Jazz Workshop WS220

Beat (Audiophile 180gr. HQ Vinyl)

Jazz Workshop Vinyl

Personnel:
Roy Brooks (d), Blue Mitchell (tp), George Bohanon (tb), Junior Cook (ts), Hugh Lawson (p), Eugene Taylor (b)

Reference: JW-098 LP

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Format: LP / 12" / 33rpm / STEREO
Label: JAZZ WORKSHOP
Catalogue Reference: JW-098
Recording Year: 1963
Country of Pressing: SPAIN
Comments: Sealed New Copy
Reissue of the original Jazz Workshop WS220
Cover Grade: MINT
Vinyl Grade: MINT

Tracklist

Side One:

1. Homestretch (Joe Henderson) 5:16
2. If You Could See Me Now (Tadd Dameron) 4:48
3. Passin' the Buck (Roy Brooks) 4:38

Side Two:

1. Soulin' (Joe Henderson) 4:29
2. Soulsphere (Alice McLeod) 5:09
3. My Secret passion (Duke Pearson) 6:54

Album details

Originally issued as Jazz Workshop WS220

Personnel:
Blue Mitchell (trumpet), George Bohanon (trombone), Junior Cook (tenor sax), Hugh Lawson (piano), Eugene Taylor (bass), Roy Brooks (drums).
Recorded in Detroit, on October 1, 1963

Recording session produced by Henry 'Hank' Cosby & William 'Mickey' Stevenson
Liner notes: Susan Lynn Mathison
Cover design: Bernard Yeszin & Wallace Mead

Press reviews

"Recorded for Berry Gordy's short-lived Workshop Jazz imprint, Roy Brooks' simply but authoritatively titled Beat fuses the intellectual rigors of the modern idiom with the physical prowess of soul-jazz to create a record of uncommon scope and reach. Working with Horace Silver Quintet colleagues Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, and Gene Taylor alongside Detroit contemporaries George Bohanon and Hugh Lawson, Brooks channels influences spanning the breadth of the Motor City scene, resulting in a clutch of challenging but engaging performances with the unmistakable patina of the embryonic Motown sound. While their technical proficiency is stunning, Brooks' rhythms never lose sight of the almighty groove, and for its hard bop stridency, the record has the proverbial good beat and you can dance to it."

Jason Ankeny -All Music Guide