Just Us (Roy Haynes album)

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

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

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]

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 edit

  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 edit

References edit

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