Louis Hayes Interview by Monk Rowe - 1/29/2000 - NYC
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- Опубліковано 3 лис 2019
- Drummer Louis Hayes describes his own style; and reminisces about his work with Horace Silver, Cannonball Adderley, and Oscar Peterson.
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I've been watching these interviews over the last few years. I just want to thank Monk Rowe for this very important oral history project and contribution to recognizing and celebrating American classical music.
Thank you! Monk
As a drummer and drumming instructor, I so appreciate Louis Hayes. He is truly a remarkable drummer and humble gentleman. To me, Louiss playing style is a combination of Max Roach and Shelly Manne...with the tremendous technique of Alan Dawson also as part of the mix! Cannonball counted on Louis so much in the late 50s and early 60s. One example of Louis' exceptional playing is on the 1964 Capitol album "Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof." Listen to the first track titled "Fiddler on the Roof." You will hear some excellent, supportive drumming without being showy or overdone, and man can he swing! That's one of the reasons why everybody wanted Louis on their records from Horace Silver to Cedar Walton to Wes Montgomery to J.J. Johnson to Lee Morgan! The only drummers whose upright physical "postures" behind the drum set were as good as Louis' were the aforementioned Mr. Roach and Mr. Dawson! Also, I noticed from this video that Monk never tried to show his guests how knowledgeable he himself is. Instead he allows his guests to beam. He moves the conversation along in such an easy, organic way. Monk is a master interviewer.
Thanks for the compliment. Here's an interesting backstory on the interview with Louis. I was doing an interview with Jon Hendricks a few hours before Louis was scheduled to meet with me. Louis called the room and expressed some reluctance about sitting for the interview. Jon said, "Give me the phone" and proceeded to tell Louis that he definitely should do this. So I probably wouldn't have done this interview had it not been for Jon's encouragement. As you can probably tell, I am a huge Cannonball and Nat fan so this interview was a pleasure for me. Monk
What a marvelous "behind the scenes" story about this particular interview, Monk.You do such a tremendous job.Thank you for sharing and caring, Monk. @filliusjazzarchive
@@filliusjazzarchiveOne addendum. I'm sure that after your interview with Louis was finished, Louis told Jon that he was so right in convincing him to go ahead and follow through on the interview that he set up with you, and that he was so glad that he actually did do it. I bet he sensed that after the first couple of minutes in. That was a special moment when you surprised him by playing the song that he "wrote" for his wife. When Louis was first asked to be interviewed, as a man who is not effusive, he might have thought "Oh, no... I hope that this is not going to be another one of those banal interviews with the same old routine questions!" Instead, you could tell how much he opened up and actually enjoyed this chat with someone who was totally prepared, hip to his work, and who made it easy for Louis to totally be himself.
Invaluable interview, than you so much!
Louis Hayes had such a beautiful conception of time. It sounds cliche, but he was just so smooth, with a wonderful capacity for subtle dynamics. When he and Sam Jones came into the Oscar Peterson trio in 1964, they seemed to give Oscar a new lease on life. And of course Cannon's rhythm section, particularly with Barry Harris, was just so beautiful.
Thanks again, Monk, for another great interview.
Thanks for the comment. He could be smooth and also BURN! During that same trip I heard him in a NY club and he gave the perfect demonstration of how a drummer could play on "top of the beat" but keep the tempo where it started.
Monk
What do you mean "had"? He is still playing very well..
@@pseudokowski You know, you're very right. I guess I was thinking of all those great records with Horace, Cannon and Oscar. But Mr. Hayes is still around of course, and I was speaking of him in the past tense. - My apologies!
Louis Hayes is a Jazz Treasure!!!! OMG all those incredible records mr.Hayes made with Horace, Cannonball,Coltrane,Jackie McLean,Dexter Gordon,Oscar Peterson, Freddie Hubbard and many others....thanks very much for sharing this video 👌 appreciated very much 👍👍👍👍 Louis Hayes 🥁 Forever 🗽
You are welcome! I heard him in a club during that trip to NY and he was a powerhouse.
I don't know why Louis doesn't get as much attention as, say, Roy Haynes. But drummers I've talked to have said the call they always dreaded was the one from Oscar, who simply drove drummers into the ground---rarely did they stay with him for long. The main challenge concerns the hi-hat. It's impossible to find off-beats at those manic tempos let alone muscle the 2 cymbals to play on those off-beats. A recent younger drummer who seemed to have the requisite chops was Karriem Riggins. But what happens in a music world that's post-Oscar, even post-swing? The public's ignorance of the music is inflicting great harm on great musicians.