Roy Brooks

E883318

Roy Brooks was an American jazz drummer known for his dynamic hard bop style and collaborations with leading artists of the 1950s–1970s.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Roy Brooks canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American jazz drummer
drummer
human
jazz musician
activeYearsEnd 1970s
activeYearsStart 1950s
associatedAct Blue Mitchell NERFINISHED
Charles Mingus NERFINISHED
Chet Baker NERFINISHED
Dexter Gordon NERFINISHED
Horace Silver NERFINISHED
Max Roach NERFINISHED
Pharoah Sanders NERFINISHED
Sonny Stitt NERFINISHED
Woody Shaw NERFINISHED
Yusef Lateef NERFINISHED
collaboration performed and recorded with Charles Mingus in the 1960s
performed and recorded with Chet Baker
performed and recorded with Dexter Gordon
performed and recorded with Horace Silver in the early 1960s
performed and recorded with Pharoah Sanders
performed and recorded with Sonny Stitt
performed and recorded with Woody Shaw
performed and recorded with Yusef Lateef NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1938-09-03
dateOfDeath 2005-11-15
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
genre hard bop
jazz
instrument drum set
percussion
languageSpoken English
movement hard bop
post-bop
notableFor dynamic hard bop drumming style
notableWork Beat
Ethnic Expressions NERFINISHED
Live at Town/County NERFINISHED
Roy Brooks & Artistic Truth NERFINISHED
occupation drummer
musician
placeOfBirth Detroit, Michigan, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Detroit, Michigan, United States NERFINISHED
recordLabel Blue Note Records
Muse Records NERFINISHED
residence Detroit, Michigan, United States NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blue Mitchell associatedAct Roy Brooks