Roy Brooks

With Blue Mitchell, George Bohanon, Junior cook, Hugh Lawson, Eugene Taylor & Roy Brooks. Recorded in Detroit, 1963.

Tracklisting:

1. Homestretch (Henderson) - 5:15
2. If you could see me now (Sicman) - 4:46
3. Passin' the buck (Brooks) - 4:34
4. Soulin' (Henderson) - 4:29
5. Soulsphere (McCloud) - 5:05
6. My secret passion (Pearson) - 6:51

Recorded in Detroit, 1963.

Biography:

Roy Brooks is a flexible drummer able to play anything from bop to the avant-garde. He gained early experience gigging with Yusef Lateef and became known for his period with the Horace Silver Quintet (1959-1964). During the next few years, he played with a wide variety of top musicians including Pharoah Sanders, Wes Montgomery, Sonny Stitt, Jackie McLean, Dexter Gordon, Abdullah Ibrahim, Randy Weston, Charles Mingus, Milt Jackson, and Lateef. In 1970, he became a founding member of Max Roach's M'Boom, an all-percussion group that allowed him to play some musical saw. In 1976, Roy Brooks moved to Detroit where he became very involved in teaching jazz. He continued performing and recorded a set of stimulating duets on Enja.
- by Scott Yanow.