[Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Whatever happened to Brooks Kerr

[Marek Boym]

I already have.  There is no information other than Brooks has recorded two
LPs, both in 1974, one of which - a self-release.  But nothing as to his
whereabouts.
Cheers

On 10 May 2017 at 01:19, Jerry Gordon <1jerrygordon at gmail.com> wrote:

> Marek,
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> See http://www.musiciansfoundation.org/lives-changed/brooks-kerr/ and
> https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/brookskerr, among others.
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> Jerry Gordon,
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> Troy, NY
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> *I wondered why music was coming from my printer. Apparently, the paper
> was jamming.*
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> *From:* Marek Boym [mailto:marekboym at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 9, 2017 5:06 PM
> *To:* Jerry Gordon <jerrygordon at juno.com>
> *Cc:* Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> *Subject:* [Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Whatever happened to Brooks Kerr
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> The original posting brought no replies.  Perhaps now I'll have better
> luck.
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> Cheers
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Marek Boym* <marekboym at gmail.com>
> Date: 24 April 2016 at 20:01
> Subject: Whatever happened to Brooks Kerr
> To: Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
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> Many years ago, sometime in the '70's of the previous century, I went to
> hear a young (then) blind American pianist, Brooks Kerr, at the Tel-Aviv
> Museum.   I had previously read about him in Down Beat, so I alerted my
> friends of his appearing in Israel.  Although all references to Brooks Kerr
> mention Ellingtonian associates, in Israel his accompanists were Al Morgan
> on bass and Panama Francis on drums (we later took Mr. Francis to a bar
> where an Israeli jazz group was playing; the others preferred to retire to
> their hotel).
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> I bought the first - and only - Kerr LP I saw, The Soda Fountain Rag
> apparently recorded in 1975.
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> Anyway, after the '70's he seemed to have disappeared.  Any idea of his
> whereabouts?  Is he still playing?
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> Cheers
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