Just Us (Roy Haynes album)

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Just Us
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Studio album by
The Roy Haynes Trio
Released1960
RecordedJuly 5, 1960
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length40:53
Label New Jazz
NJLP 8245
Producer Esmond Edwards
Roy Haynes chronology
We Three
(1959)
Just Us
(1960)
Out of the Afternoon
(1962)

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

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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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

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References

  1. New Jazz Records discography accessed March 28, 2014
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 28, 2014