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Roy Brooks
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 19
Top works
- Structures of Judicial Decision Making from Legal Formalism to Critical Theory (Paperback)
- Vehicle Mechanical and Electronic Systems Level 2 and 3
- Vehicle Mechanical and Electronic Systems
- Vehicle Maintenance
- Law of Discrimination
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1938
- Active to
- 2005
Discography
- Beat1964
- The Free Slave1972
- Duet In Detroit1993
- Understanding2021
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,157
- Total plays
- 21,481
Tags
jazzHard Bopdrumsinstrumentalamerican
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. <a href="https://www.last.fm
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roy
- Family name
- Brooks
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Place of death
- Detroit
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- drum kit
- Record label
- Enja Records
- Image
- Roy Brooks Drums.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1938-09-03
- date of death
- 2005-11-15
- Commons category
- Roy Brooks
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