Roy Brooks - Beat (Verve By Request)

Roy Brooks - Beat (Verve By Request)Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Recorded for Berry Gordy's short lived Workshop Jazz imprint and recorded at the Hitsville USA studio, Roy Brooks (joined by fellow Detroit natives George Bohannon and Hugh Lawson, along with his Horace Silver Quintet bandmates Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, and Eugene Taylor) injects a Motor City soul jazz groove into the hard bop root of this engaging 1964 album. Verve By Request Series features transfers from analog

including a new relationship (with his now-wife)

and mesmerizing vocals

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Produced by the renowned Dave Cobb and recorded in Nashville's iconic RCA Studio A

Scott Kirkland (The Crystal Method) and Filthee Immigrants

Nye secured a deal with Grand Jury Music

The 45 is limited to 500 copies worldwide and it is just an appetizer of the upcoming new album Palace Of A Thousand Sounds

the forthcoming release also features contributions from Bright Eyes pianist Nathaniel Walcott

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Add this to your collection and let the evocative sounds of "Summertime Blues" fill your space with its reflective charm

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