Jazz Greats: Roy Brooks

Roy Brooks (Mar. 9, 1938 – Nov. 15, 2005)

Hard Bop Jazz Drummer, Roy Brooks, performed using a Musical Saw and Drums with vacuum tubes attached. He worked as a freelance drummer for many notables during the 1960's and the 1970's. His mental health declined in his latter years and he died in a nursing home in 2005. Please take a listen here and have a great Saturday: Five for max, Will Pan's walk and The free slave

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Brooks

Background information
Born	March 9, 1938
Origin	Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died	November 15, 2005(aged 67) Detroit, Michigan, United States
Genres	Jazz, hard bop
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Drums
Associated acts	Barry Harris, Beans Bowles,Four Tops, Sonny Stitt, Lee Morgan, Dexter Gordon,Chet Baker, Junior Cook,Blue Mitchell, Charles McPherson, Pharoah Sanders, Wes Montgomery,Horace Silver and many others