''Cymbalism'' is an album recorded by American drummer
Roy Haynes
Roy Owen Haynes (born March 13, 1925) is an American jazz drummer. He is among the most recorded drummers in jazz. In a career lasting over 80 years, he has played swing, bebop, jazz fusion, avant-garde jazz and is considered a pioneer of jazz ...
in 1963 for the
New Jazz label.
Roy Haynes discography
accessed March 28, 2014
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awarded the album 3 stars and its review by Alex Henderson states "it's a pleasing, well-rounded effort that deserves credit for diversity".[Henderson, A]
Allmusic Review
accessed March 28, 2014
Track listing
# "Modette" (Frank Strozier) – 9:47
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" (George Bassman
George Bassman (February 7, 1914 – June 26, 1997) was an American composer and arranger.
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Born in New York City to a Ukrainian- and Lithuanian-Jewish émigré couple, Bassman was later raised in Boston and began studying music at th ...
, Ned Washington
Ned Washington (born Edward Michael Washington, August 15, 1901 – December 20, 1976) was an American lyricist born in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962. He won the Be ...
) – 5:36
# "Go 'n' Git It!" (Ronnie Mathews) – 3:52
# "La Palomeinding" (Strozier) – 6:40
# "Medley: Hag/Cymbalism/ Oleo" (Strozier/Roy Haynes, Richard Wyands/Sonny Rollins
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) – 11:05
Personnel
*Roy Haynes
Roy Owen Haynes (born March 13, 1925) is an American jazz drummer. He is among the most recorded drummers in jazz. In a career lasting over 80 years, he has played swing, bebop, jazz fusion, avant-garde jazz and is considered a pioneer of jazz ...
– drums
A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...
*Frank Strozier
Frank R. Strozier Jr. (born June 13, 1937) is a jazz alto saxophonist.
Strozier was born in Memphis, Tennessee, where he learned to play piano. In 1954, he moved to Chicago, where he performed with Harold Mabern, George Coleman, and Booker Litt ...
– alto saxophone, flute
*Ronnie Mathews
Ronald Mathews (December 2, 1935 in New York City – June 28, 2008 in Brooklyn) was an American jazz pianist who worked with Max Roach from 1963 to 1968 and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. He acted as lead in recording from 1963 and 1978–79. His ...
– piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a musica ...
*Larry Ridley
Larry Ridley (born September 3, 1937) is an American jazz bassist and music educator. Allmusic Biography/ref>
Biography
Ridley was born and reared in Indianapolis, Indiana. He began performing professionally while still in high school in the 1950 ...
– bass
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* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
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References
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1963 albums
Roy Haynes albums
New Jazz Records albums
Albums produced by Ozzie Cadena
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio