Duet in Detroit
{{Short description|1993 live album by drummer Roy Brooks}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Duet in Detroit
| type = live
| artist = Roy Brooks
| cover = Duet in Detroit.jpg
| released = 1993
| recorded = August 26, 1983; May 25, 1984; July 2, 1987; and February 25, 1989
| venue = Detroit Institute of Arts{{Cite web|url=https://jazztimes.com/archives/roy-brooks-hard-bop-hard-time/|title=Roy Brooks: Hard Bop Hard Time|first=Jim|last=Dulzo|website=JazzTimes}}
| genre = Jazz
| length = 68:56
| label = Enja
| chronology = Roy Brooks
| prev_title = The Smart Set
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
Duet in Detroit is a live album by the drummer Roy Brooks, recorded between 1983 and 1989 and released by Enja in 1993.Fitzgerald, M. [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/BrooksRoy-ldr.php Roy Brooks discography]. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz on Compact Disc
|rev2score = {{rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD |date=1998 |publisher=Penguin Books |page=208}}
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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."Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/duet-in-detroit-mw0000095280 AllMusic review]. Retrieved September 4, 2013, Jazz Times called it an "exceptionally varied, satisfying collection." The Guardian deemed it "one of the enduring documents of Brooks's sensitivity to a variety of music approaches."{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/jan/13/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries1|title=Obituary: Roy Brooks|first=John|last=Fordham|date=January 13, 2006|via=www.theguardian.com}}
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
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