Tina Brooks

tenor saxophone · 1932–1974 · Fayetteville (North Carolina)

Harold Floyd Brooks, a hard bop tenor saxophonist and composer, is known for his Blue Note recordings from 1958 to 1961. He recorded five sessions as a leader, almost all unreleased in his lifetime, and died of liver failure after years of heroin use.

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Styles

• Hard bop

Landmark tracks

• Good Old Soul (1960)
• True Blue (1960)
• Up Tight's Creek (1960)

Sources

• Source

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