Tina Brooks
Andy W
anybody know what his setup was ?
anybody got some transcriptions ?
TB photos here:-
http://members.tripod.com/~hardbop/brooks_discography.html
http://members.tripod.com/~hardbop/tbsessions.html
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The creative level and place Brooks comes from is immediately apparent. The
melodic interchange keeps the focus and that's as it should be. I like his
cutting edge to. He WAS modern yet has very obivious roots.
The great variety of ideas and lines keep his playing always on high flame.
One dimension that many saxophonists ignore is ballads. Brooks could tell a
story there to. A GREAT ONE.
Not to mention his attention to harmonic dimension via beauty.The way he spins
variations and melodic twists are superb and consistently uplifting.
I also know Bubba Brooks who I replaced in 1973 when Bubba left Bill Doggett ,
in NyC,,,was Tinas younger brother. Bubba was a killin R n' B tenor master!!!
I think he's still with us.( I sure hope so cuz...hes so cool)
My buddy-Han Dulfer, loves Tinas playing !
Hans told me many times- he thought Tinas articulation was exceptional.
Tina had something exceptional- Very hip.
Listen to him as much as you can- Tim Price
Kneel Jung
>in NyC,,,was Tinas younger brother. Bubba was a killin R n' B tenor master!!!
Tim , I think Bubba was older than
Tina ; Tina was the baby brother .
My favorite is Freddie Hubbard's Open
Sesame . Tina is really burnin ' on that
date .
It's funny - his name comes up 'once in
awhile' (great ballad,btw ...) on the rec.music.bluenote newsgroup , and
someone there always dismisses the man
as merely a Hank Mobley clone .
Whew ! No way is this man a clone of
anybody .
I love his sense of swing ; actually much
deeper than Mobley ; more like Rollins
was in the 50s - just really digging in vs.
floating over the time .
His ballad playing was very poignant -
you heard a real ache in his sound , a
kind of nakedness that gets right into
your bones .
I think in the Blue Note days he was
playing a Buffet SuperDynaction tenor
and a HR Berg - at least that's what the
photos tell me , as I wasn't on any of those sessions :-)
Another great session with Tina & Jackie
is the Freddie Redd date on Blue Note
"Shades of Redd" .
Anutha fave is Kenny Burrell's Blue Lights
date w/ Junior Cook & Tina on tenors .
Wow , those guys really tear it up
I would've loved to have been alive during
that 50's period in NYC .
I'm really surprised to find Tina's name
mentioned here .
Maybe there's hope after all ?
Dave Williams
TEP251Sax
>Tim , I think Bubba was older than
>Tina ; Tina was the baby brother .
>
Well...Bubba always looked the same :)
The times I was fortunate to have been in his company...he never aged.Looked
great...ditto Pervis Henson the great
r&b cat who sadly spent his last years
working at Mannys on 48th st.
I loved Pervis- he was just as "hip"
as Stanley T. and somehow the biz
missed him.
>omeone there always dismisses the man
>as merely a Hank Mobley clone .
>
I know, I know...FAR FROM IT.
I never understood that either.
>His ballad playing was very poignant -
>you heard a real ache in his sound , a
As Cannon said- A moan in the tone.
> I'm really surprised to find Tina's name
>mentioned here .
>Maybe there's hope after all ?
There's always hope...'
More people who LOVE this art form need
to start talking instead of lurking and all.
Music...needs THIS forum.
ALL of us do..
Bassooner or later- Tim Price
ben davis
though I too was not on that session.
Ben
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Charles Butcher
great stuff. Where can I here more of this guy?
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Andy W
tep2...@aol.com (TEP251Sax) wrote:
> >omeone there always dismisses the man
> >as merely a Hank Mobley clone .
> >
>
> I know, I know...FAR FROM IT.
> I never understood that either.
>
> >His ballad playing was very poignant -
> >you heard a real ache in his sound , a
>
> As Cannon said- A moan in the tone.
>
> > I'm really surprised to find Tina's name
> >mentioned here .
> >Maybe there's hope after all ?
>
> There's always hope...'
> More people who LOVE this art form need
> to start talking instead of lurking and all.
> Music...needs THIS forum.
> ALL of us do..
> Bassooner or later- Tim Price
Hank Mobley clone he aint, at least I can't hear it,
and I've been studying a lot of Mobley
transcriptions & listening to lots of his 60's Bluenote stuff.
(Memo to self- I must transcribe Mobley's "There'a lull in my life" from '66)
Anyway,
I picked up some really cheap vinyl:
Tina Brooks' "True Blue" (Bluenote) is just *great*,
and another LP at 75 pence (~ $1 US) with a great tenor player
I'd like to study - but I'll save that for another thread
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