Roy Brooks • Beat

 

Review by Jason Ankeny
Recorded for Berry Gordy's short-lived Workshop Jazz imprint, Roy Brooks' simply but authoritatively titled Beat fuses the intellectual rigors of the modern idiom with the physical prowess of soul-jazz to create a record of uncommon scope and reach. Working with Horace Silver Quintet colleagues Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, and Gene Taylor alongside Detroit contemporaries George Bohannon and Hugh Lawson, Brooks channels influences spanning the breadth of the Motor City scene, resulting in a clutch of challenging but engaging performances with the unmistakable patina of the embryonic Motown sound. While their technical proficiency is stunning, Brooks' rhythms never lose sight of the almighty groove, and for its hard bop stridency, the record has the proverbial good beat and you can dance to it.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/beat-mw0000383433

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Reseña de Jason Ankeny
Grabado para el efímero sello Workshop Jazz de Berry Gordy, el sencillo pero autoritario título de Roy Brooks, Beat, fusiona los rigores intelectuales del lenguaje moderno con la destreza física del soul-jazz para crear un disco de alcance y alcance poco comunes. Trabajando con los colegas del Quinteto de Plata de Horace, Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook y Gene Taylor, junto con los contemporáneos de Detroit George Bohannon y Hugh Lawson, Brooks canaliza influencias que abarcan la amplitud de la escena de Motor City, dando como resultado un puñado de actuaciones desafiantes pero atractivas con la pátina inconfundible del embrionario sonido Motown. Aunque su habilidad técnica es impresionante, los ritmos de Brooks nunca pierden de vista el ritmo todopoderoso, y por su estridencia hard bop, el disco tiene el proverbial buen ritmo y puedes bailarlo.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/beat-mw0000383433

 

 

 

Tracklist:

A1 - Homestretch - 5:15
A2 - If You Could See Me Now - 4:47
A3 - Passin' The Buck - 4:35
B1 - Soulin' - 4:27
B2 - Soulsphere - 5:06
B3 - My Secret Passion - 6:54


Credits:
    Bass – Eugene Taylor
    Design [Cover] – Bernard Yeszin, Wallace Mead
    Drums – Roy Brooks
    Liner Notes – Susan Lynn Mathison
    Piano – Hugh Lawson
    Producer – Henry Cosby, William Stevenson
    Tenor Saxophone – Junior Cook
    Trombone – George Bohanon
    Trumpet – Blue Mitchell


Label: Workshop Jazz ‎– WS 220, Workshop Jazz ‎– 220
Released: 1964
Genre: Jazz
Style: Hard Bop
https://www.discogs.com/Roy-Brooks-Beat/release/3800615

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