The story behind the cymbals
In 1968, Chick Corea released his second official album 'Now He Sings, Now He Sobs,' on Solid State Records. A label that after 3 years consolidated under the now Blue Note Jazz label. On that record, Roy Haynes plays a cymbal that is called a flat ride, a ride cymbal without a bell.

As the story goes, Corea loved that flat ride so much that Roy Haynes gave it to him after the recordings. Corea has used that same cymbal on other recordings with different drummers as well. When the other legend in this story, Dave Weckl, heard about this influential cymbal while on tour with Chick Corea, he got it from Chick and brought that same flat ride to Sabian.

52 Years after those Corea-recordings, there are two new cymbals by Sabian, inspired by Roy Haynes his sound on that album. The Canadian cymbal makers made an 18" replica of the original Roy Haynes flat ride: the Royalty ride, and Dave Weckl gave it a little bit of a dryer twist with his version of it: the 21" Urban Flat ride.

Watch Dom Famularo demo both the cymbals for us at the Sabian NAMM booth. You can listen to the song(s) below the video and learn some cool drummy factoids.

Dom Famularo demos Dave Weckl Urban Flat ride and Sabian's Royalty ride cymbals

Cool Drummy Factoids

• Roy Haynes was born March 13, 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts. Nine days after this publication, he turns 95!
  
• 'Now He Sings, Now He Sobs' is a trio recording with: Chick Corea on piano, Miroslav Vitous on bass and Roy Haynes on drums.
  
• Drummer Marcus Gilmore is Roy Haynes his grandson and has also played with Chick Corea.
  
• The track Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, was also performed live by Brian Blade, Chick Corea and Christian McBride. [audio added below]
  
• Also released in 1968, is Jack DeJohnette's debut album 'The DeJohnette Complex' on which Roy Haynes plays drums and percussion next to DeJohnette.
  
• Dave Weckl, who has recorded numerous albums with Chick Corea, was 8 years old when Haynes and Corea recorded 'Now He Sings, Now He Sobs'.
  That was around the age when he started to play drums.

'Now He Sings, Now He Sobs' with Roy Haynes on Spotify
Original recording with Roy Haynes (1968)


The track Now He Sings, Now He Sobs with Brian Blade on Spotify
From Chick Corea's 'Trilogy 2 (Live),' with Brian Blade (2019).


Roy Haynes uses

• Remo drumheads
  
• Sabian cymbals
  
• Yamaha drums
  
• Zildjian Roy Haynes Artist Series Drumsticks

Dave Weckl uses

• Gator Cases
  
• Gruv Gear
  
• LP (Latin Percussion)
  
• QSC
  
• Remo drumheads
  
• Sabian
  
• Shure
  
• Vic Firth
  
• Yamaha
  
• Zoom

Dom Famularo

• Hercules Stands
  
• LP (Latin Percussion)
  
• Mapex
  
• Sabian
  
• Shure