Double Exposure
Released: Feb 21, 2006
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Released: Feb 21, 2006
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Although drummer/producer Cecil Brooks III gets top billing, this set is very much a feature for organist Gene Ludwig. While most organ records match the Hammond B-3 with guitar, drums, and...
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Live at Sweet Basil
Released: Feb 13, 2001
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Released: Feb 13, 2001
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This is a set of mostly driving hard bop as played by five superior New York-based musicians. Drummer Cecil Brooks III contributed three of the five songs (only one piece is under 11 minutes),...
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Our Mister Brooks
Released: Apr 25, 2000
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Released: Apr 25, 2000
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This excellent compilation by drummer Cecil Brooks consists of tracks previously released for the Muse label between 1989 and 1993. It sounds as though Brooks instinctively knew which musicians...
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For Those Who Love to Groove
Released: Sep 14, 1999
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Released: Sep 14, 1999
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On drummer Cecil Brooks III's Savant debut he is joined by tenor saxophonist Don Braden, alto saxophonist Bruce Williams, trumpeter Riley Mullins, and organist Radam Schwartz to perform ten...
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Smokin' Jazz
Released: Jun 18, 1993
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Released: Jun 18, 1993
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This live set from Trumpets in Montclair, NJ, features spirited hard bop by drummer Cecil Brooks III's talented group of top-notch straight-ahead players. "Fried Bananas" swings hard, Brooks'...
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Neck Peckin' Jammie
Released: Jan 13, 1993
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Released: Jan 13, 1993
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On Cecil Brooks III's third Muse release, the Pittsburgh-born drummer gathers some of the finest young talent in jazz, tenor saxophonist Craig Handy, alto saxophonist Justin Robinson, trumpeter...
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Hangin' With Smooth
Released: Dec 14, 1990
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Released: Dec 14, 1990
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Drummer Cecil Brooks III's hard bop set is primarily straight-ahead, with some of the selections reminiscent of Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers. The originals (four by Brooks and two from pianist...
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The Collective
Released: Apr 27, 1989
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Released: Apr 27, 1989
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Drummer Cecil Brooks, in the liner notes to this CD, describes the music he created with altoist Greg Osby and tenor-saxophonist Gary Thomas: "We attack the changes; how they're executed is...
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