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Quintessential Lou
Louis Hayes
Quintessential Lou
Genres: Jazz, Pop
 
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By direct descent from the Max Roach and Clifford Brown band and Art Blakey and the Messengers, Louis Hayes is one of contemporary hard bop's premier drummers and bandleaders. Throughout Quintessential Lou, his drums provi...  more »

     
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All Artists: Louis Hayes
Title: Quintessential Lou
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Tcb Music
Original Release Date: 3/14/2000
Release Date: 3/14/2000
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Style: Bebop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 725095996525

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By direct descent from the Max Roach and Clifford Brown band and Art Blakey and the Messengers, Louis Hayes is one of contemporary hard bop's premier drummers and bandleaders. Throughout Quintessential Lou, his drums provide a secure, melodious, and uplifting drive. The tasteful tune selection is marked by references to Hayes's lifetime of leading bands--from his early teen years in Detroit onward. The band's solos tote shades of Woody Shaw, Oscar Peterson, Freddie Hubbard, and Dexter Gordon. Hayes's group (featuring trumpeter Riley Mullins, tenor saxophonist Abraham Burton, pianist Dave Hazeltine, and bassist Santi Debriano) runs through material by Hubbard, Sonny Rollins, and Joe Zawinul, delivering a strong, cohesive voice in which personality has precedence over ego. It's music for the head and heart. --Ben Clarke
 

CD Reviews

A special CD
Ahmed Chronwell | Washington DC | 04/18/2001
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Hayes leads this band through about 11 hip tunes by writers such as Freddie Hubbard and Sonny Rollins, and they do not disappoint. Abe Burton is a Trane disciple who rips through changes in time. Our special place is sublime. This is brilliant modern jazz."