Blly Lewis Brooks | |
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Born | 1943 United States |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instruments | percussion |
Associated acts | Bert Thompson , Fritz Pauer, Jimmy Woode, Slide Hampton, Joe Haider, Tete Montoliu, Benny Bailey, Miriam Klein, Nathan Davis, Duško Gojković, Philip Catherine, Ximo Tebar |
Billy Lewis Brooks (born 1943) is an American jazz percussion player.
Brooks moved to Europe in 1964. At the beginning of 70s, he founded the group El Babaku with the bass player Bert Thompson in Berlin. He has played in two albums with Fritz Pauer: Fritz Pauer-Live at the Jazz gallery(with Jimmy Woode) and Water Plants. He worked also with the Slide Hampton/Joe Haider Orchestra and the musician like Tete Montoliu, Benny Bailey, Miriam Klein, Nathan Davis, Duško Gojković, Philip Catherine and Ximo Tebar.