Jazz Collections

Roy Brooks: Drumist 1938-2005

Posted November 23rd, 2014 by detroitsound

Not a drummer, but a drumist Growing up in a Detroit with pianos in every house, Roy Brooks found the beginnings of his self-described purpose: to create a musical truth. Though Brooks received guidance from several of his more well-known contemporaries — Dizzy Gillespie and John Coltrane among them — he chose to forge his […]

Kenn Cox

Posted November 22nd, 2014 by detroitsound

Lamonte Hamilton

Posted November 22nd, 2014 by detroitsound

Charles V. Moore

Posted June 5th, 2014 by detroitsound

Jimmy Wilkins

Posted June 5th, 2014 by detroitsound

Alma Smith

Posted June 5th, 2014 by detroitsound

Earl Van Riper

Posted June 4th, 2014 by detroitsound

Thomas “Beans” Bowles: 1926-2000

Posted May 21st, 2014 by detroitsound

The ‘Unknown Artist’ No More Born in South Bend, Indiana, Thomas “Beans” Bowles began his musical as a child before moving to Detroit at the age of 17 to study at Wayne State University. He spent time touring with a U.S. Navy band before returning to Detroit to play as both a touring and […]

Ellariz (Thompson) Lucas

Posted January 1st, 2014 by detroitsound

Ellariz (Thompson) Lucas 1989 from Detroit Sound Conservancy on Vimeo.