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1993 live album by Roy Brooks
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
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 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
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader or co-leader With Oliver Lake With others
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)
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader With others
Home! (Gary Bartz , 1969)
Coral Keys (Walter Bishop Jr. , 1971)
Child's Dance (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers , 1972)
Buhaina (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1973)
Anthenagin (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1973)
The Free Slave (Roy Brooks , 1970)
Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1983)
The Almoravid (Joe Chambers , 1971)
Tones for Joan's Bones (Chick Corea , 1966)
The Complete "Is" Sessions (Chick Corea, 1969)
Brilliant Circles (Stanley Cowell , 1969)
Conversations (Eric Dolphy , 1963)
Iron Man (Eric Dolphy, 1963)
Tex Book Tenor /Back from the Gig (Booker Ervin , 1968)
Ichi-Ban (Louis Hayes and Junior Cook , 1976)
The Real Thing (Louis Hayes, 1977)
If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem (Joe Henderson , 1970)
Joe Henderson Quintet at the Lighthouse (1970)
Grass Roots (Andrew Hill , 1968)
Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill, 1969–70)
Passing Ships (Andrew Hill, 1969)
Bobby Hutcherson Live at Montreux (1973)
Cirrus (Bobby Hutcherson , 1974)
Bridge into the New Age (Azar Lawrence , 1974)
'Bout Soul (Jackie McLean , 1967)
Demon's Dance (Jackie McLean, 1967)
Reach Out! (Hank Mobley , 1968)
Thinking of Home (Hank Mobley, 1970)
Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun) (Pharoah Sanders , 1970)
The Cape Verdean Blues (Horace Silver , 1965)
The Jody Grind (Horace Silver, 1966)
Natural Soul (Buddy Terry , 1967)
Pure Dynamite (Buddy Terry, 1972)
Expansions (McCoy Tyner , 1968)
The Git Go – Live at the Village Vanguard (Mal Waldron , 1986)
The Seagulls of Kristiansund (Mal Waldron, 1986)
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 leader or co-leader With others