Roy Haynes Smithsonian Interview Block 108 (Q5781)

My mother was very religious. My father was loose. He wasn't necessarily religious. He ended up coming to see me with Charlie Parker and all those people later. He came to New York once and came to the Five Spot. I think I was there with Monk, Thelonious Monk. The household was - my mother - I had a lot of records when I was very young, the latest jazz records. She didn't particularly like me ...