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John Benson Brooks

John Benson Brooks is credited on 757 releases across 205 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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Credits

205

Albums

8

Decades active

137

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Biography

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B. February 23, 1917, Houlton, Maine
D. November 13, 1999, New York City
American jazz pianist, songwriter, arranger, and composer. Among his best-known compositions are "You Came A Long Way From St. Louis", "Where Flamingos Fly", "Over The Weekend" and "Just As Though You Were Here". His composition "Bird Meets Cage" was performed over WBAI in January 1961.
Studied with Joseph Schillinger in the 1940's, and with John Cage at the New School in 1960. Brooks was also fascinated by the occult, and studied and corresponded with astrologer Marc Edmund Jones beginning in 1943.

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Credited work

757 releases · 205 albums · active 1950–2023

  • Performance · 829
  • Other credits · 26

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Epicurus Studio · Americana Hotel, Miami, Florida · Radio Recorders

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