Notably, the track “Soulsphere” was composed by Alice McLeod (erroneously credited as “McCloud” on the sleeve), who would blaze a new musical path a few years later as the incomparable Alice Coltrane. Together, they deliver a high-energy set that features tracks written by Brooks, Joe Henderson, and Duke Pearson.
Brooks, who served as a sideman for Horace Silver, Yusef Lateef, and Chet Baker, among others, is joined by fellow Detroit natives George Bohannon (trombone) and Hugh Lawson (piano), along with his Horace Silver Quintet bandmates: Blue Mitchell (trumpet), Junior Cook (tenor saxophone), and Eugene Taylor (bass). Recorded at Motown’s legendary Hitsville USA studio for Workshop Jazz – Berry Gordy’s short-lived jazz imprint – Beat marks Roy Brooks’ debut as a leader and finds the innovative drummer fusing his hard bop roots with a Motor City soul-jazz groove.
#Third man records series#
The series launches on November 11 with a nod to Third Man’s birthplace with two of Detroit’s finest: Alice Coltrane’s Ptah, the El Daoud (1970) and Roy Brooks’ long out-of-print Beat (1964). Each of the Third Man Editions will come in a limited edition, two-color, screen-printed jacket on archival French cover stock, custom printed and assembled in Detroit. Each month, a limited Third Man Edition yellow color variant of each LP will also be available exclusively via Third Man Records and uDiscoverMusic. The records will include both long-out-of-print titles from the vault as well as the first-ever vinyl pressings for albums released in the ‘90s and aughts that were only originally released on CD.Īlbums will be newly remastered from original analog sources, when available, and pressed on audiophile-quality, 180-gram vinyl at Third Man Pressing in Detroit. Focusing on rare gems and fan-requested jazz albums from the Verve Label Group’s stable of iconic labels, the series will offer two titles per month – each hand-picked by Verve and Third Man Records. Verve Records/UMe and Third Man Records have partnered to resurrect the popular reissue series, Verve By Request, with a vinyl twist.
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