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Benny Goodman: The Essential Benny Goodman (Bluebird/Legacy)
Tommy Dorsey: The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing: Centennial Collection
Various Artists: PROGRESSIONS: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitars
Various Artists: Art Deco: The Crooners
Various Artists: Real Kansas City
Various Artists: Now That's Chicago!
Various Artists: Stars of the Apollo
Various Artists: Little Club Jazz: Small Groups in the 30s (New World Records)
Liner Notes
Billie Holiday: Billie Holiday Collection, Vol. 1
Billie Holiday: Billie Holiday Collection, Vol. 2
Billie Holiday: Billie Holiday Collection, Vol. 3
Billie Holiday: Billie Holiday Collection, Vol. 4
Lester Young: Evening of a Basie-ite PREZ
Bix Beiderbecke: Vol. 1: Singin' the Blues
Various Artists: Art Deco: The Crooners
Various Artists: This Is Art Deco
Various Artists: Now That's Chicago!
Various Artists: Swing Time! The Fabulous Big Band Era 1925-1955
Brooks' world music projects include the Sony Legacy reissue "
Cuban Music: 1909-1951" and the
Yiddish compilation "From Avenue A to the Great White Way." He also specialized in identifying obscure pre-1950 recordings and served as the project manager on the 19-hour
PBSKen Burns Presents Jazz compilation series of 22 single-discs, as well as a five-disc box set historical summary.
Awards
Brooks has been nominated for
Grammy awards 16 times. His Grammy awards wins include: