The Free Slave

The Free Slave
Live album by
Roy Brooks
Released1972
RecordedApril 26, 1970
Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, Maryland
GenreHard bop, soul jazz, post-bop
Length46:02
LabelMuse
MR 5003
ProducerRoy Brooks
Roy Brooks chronology
Beat
(1963) 		The Free Slave
(1972) 		Ethnic Expressions
(1973)

The Free Slave is a live album by drummer Roy Brooks recorded in 1970 and released on the Muse label in 1972.[1][2] It was the third album released on the label.

Reception

The Free Slave, according to Jim Dulzo in JazzTimes in 2003, "catches a live 1970 set with a band of stellar hard boppers that includes a very young Woody Shaw, plus George Coleman, Hugh Lawson and Cecil McBee. McBee and Brooks lay down a funky, intelligent groove and the band burns brightly through four extended tunes."[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Roy Brooks except as indicated

  1. "The Free Slave" - 12:18
  2. "Understanding" - 10:57
  3. "Will Pan's Walk" (Cecil McBee) - 9:07
  4. "Five for Max" - 13:40

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Muse Records discography accessed September 4, 2013
  2. ^ Fitzgerald, M. Roy Brooks discography accessed September 4, 2013
  3. ^ Jim Dulzo (2003-01-28). "Jazz Articles: Roy Brooks: Hard Bop Hard Time - By Jim Dulzo — Jazz Articles". Jazztimes.com. Retrieved 2015-10-13.