
Roy Brooks (March 9, 1938 – November 15, 2005) was an American hard bop jazz drummer. Brooks was born in Detroit and drummed since childhood. He was an outstanding varsity basketball player as a teenager and was offered a scholarship to the Detroit Institute of Technology; he attended the school for three semesters and then dropped out to tour with Yusef Lateef. After time with Lateef and Barry Harris, he played with Beans Bowles and with the Four Tops in Las Vegas.
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Soulin'
Homestretch
The Free Slave
If You Could See Me Now
Prelude to Understanding - Live
Understanding
The Last Prophet
Passin' the Buck
M'Jumbe
Eboness
Soulsphere
Understanding - Live
My Secret Passion
Will Pan's Walk
Five For Max
Eboness (Kwanza)
Billie's Bounce - Live
The Smart Set
Zoltan - Live
Taurus Woman - Live
The Theme - Live
The Free Slave - Live At The Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, MD / April 26, 1970
Prelude to Understanding
Zulu
Jeffuso
Understanding - Live At The Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, MD / April 26, 1970
Waltz For Sweetcakes
Billie's Bounce
The Theme
Zoltan
Duet In Detroit
Samba Del Sol
Will Pan's Walk - Live At The Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, MD / April 26, 1970
Taurus Woman
Introduction (Randy Weston)
Five For Max - Live At The Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, MD / April 26, 1970
Introduction
Introduction (Don Pullen)
The Free Slave (Live At The Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, MD / April 26, 1970)
Elegy For Eddie Jefferson
Healing Force
Understanding (Live At The Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, MD / April 26, 1970)
Forever Mingus
Will Pan's Walk (Live At The Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, MD / April 26, 1970)
Free Slave
Five For Max (Live At The Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, MD / April 26, 1970)
Prelude to Understanding (Live)
Understanding (Live)
The Theme (Live)
Billie's Bounce (Live)
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