Roy Brooks

• Verve By Request Series

• remastered on 180-gram vinyl

Recorded for Berry Gordy's short-lived Workshop Jazz imprint and recorded at the Hitsville USA studio, Roy Brooks (joined by fellow Detroit natives George Bohannon and Hugh Lawson, along with his Horace Silver Quintet bandmates Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, and Eugene Taylor) injects a Motor City soul-jazz groove into the hard bop root of this engaging 1964 album.

PERSONNEL:

• Blue Mitchell - (trumpet)
• George Bohanon - (trombone)
• Junior Cook - (tenor sax)
• Hugh Lawson - (piano)
• Eugene Taylor - (bass)
• Roy Brooks - (drums)

Detroit, MI, October 1, 1963

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Homestretch
• A2. If You Could See Me Now
• A3. Passin’ The Buck

• SIDE B
• B1. Soulin’
• B2. Soulsphere
• B3. My Secret Passion