The Free Slave

by Roy Brooks

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: Muse
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 46:09
  • Community rating: 4.05/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded at the Left Bank Jazz Society in Baltimore, this quintet date features the drummer leading an exceptional ensemble including Woody Shaw and George Coleman. The set captures a transitional period where hard bop began incorporating modal freedom and funk-inflected rhythms, showcasing Brooks' aggressive and rhythmically inventive percussion style.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, rhythmic, acoustic, technical, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. The Free Slave - Live At The Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, MD / April 26, 1970 (12:15)
  2. Understanding - Live At The Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, MD / April 26, 1970 (10:58)
  3. Will Pan's Walk - Live At The Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, MD / April 26, 1970 (9:08)
  4. Five For Max - Live At The Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, MD / April 26, 1970 (13:46)

Credits

  • Cecil McBee - bass, written-by
  • Hugh Lawson - piano
  • George Coleman - tenor saxophone
  • Woody Shaw - trumpet

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