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 |