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Harvey Oliver Brooks (17 February 1899, in Philadelphia – 17 June 1968, in Los Angeles) was an American pianist and composer. He is the first black American to have written a complete score for a major motion picture: Mae West's film ''I'm No Angel'' (1933).〔Joe Darensbourg, ''Jazz odyssey: The Autobiography of Joe Darensbourg'', edited by Peter Vacher, Louisiana State University Press (1987) ISBN 0807114421 ISBN 9780807114421〕 == Career == Brooks toured and recorded with Mamie Smith in the early 1920s, then settled in California. Beginning 1923, he and Paul Howard co-led the Quality Four, a quartet with vocalist named after the Quality Cafe at 12th and Central in Los Angeles. It members were : Henry "Tin Can" Allen (drums) : Harvey O. Brooks (piano) : Jessie Derrick (vocals) : Leon H. Herriford (1894–1937) (clarinet, alto saxophone)〔Reginald T. Buckner, ''A History of Music Education in the Black Community of Kansas City, Kansas, 1905-1954'', Journal of Research in Music Education, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Summer, 1982), pp. 91-106〕 : Paul Howard (clarinet, tenor sax) Brooks recorded with the Quality Four and Howard’s Quality Serenaders. He remained a member of both until 1930. Brooks was the music director for Les Hite’s orchestra from 1931 to 1935. In this role, he worked for Hollywood film studios, composing soundtrack music. Brooks later worked as a leader of his own band, played in Kid Ory’s band (from 1952), and performed and recorded with Teddy Buckner (1955–1956) and Joe Darensbourg (1957–1960). 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.〔''Biographical Dictionary of Jazz, by Charles Eugene Claghorn (1911–2005), Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey (1982) ISBN 0130779660 ISBN 9780130779663〕〔''Who's Who of Jazz: Storyville to Swing Street,'' by John James Chilton (born 1932), Chilton Book Co., Philadelphia (1972) ISBN 0801957052 ISBN 9780801957055〕〔''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd edition, edited by Barry Dean Kernfeld (born 1950), Three volumes, Macmillan Publishers, London (2002) ISBN 1561592846 ISBN 9781561592845 ISBN 033369189X ISBN 9780333691892〕〔Albert J McCarthy (1920–1987), ''Big Band Jazz'', G.P. Putnam (1974) ISBN 0399111727 ISBN 9780399111723〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harvey Oliver Brooks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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