Just Us (Roy Haynes album) explained

Just Us
Type:Studio
Artist:The Roy Haynes Trio
Cover:Just Us (Roy Haynes album).jpg
Released:1960
Recorded:July 5, 1960
Studio:Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:Jazz
Length:40:53
Label:New Jazz
NJLP 8245
Producer:Esmond Edwards
Chronology:Roy Haynes
Prev Title:We Three
Prev Year:1959
Next Title:Out of the Afternoon
Next Year:1962

Just Us is an album recorded by American drummer Roy Haynes's Trio in 1960 for the New Jazz label.[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "Haynes' concise drum solos always hold one's interest, and even though this tasteful date is far from definitive, the music is enjoyable".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Down Home" (Curtis Fuller) - 7:26
  2. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias, Jules LeMare) - 6:56
  3. "As Long as There's Music" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 3:43
  4. "Well Now" (Haynes) - 1:56
  5. "Cymbalism" (Roy Haynes, Richard Wyands) - 7:00
  6. "Con Alma" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 6:31
  7. "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) - 7:03

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-new-jazz-status-8200-8300-series/#njlp-8245 New Jazz Records discography
  2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 28, 2014