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Billy Brooks

Billy Lewis Brooks (born 1943; died 2023) was an American jazz percussion player.

Brooks moved to Europe in 1964. At the beginning of 1970's, he founded the group El Babaku with the bass player Bert Thompson in Berlin, recording one album, Live At The Jazz Galerie, in 1971 for the MPS label.

He appeared on two albums with Fritz Pauer: Fritz Pauer-Live At The Berlin Jazz Galerie (with Jimmy Woode)…

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Artist details

Type
Person
Area
United States
Born
1943
Labels
wea
MPS
BASF
Concèntric
Last updated: May 8th, 2018

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