Roy Brooks Catalog

1963 (age 25)

Roy Brooks - Beat   Workshop WSJ 220   1964

Blue Mitchell, trumpet; George Bohanon, trombone; Junior Cook, tenor sax; Hugh Lawson, piano; Eugene Taylor, bass; Roy Brooks, drums.

Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit, MI, October 1, 1963

Homestretch
If You Could See Me Now
Passin' The Buck
Soulin'
Soulsphere
My Secret Passion

** also released on Workshop WSJS 220.

1970 (age 32)

Roy Brooks - The Free Slave   Muse MR 5003   1972

Woody Shaw, trumpet; George Coleman, tenor sax; Hugh Lawson, piano; Cecil McBee, bass; Roy Brooks, drums.

The Left Bank Jazz Society, Famous Ballroom, Baltimore, MD, April 26, 1970

The Free Slave
Understanding
Will Pan's Walk
Five For Max

** also released on 32 Jazz 32070 in 1998.

1973

Roy Brooks And The Artistic Truth - Ethnic Expressions   Im-Hotep Records CS-030   1973

Cecil Bridgewater, trumpet, flugelhorn; Olu Dara, trumpet, E-flat horn; Sonny Fortune, alto sax, flute; John Stubblefield, tenor sax, flute, bass clarinet; Hamiet Bluiett, baritone sax, clarinet; Joseph Bonner, acoustic piano; Hilton Ruiz, Fender Rhodes piano; Reggie Workman, bass; Roy Brooks, drums, various percussion instruments; Richard Landrum, Lawrence Williams, African percussion; Eddie Jefferson, vocal; Black Rose, Ethnic expressionist; James Edward Davis, executive producer; Robert Harris, supervisor.

Smalls Paradise, Harlem, NY, November 22, 1973

M'Jumbe
The Last Prophet
The Smart Set
Eboness
Eboness (Kwanza)

** also released on Jazzman (E) JMANLP 034 in 2010, JMANCD 034.

Various Artists - Black Survival - "The Sahel Concert" At Town Hall   Im-Hotep Records CF-028   1974

Cecil Bridgewater, trumpet; John Stubberfield, oboe; Sonny Fortune, sax; Joe Bonner, piano; Reggie Workman, bass; Roy Brooks, drums; Lawrence Williams, congas; Dee Dee Bridgewater, JorDora Marshall, vocal; James Edward Davis, executive producer; Robert Harris, supervisor; Afrikan Bag Productions, Inc., producer.

Town Hall, NYC, December 31, 1973

Black Survival
Black Survival-Here And Now
Sahel
Crisis
Crisis (Continued)
Dialogue
Relief
Black Survival-Prologue

1974

Roy Brooks And The Artistic Truth - Live At Town Hall   Baystate (J) RVJ-6028   1978

Marcus Belgrave, trumpet; Sonny Fortune, alto sax; Sonny Red, tenor sax; Mickey Tucker, piano; Reggie Workman, bass; Roy Brooks, drums, percussion, musical saw; Eddie Jefferson, vocal #2,4; Roy Haynes, MC.

Town Hall, NYC, May 26, 1974

1.The Last Profet
2.So What
3.Blues For The Carpenter's Saw
4.Moody's Mood For Love
5.Epistrophy (Theme)

** also released on Baystate (J) BVCJ-35110 in 2008.

1979 (age 41)

Roy Brooks - The Smart Set   Baystate (J) RDC-15   1979

Micky Tucker, piano #1,2,4, celeste #3; Takashi Mizuhashi, bass; Roy Brooks, drums #1,4, musical saw #2, marimba #3; with guest: Hidehiko Matsumoto, tenor sax #1,2.

Victor Studio, Tokyo, Japan, April 12, 1979

1.Bird Like
2.Old Folks
3.The Smart Set
4.Pisces Brothers

1983

Roy Brooks - Duet In Detroit   Enja (G) ENJ-7067 2   1993

Woody Shaw, trumpet; Roy Brooks, drums, percussion, singing saw.

Detroit Institute Of Arts, Detroit, MI, August 26, 1983

Elegy For Eddie Jefferson
Jeffuso

Randy Weston, piano; Roy Brooks, drums, percussion, singing saw.

Detroit Institute Of Arts, Detroit, MI, May 25, 1984

Introduction
Zulu
Waltz For Sweetcakes

Don Pullen, piano; Roy Brooks, drums, percussion, singing saw.

Detroit Institute Of Arts, Detroit, MI, July 2, 1987

Introduction
Forever Mingus
Healing Force

Geri Allen, piano; Roy Brooks, drums, percussion, singing saw.

Mayflower Church, Detroit, MI, February 25, 1989

Samba Del Sol
Duet In Detroit

1999 (age 61)

Roy Brooks And The Improvisational Sphere - Live At Lelli's   Sagittarius A-Star (It) SAS #12   2011

Claudine Myers, Hammond B-3 organ; Rodney Rich, guitar; Roy Brooks, drums, marimba, steel drums; Ray Mantilla, congas, bells, percussion; Jerry LeDuf, shaker, cuica, percussion, tabla.

Lelli's, Detroit, MI, September 3, 1999

Ha-Ya!
Samba Del Sol
Basketball
Her Blues Is Mine Ra