NOTE: This quote came from Roy after he keyed into the ethereal and spontaneous vocalise of Heidi Hepler. Roy always said how fascinating was her unconventional approach to improvisation with the unique sounds and great control, yet freedom and use of her four octave range. Roy first heard us when we jammed at the Detroit club 'Bert's on the River'. Detroit is a town overflowing with great musicians and a long history of greats – that same evening there was the also present the late great vibraphonist from Modern Jazz Quartet – Milt Jackson. After that evening at 'Bert's', Roy called us and said he loved what he heard and would love to play with us. The three of us connected musically, artistically and spiritually right away. Roy said he heard the soul coming out of our music and he loved our creative approach, sensitivity and how we listened to each other for nuances and dynamics. We began working together and performed as a trio for a couple of years as well as various concerts with our larger group. We had many tremendous and magical musical moments with the great Roy Brooks. He and Heidi would perform glorious voice and saw duets.... Roy was originally 'freaked out' with the precision and clarity with which Heidi could, seemly without a split second pause, simultaneously capture his exact tones in imitation. They would also do trio of voice, saw and guitar.... Fortunately, we have some of those moments captured on video live in concert as well as a guitar, drum duo with Ramo & Brooks in a live radio broadcast on WDET Detroit. That was released on our first Album "Kiss My Head" currently sold out and will be re-released.
