Roy Brooks

Roy Brooks (1938-2005) was an American jazz drummer and percussionist from Detroit. He played in Horace Silver's quintet from 1959 to 1964, appearing on Song for My Father, and went on to lead his own groups, among them The Artistic Truth, while working as a member of Max Roach's percussion ensemble M'Boom. Brooks left college in Detroit to tour with Yusef Lateef. He also worked with Chet Baker, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Stitt, Lee Morgan, Pharoah Sanders, James Moody and Charles Mingus.