Brooks Bowman
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Brooks Bowman was an American musician and composer. He is most widely known for his 1935 composition "East of the Sun (And West of The Moon)" which has become a jazz standard. He was an undergraduate student at Princeton University (class of 1936), where he contributed some songs for a musical performed by the Princeton Triangle Club entitled "Stags at Bay" in 1934, including this hit (which almost didn't make it into the play due to a copyright dispute), and other Bowman songs including "Love and Dime" and "Will Love Find a Way?". He died on October 17, 1937 when a car in which he was riding in crashed into a stone wall on "Cat Rock Road" near Garrison, New York. Four days later, on Oct. 21 he would have celebrated his 24th birthday.
[edit] "East of the Sun (And West of The Moon)"
The song was recorded by Ella Fitzgerald on her 1959 album Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers and again on her 1969 album Ella.
Lester Young and Charlie Parker also recorded the song.
Frank Sinatra recorded it on his 1961 album I Remember Tommy.
Tony Bennett recorded the song on his 1992 tribute to Sinatra called Perfectly Frank.
A-ha's fourth album in 1990 had the title "East of the Sun (West of the Moon)"
Betty Carter recorded the song on her 1996 album I'm Yours, You're Mine.
Diana Krall recorded the song on her 1998 album When I Look in Your Eyes and again on her 2002 live album Live in Paris.
