Roy Brooks

 

Artist:  Roy Brooks

Born:  Marc 9, 1938.  Detroit, Michigan, USA

Died:  November 15, 2005 (Aged 67).  Detroit, Michigan, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Modal Jazz, Drum Jazz

Occupation:  Musician

Instruments:  Drums

Roy Brooks was an American Jazz Drummer from Detroit, Michigan.  He was born  in Detroit and drummed since childhood, his earliest experiences of music coming through his mother, who sang in church.  He was the one of the premier drummer/percussionist to emerge from the Hard Bop generation.  He spent and worked with Horace Silver Quintet, Yusef Lateef and Chet Baker, that making him perfect.

Title:  Beat (Verve By Request Series) (2022)

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Modal Jazz, Drum Jazz

Label:  Verve Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Homestretch (5:15)

 2.  If You Could See Me Now (4:47)

 3.  Passim' The Buck (4:35)

Side B:

 1.  Soulin' (4:27)

 2.  Soulsphere (5:06)

 3.  My Secret Passion (6:54)

Personnel:

Roy Brooks:  Drums

Blut Mitchell:  Trumpet

George Bohanon:  Trombone

Junior Cook:  Tenor Saxophone

Hugh Lawson:  Piano

Eugene Taylor:  Bass

Beat is the short-lived Workshop Jazz Imprint and recorded at the Hitsville USA studio by Roy Brooks, originally released in 1963 by Working Jazz, remastered and reissued on November 11, 2022 by Verve Records.  Audiophile Quality Vinyl 180 Gram.