Duet in Detroit
1993 live album by Roy Brooks
| Duet in Detroit | ||||
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| Live album by Roy Brooks | ||||
| Released | 1993 | |||
| Recorded | August 26, 1983; May 25, 1984; July 2, 1987; and February 25, 1989 | |||
| Venue | Detroit Institute of Arts[1] | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 68:56 | |||
| Label | Enja | |||
| Roy Brooks chronology | ||||
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Duet in Detroit is a live album by the drummer Roy Brooks, recorded between 1983 and 1989 and released by Enja in 1993.[2]
Reception
| 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 called it an "exceptionally varied, satisfying collection."[1] The Guardian deemed it "one of the enduring documents of Brooks's sensitivity to a variety of music approaches."[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
- Roy Brooks – drums, percussion, musical saw
- Woody Shaw – trumpet (tracks 4 & 5)
- Geri Allen (tracks 9 & 10), Don Pullen (tracks 7 & 8), Randy Weston (tracks 2 & 3) – piano
References
- ^ a b Dulzo, Jim. "Roy Brooks: Hard Bop Hard Time". JazzTimes.
- ^ Fitzgerald, M. Roy Brooks discography. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
- ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic review. Retrieved September 4, 2013,
- ^ Cook, Richard (1998). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Penguin Books. p. 208.
- ^ Fordham, John (January 13, 2006). "Obituary: Roy Brooks" – via www.theguardian.com.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
or co-leader
- The Printmakers (1984)
- Home Grown (1985)
- Open on All Sides in the Middle (1986)
- In the Year of the Dragon (1989)
- Segments (1989)
- Twylight (1989)
- Live at the Village Vanguard (1990)
- The Nurturer (1990)
- Maroons (1992)
- Twenty One (1994)
- Eyes in the Back of Your Head (1995–96)
- Some Aspects of Water (1996)
- The Gathering (1998)
- The Life of a Song (2004)
- Timeless Portraits and Dreams (2006)
- Flying Toward the Sound (2008)
- Geri Allen & Timeline Live (2009)
- A Child Is Born (2011)
- Grand River Crossings (2012)
- A Lovesome Thing (2012)
- Expandable Language (1984)
- Otherside (1988)
- Talkin' Stick (1997)
- At This Time (2008)
- Movies (Franco Ambrosetti, 1986)
- Movies Too (Franco Ambrosetti, 1988)
- The Collective (Cecil Brooks III, 1989)
- Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1989)
- Droppin' Things (Betty Carter, 1990)
- Feed the Fire (Betty Carter, 1993)
- Sound Museum: Hidden Man (Ornette Coleman, 1996)
- Sound Museum: Three Women (Ornette Coleman, 1996)
- Motherland Pulse (Steve Coleman, 1985)
- Flute Talk (Buddy Collette, 1988)
- Etudes (Charlie Haden, 1987)
- The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Charlie Haden, 1989)
- The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (Charlie Haden, 1989)
- Reflections in Change (Craig Handy, 1999)
- Lift Every Voice (Charles Lloyd, 2002)
- Jumping the Creek (Charles Lloyd, 2004)
- Decision in Paradise (Frank Lowe, 1984)
- Monk in Motian (Paul Motian, 1988)
- Mindgames (Greg Osby, 1988)
- Living on the Edge (Dewey Redman, 1989)
- Crunchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993)
- Munchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993)
- Bemsha Swing (Woody Shaw, 1986)
- By Any Means Necessary (Gary Thomas, 1989)
