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Love this man and his honesty -- not to mention his swingin' beat!

Poor Willie...damn. He's a terrific drummer, but Tootie was probably not into anyone making a tribute CD to the master himself, Max Roach:

Willie Jones III Sextet "I Get A Kick Out Of You" (Plays The Max Roach Songbook, WJ3, 2013) Jones, drums; Stacey Dillard, tenor saxophone; Steve Davis, trombone; Jeremy Pelt, trumpet; Eric Reed, piano; Dezron Douglas, drums

Clifford Brown, Max Roach, George Morrow, Richie Powell, Harold Land. If
it's not, it's imitators. Thank you -- imitators. That sounds like Clifford Brown
with a firecracker in his ass. It's like cartoon music, like the record is on the
wrong speed. You can't pat your foot, can't feel it; you're just bombarded with
notes. The piano player is trying to make a statement, and here comes the
drum solo. It's great, but what's the point? Of course it's a challenge to play
that fast. But you're playing for people. It's drums. Where's the beat? On the
serious side, great musicianship, fantastic technique. The guys have mastered
their instruments. [after] I'm 78 years old. I get out of the street because cars
are moving too fast. You don't see anybody 78 in the clubs, listening to that
fast crazy music. It's young people. At least we had an excuse. We were high,
and we thought the audience was high. I'm sober.

But he totally dug Dafnis Prieto's band!

Read on:

http://www.downbeat.com/digitaledition/2013/DB201311/single_page_view/106.html

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