Duet in Detroit

Duet in Detroit
Duet in Detroit
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
Genre	Jazz
Length	68:56
Label	Enja
Roy Brooks chronology

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

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.

v t e Geri Allen
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader 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)
With Oliver Lake	Expandable Language (1984) Otherside (1988) Talkin' Stick (1997) At This Time (2008)
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)

v t e Woody Shaw
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	In the Beginning (1965) Blackstone Legacy (1970) Song of Songs (1972) The Moontrane (1974) San Francisco Express – Getting It Together (1975) Love Dance (1975) Little Red's Fantasy (1976) Woody Plays Woody (1976–77) The Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble at the Berliner Jazztage (1976) Rosewood (1977) The Iron Men (with Anthony Braxton, 1977) Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard (1978) Woody III (1978–79) For Sure! (1979) United (1981) Lotus Flower (1982) Master of the Art (1982) Night Music (1982) Setting Standards (1983) The Time Is Right (1983) Double Take (and Freddie Hubbard, 1985) Woody Shaw with the Tone Jansa Quartet (1985) Dr. Chi (1986) Bemsha Swing (1986) Solid (1986) Imagination (1987) In My Own Sweet Way (1987) The Eternal Triangle (with Freddie Hubbard, 1987)
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	Woody Shaw: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (Columbia, 1978–81 [2011]) Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions (Mosaic, 1965–87 [2013])

v t e Randy Weston
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Some titles have been shortened.
As leader or co-leader	Cole Porter in a Modern Mood (1954) The Randy Weston Trio (1955) Get Happy (1955) With These Hands... (1956) Trio and Solo (1955–56) Jazz à la Bohemia (1956) The Modern Art of Jazz (1956) Piano á la Mode (1957) New Faces at Newport (split with Lem Winchester, 1958) Little Niles (1958) Destry Rides Again (1959) Live at the Five Spot (1959) Uhuru Afrika (1960) Highlife (1963) Randy (1964; aka, African Cookbook, Atlantic) Berkshire Blues (1965) Monterey '66 (1966) African Cookbook (Polydor, 1969) Niles Littlebig (1969) Blue Moses (1972) Tanjah (1973) Carnival (1974) Blues to Africa (1974) The Healers (with David Murray, 1987) The Spirits of Our Ancestors (1991) Khepera (1998)
With others	Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1984) Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972)

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