Trane quartet with Roy Haynes

[Pharaohrock]

....I was listening to the Dear Old Stockholm record the other day that has Roy Haynes on it for the entire length of the album. What I started thinking was: what if he had been the drummer for that Quartet all the time??? Would the Coltrane Quartet have been any less significant? I dunno, based on that record he was a very convincing fit in my mind.....different but nonetheless convincing. And I'll go on record of saying that I think he and Elvin Jones bring different kinds of energy to the table, but to me they are every bit as intense as each other. Roy's thing is more about quickness and agility, Elvin more about pure power to give a very generic description....

[RCG]

Yeah, I like Dear Old Stockholm also. I think Roy's performance on "One Up One Down" (or vice versa) is kind of like Elvin's on "Chasin' the Trane".

Roy Haynes seems to listen more and to react with the moment more than Elvin. Elvin, however, was such a master...and his parts were superb, but he was going to play how he wanted...

[1/2 Baked, Not Fried]

Interesting question, yet while I love Roy Haynes, in my opinion, Tyner and Jones were simply the best piano-drum combo of all-time. Not only with Trane, but also several '60's Blue Notes. (Their playing on Joe Henderson's "Inner Urge," "In 'N Out," and Tyner's "The Real McCoy" simply kill me everytime).