Tina Brooks
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It sits within the topics 1932 births, 1974 deaths and 20th-century African-American musicians.
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Harold Floyd "Tina" Brooks (June 7, 1932 – August 13, 1974) was an American hard bop tenor saxophonist and composer. Harold Floyd Brooks was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The nickname "Tina", pronounced Teena, was a variation of "Teeny", a childhood moniker. He was the brother of Bubba Brooks. He studied harmony and theory with Herbert Bourne. Initially, he studied the C-melody saxophone, which he began playing shortly after he moved to New York with his family in 1944. <a href="https:/
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tina
- Family name
- Brooks
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Fayetteville
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- Blue Note
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- date of birth
- 1932-06-07
- date of death
- 1974-08-13
- cause of death
- kidney failure
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1951-00-00
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