roy haynes @ birdland

This weekend I got surprise tickets to see the legendary jazz drummer, Roy Haynes, at the Birdland. He is apparently known as "one of the seven wonders of modern jazz" - and it is amazing that at 24, Haynes was the drummer in Charlie Parker's group on Birdland's opening night, December 15th, 1949. So, fittingly, this set was the cornerstone of Birdland's 60th Anniversary celebration. Get this, he's 84 YEARS OLD! But he played like he is decades younger - and how appropriate that his band's name is "Fountain of Youth"...inspiring~

{Photos courtesy of Josef Polleross and Carolyn Appel (JALC)}