The Free Slave Explained

The Free Slave
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Roy Brooks
Cover:	The Free Slave.jpg
Released:	1972
Recorded:	April 26, 1970 Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, Maryland
Genre:	Hard bop, soul jazz, post-bop
Length:	46:02
Label:	Muse MR 5003
Producer:	Roy Brooks
Chronology:	Roy Brooks
Prev Title:	Beat
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	Ethnic Expressions
Next Year:	1973

The Free Slave is a live album by drummer Roy Brooks recorded in 1970 and released on the Muse label in 1972.^{[1] [2]} It was the third album released on the label.

Reception

The Free Slave, according to Jim Dulzo in JazzTimes in 2003, "catches a live 1970 set with a band of stellar hard boppers that includes a very young Woody Shaw, plus George Coleman, Hugh Lawson and Cecil McBee. McBee and Brooks lay down a funky, intelligent groove and the band burns brightly through four extended tunes."^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Roy Brooks except as indicated

1. "The Free Slave" - 12:18
2. "Understanding" - 10:57
3. "Will Pan's Walk" (Cecil McBee) - 9:07
4. "Five for Max" - 13:40

Personnel

• Roy Brooks - drums
• Woody Shaw - trumpet
• George Coleman - tenor saxophone
• Hugh Lawson - piano
• Cecil McBee - bass

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/muse.htm Muse Records discography
2. Fitzgerald, M. Roy Brooks discography accessed September 4, 2013
3. Web site: Jim Dulzo . Jazz Articles: Roy Brooks: Hard Bop Hard Time - By Jim Dulzo — Jazz Articles . Jazztimes.com . 2003-01-28 . 2015-10-13.