97:(February 17, 1899 – June 17, 1968) was an American pianist and composer. He is the first black American to have written a complete score for a major motion picture:
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146:(1957ā1960). Beginning 1961, he became a member of the Young Men of New Orleans (dixieland jazz group), which he led in the last year of his life.
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Brooks recorded with the
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in the early-1920s, then settled in
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words & music by Harvey O. Brooks & Ellis
Lawrence Walsh
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sung by Mae West at the end and during the closing credits
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247:(clarinet, soprano sax, vocal), Harvey O. Brooks (piano),
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music by Harvey O. Brooks & Ellis
Lawrence Walsh
516:Jazz odyssey: The Autobiography of Joe Darensbourg
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603:Who's Who of Jazz: Storyville to Swing Street,
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172:Paul Howard's Quality Serenaders, recorded in
568:, by Charles Eugene Claghorn (1911ā2005),
357:played on a record on which Mae West sings
16:American pianist, composer, and bandleader
373:lyrics by Gladys DuBois and Ben Ellison
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313:played on a piano and sung by Mae West
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342:(No One Love Me Like) That Dallas Man
830:20th-century American male musicians
159:, Brooks is shown mentoring a young
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810:American male film score composers
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239:Musicians: Mike Delay (trumpet),
127:on clarinet and tenor saxophone.
648:The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
520:Louisiana State University Press
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566:Biographical Dictionary of Jazz
276:I Found A New Way To Go To Town
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298:I Want You, I Need You
227:American Music Records
552:Reginald T. Buckner,
487:That's The One For Me
441:A Little Bird Told Me
307:lyrics by Ben Ellison
652:Macmillan Publishers
167:Selected discography
95:Harvey Oliver Brooks
607:John James Chilton
389:, with Ben Ellison
699:Albert J McCarthy
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780:1968 deaths
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707:G.P. Putnam
415:Finger Wave
256:Filmography
215:Los Angeles
202:Paul Howard
193:(Vā38122āB)
125:Paul Howard
121:Paul Howard
117:Mamie Smith
80:Instruments
59:Los Angeles
769:Categories
755:2022-07-22
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111:Career
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84:Piano
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