Duet in Detroit
1993 live album by drummer Roy Brooks
Duet in Detroit Roy Brooks , recorded between 1983 and 1989 and released by Enja in 1993.[ 2]
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz on Compact Disc [ 4]
AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars, with a review by Scott Yanow stating: "The music is full of surprises and generally holds one's interest with the trumpet-drums duets being the most unusual."[ 3] Jazz Times [ 1] The Guardian [ 5]
Track listing
All compositions by Roy Brooks except as indicated
Introduction – 0:56"Zulu" (Randy Weston) – 8:04
"Waltz for Sweetcakes" (Weston) – 6:20
"Elegy for Eddie Jefferson" (Roy Brooks, Woody Shaw) – 12:06
"Jeffuso" (Brooks, Shaw) – 2:27
Introduction – 0:37"Forever Mingus" – 11:34
"Healing Force" (Don Pullen) – 14:52
"Samba del Sol" – 4:27
"Duet in Detroit" – 7:33 Recorded August 26, 1983 (#4, 5); May 25, 1984 (#1, 2, 3); July 2, 1987 (#6, 7, 8); February 25, 1989 (#9, 10).
Personnel
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader With Oliver Lake With others
Movies Franco Ambrosetti , 1986)Movies Too The Collective Cecil Brooks III , 1989)Duet in Detroit Roy Brooks , 1989)Droppin' Things Betty Carter , 1990)Feed the Fire Sound Museum: Hidden Man Ornette Coleman , 1996)Sound Museum: Three Women Motherland Pulse Steve Coleman , 1985)Flute Talk Buddy Collette , 1988)Etudes Charlie Haden , 1987)The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra Reflections in Change Craig Handy , 1999)Lift Every Voice Charles Lloyd , 2002)Jumping the Creek Decision in Paradise Monk in Motian Paul Motian , 1988)Mindgames Greg Osby , 1988)Living on the Edge Dewey Redman , 1989)Crunchin' Wallace Roney , 1993)Munchin' Bemsha Swing Woody Shaw , 1986)By Any Means Necessary Gary Thomas , 1989)
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader With others
Home! Gary Bartz , 1969)Coral Keys Walter Bishop Jr. , 1971)Child's Dance Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers , 1972)Buhaina Anthenagin The Free Slave Roy Brooks , 1970)Duet in Detroit The Almoravid Joe Chambers , 1971)Tones for Joan's Bones Chick Corea , 1966)The Complete "Is" Sessions Brilliant Circles Stanley Cowell , 1969)Conversations Eric Dolphy , 1963)Iron Man Tex Book Tenor Back from the Gig Booker Ervin , 1968)Ichi-Ban Louis Hayes and Junior Cook , 1976)The Real Thing If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem Joe Henderson , 1970)Joe Henderson Quintet at the Lighthouse Grass Roots Andrew Hill , 1968)Lift Every Voice Passing Ships Bobby Hutcherson Live at Montreux Cirrus Bobby Hutcherson , 1974)Bridge into the New Age Azar Lawrence , 1974)'Bout Soul Jackie McLean , 1967)Demon's Dance Reach Out! Hank Mobley , 1968)Thinking of Home Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun) Pharoah Sanders , 1970)The Cape Verdean Blues Horace Silver , 1965)The Jody Grind Natural Soul Buddy Terry , 1967)Pure Dynamite Expansions McCoy Tyner , 1968)The Git Go – Live at the Village Vanguard Mal Waldron , 1986)The Seagulls of Kristiansund Natural Essence Tyrone Washington , 1967)Unity Larry Young , 1965)Zawinul Joe Zawinul , 1970) Box sets
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Some titles have been shortened.
As With
