Cedric Brooks
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Years active | early 1960s–2013 |
Labels | Studio One |
Cedric "Im" Brooks (27 April 1943 – 3 May 2013) was a
Biography
Brooks became a pupil at the renowned
Brooks was a member of groups such as The Vagabonds and the Granville Williams Band in the early 1960s, but it would be the late 1960s when he would find his first major commercial success, as part of a duo with trumpeter David Madden, Im & David.[2] The duo released a series of instrumental singles for Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Studio One label. Brooks also became a regular studio musician at the Brentford Road studio, playing on many recording sessions, and released several solo singles in the early 1970s.[2][3]
In 1970 he first teamed up with
During the 1980s and 1990s, Brooks released a few singles but largely worked as a session musician. In particular, he worked with
Brooks died in the
Selected discography
Solo
- Im Flash Forward (1977), Studio One
- United Africa (1978), ARCO
Im & Dave
- Money Maker (1970), Coxsone (sometimes credited to Various Artists)
With Count Ossie and the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari
- Grounation (1973), MRR/Vulcan/Ashanti
- Tales of Mozambique (1975)
- One Truth
With The Light of Saba
- The Light Of Saba (1974), Total Sounds
- From Mento to Reggae to Third World Music (1975), Doctor Bird
- The Light Of Saba in Reggae (197?), Total Sounds
- Compilations
- Cedric Im Brooks & The Light Of Saba (2003), Honest Jon's
With the Skatalites
- Bashaka (2000)
- From Paris With Love (2002)
- The Skatalites In Orbit, Vol. 1 (2005)
- On The Right Track (2007)
Session work
- Negril(LP, 1975. Micron Music Ltd) (CD, 2003. 3D Japan)
References
- ^ "Renowned J'can saxophonist for NY show", The Jamaica Observer, 16 April 2006. Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ ISBN 0-7535-0242-9.
- ^ ISBN 1-84353-329-4.
- ^ ISBN 0-87930-655-6.
- ^ Katz, David (8 May 2013),"Cedric Brooks obituary", The Guardian (UK). Retrieved 9 May 2013.