virtual unknown, the Texas-born saxophonist was supporting himself with menial jobs while working diligently to hone a musical lexicon liberated from the restraints of conventional harmonic, melodic, and rhythmic structures. Both Higgins and Cherry soon joined Coleman's rehearsal group, which spent years woodshedding before finally securing its first live gigs in 1958, opening for Paul Bley at L.A.'s Hilcrest Club. Audiences were either angered or simply baffled by Coleman's radical sensibility, which he later dubbed "harmolodics," and with the 1958 release of his debut LP, Something Else!!!! The Music of Ornette Coleman, the controversy spread throughout the jazz populace, dividing musicians, critics, and fans alike.

DRUMMER SUMMER Pt 3: HUMOROUS. Follow the drummers. 'Hard Bop' flourishes with smart, athletic, humorous, inspired, determined, creative and lucky drummers. Max Roach (D), Arthur Taylor (D), Elvin Jones (D), Lee Morgan (TR), Reggie Workman (B), Archie Shepp (TS), Sonny Stitt (AS), Mickey Roker (D), appear. HARD CHOICES Saturdays 11am-1pm KMHD 89.1FM KMHD.org -Shawn K

DRUMMER SUMMER Pt 3: HUMOROUS. Follow the drummers. 'Hard Bop' flourishes with smart, athletic, humorous, inspired, determined, creative and lucky drummers. Max Roach (D), Elvin Jones (D), Art Blakey (D), Philly Joe Jones (D), Lee Morgan (TR), Reggie Workman (B), Archie Shepp (TS), The Show Boat, Sonny Stitt (SAX), Mickey Roker (D), Cherokee (NOBLE) and Philadelphia show up in this Bill Cosby appearance on Dick Cavett with Jack Benny. HARD CHOICES Saturdays 11am-1pm KMHD 89.1FM kmhd.org. More... http://hardchoicesblog.blogspo​t.com/ -Shawn K

KMHD Jazz Radio

DRUMMER SUMMER Pt 3: HUMOROUS. Follow the drummers. 'Hard Bop' flourishes with smart, athletic, humorous, inspired, determined, creative and lucky drummers. Max Roach (D), Arthur Taylor (D), Elvin Jones (D), Lee Morgan (TR), Reggie Workman (B), Archie Shepp (TS), Sonny Stitt (AS), Mickey Roker (D), appear. HARD CHOICES Saturdays 11am-1pm KMHD 89.1FM KMHD.org. http://hardchoicesblog.blogspo​t.com/ -Shawn K

Bill Cosby & his drumming gig with Sonny Stitt

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This is from THE DICK CAVETT SHOW. February 21, 1973.

... and then, here is Max Roach.



CALENDAR
Courtesy Jazz Society of Oregon

Saturday, July 23
Allison Inn, Newberg: Anandi, Vic Frates, Patrick Henry, 6:30-10:30 pm
Aloft Hotel, wxyz Lounge: Ian James "Acoustic Nights," 6:30-9:30 pm
Amalfi's Restaurant: Noah Peterson
Cascade Bar & Grill, Vancouver: Bill Rhoades & the Party Kings, 9 pm-1 am
Goodfoot Lounge: Commotion w/guests Jans Ingber, Nicole Berke, more, $8, 21+, 9 pm
Heathman Hotel: Linda Lee Michelet Trio, no cover, 8 pm-midnight
Jazz Alley, Seattle: Steve Tyrell
Jimmy Mak's: Thara Memory's Superband, $10, 8 pm; minors until 9:30 pm
Milwaukie: "Milwaukie Festival Days" - Johnny Martin, 6 pm
Naked Winery: Bre Gregg Trio (Matt Tabor, piano, Chance Hayden, guitar), 7-10 pm
Nel Centro: Mike Pardew & Friends, 9:30-11:45 pm
Pioneer Courthouse Square: "Ecopalooza Wine & Jazz"- Shannon Saunders, Patrick Lamb, Devin Phillips, Mel Brown, more $35, TicketsOregon, 2-10 pm
Portland Prime: Mel Brown/Tony Pacini/Ed Bennett, 7:30-11 pm
Shirley's Tippy Canoe: Ollie McClay/Craig Bidondo
Touche: Gaea Schell/Kelly Shannon/Tom Wakeling, 8:30 pm