I was looking for a video that Michel Petrucciani did with Wayne Shorter and Jim Hall. Instead found this performance with bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Roy Haynes via a YouTube search.
I love Michel's playing here but am especially excited to find a video that documents drummer Roy Haynes' talents so vividly.
Roy has an instantly recognizable drum sound (he snaps, crackles, and pops) and its great to see how he does it. He drums complete sentences and paragraphs when he solos. (Max Roach, his compatriot, was even better known for doing this).
After his solo, he brings a high hat cymbal up next to Michel and they have a conversation. Haynes is so inventive and plays with such clear impulse that I don't miss the absence of the rest of the drumkit that he left behind.
Roy was 63 at the time of this and looks as if he knows where the fountain of youth is stashed.
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Just mind-blowing - after such an exquisite show, I'm speechless.
(The crowd reacts as if at rock concert - I'd be hooting too with such showmanship)