Roy Brooks – The Free Slave Music CD

Roy Brooks – The Free Slave Music CD

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Roy Brooks – The Free Slave Music CD

Roy Brooks – The Free Slave Music CD

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Roy Brooks – The Free Slave Music CD

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Dive into a powerful piece of adventurous jazz with Roy Brooks – The Free Slave Music CD. Led by acclaimed drummer Roy Brooks, The Free Slave captures the intensity, creativity, and improvisational spirit that make boundary-pushing jazz such a rewarding listening experience.

Roy Brooks was a formidable drummer whose work crossed hard bop, post-bop, and more exploratory forms of jazz. The Free Slave showcases that adventurous side of his artistry, delivering a performance filled with rhythmic energy, spontaneous interplay, and the freedom of musicians pushing beyond conventional structures.

The Music CD format makes this release perfect for focused listening at home, exploring in the car, or adding alongside your favorite jazz recordings. For listeners digging deeper into the genre beyond its most familiar names, Roy Brooks offers another fascinating chapter in jazz history.

Whether you're already a Roy Brooks fan, collect classic and avant-garde jazz, appreciate adventurous improvisation, or simply enjoy discovering important recordings outside the mainstream, this factory-sealed CD deserves a place in your collection.

Why You Need It Now

Specialty and historically significant jazz releases can have much narrower physical distribution than mainstream titles, and individual editions may become increasingly difficult to locate in brand-new condition once available inventory sells through. If The Free Slave belongs in your jazz collection, securing a factory-sealed copy while it's available can save you from hunting for one later.

Order your Roy Brooks – The Free Slave Music CD today while it's available and add this adventurous jazz recording to your physical music collection!

Roy Brooks spent years anchoring some of Detroit's most essential hard bop units before this 1972 session crystallized everything he stood for as a bandleader. A key figure in the city's jazz lineage, Brooks brought a percussive philosophy rooted in African tradition and street-level soul to every kit he sat behind, and the company he kept here, Shaw and Coleman were both at creative peaks in this period, reflects just how seriously the jazz community took his vision.


Originally released in 1972 on the iconic Muse label, The Free Slave captures Roy Brooks at the peak of his powers - a drummer of deep conviction and fire, blending soul-rooted swing with the outer reaches of post-bop and avant-garde expression. This landmark live session brims with energy, featuring extended improvisations and tight interplay between some of the most vital players in modern jazz; Woody Shaw (trumpet), George Coleman (tenor sax), Hugh Lawson (piano), and Cecil McBee (bass). Brooks and company dig deep into political and musical freedom, channeling the urgency of the early '70s Black liberation era. Each solo surges with emotion, particularly Woody Shaw's fearless trumpet work and George Coleman's muscular tenor tone. Vinyl re-release in October 2025 has sold out of 3,500 manufactured. Remastered directly from the original analog tapes by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab. Packaged in a 4-panel digipak with 8-page booklet with newly written liner notes by Shannon J. Effinger and Barney Fields with a rare photograph by Raymond Ross.


Tracklist:

  1. The Free Slave
  2. Understanding
  3. Will Pan's Walk
  4. Five for Max

UPC: 0198704749308
Label: Time Traveler
Release Date: 10.9.26
Format: CD

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