Beat

by Roy Brooks

Beat cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1964
  • Label: Workshop Jazz
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 31:43
  • Community rating: 3.9/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Beat' documents drummer Roy Brooks as a bandleader after his work with Horace Silver and other hard bop musicians. The album foregrounds rhythmic drive and small-group improvisation, reflecting the Detroit-connected hard bop scene's contribution to 1960s jazz.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, improvisation, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Homestretch (5:21)
  2. If You Could See Me Now (4:53)
  3. Passin' The Buck (4:41)
  4. Soulin' (4:35)
  5. Soulsphere (5:14)
  6. My Secret Passion (6:56)

Credits

  • Roy Brooks - primary artist, drums, written-by
  • Gene Taylor - bass
  • Hugh Lawson - piano
  • Junior Cook - tenor saxophone
  • George Bohanon - trombone
  • Blue Mitchell - trumpet
  • Joe Henderson - written-by
  • Dameron-Sigman - written by

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