This was the only Brooks record released in the tenor saxophonist’s brief lifetime _____________ (1), a generic exercise in soulful Blue Note hard-bop. Don’t be put off though,______ (2), muscle, vulnerability and lyric passion.Although he can’t be counted a true great, _________ (3) and most of him is in his first solo here, in “Good Old Soul”: ___________ (4). I love him. And if you like this, try Freddie Redd’s Shades of Redd where Tina gets to ride the changes with Jackie McLean.