Jamie Brooks
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| Jamie Brooks | |
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 Jamie performing Brazilian Dawn in 2006
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jamie Mark Brooks |
| Born | July 8, 1983 |
| Origin | Cambridge, Cambridgshire, England |
| Genre(s) | Rock, Fusion, Classical, Jazz, Funk, Progressive rock, Pop, Ska |
| Occupation(s) | Keyboardist, pianist, producer, arranger, backing vocalist |
| Instrument(s) | keyboards, synthesizers, piano, organ |
| Years active | 1999 - present |
| Website | [1] |
Jamie Brooks (born July 8, 1983 in Coventry, England) is a pianist, keyboard player and composer/arranger.
He was classically trained from the age of 5, but developed an interest in rock, jazz, funk and pop in his teens and started playing in local bands. Following A levels centred around classical music, he went to Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge and did a combined BA degree in Music and Creative Music Technology followed by an MA in Music Performance.
Highly acclaimed for his diversity and versatility, he has toured and recorded with numerous bands in styles from ska, through rock and blues, to disco and funk. He is a currently playing for Soul Patrol and the London-based prog/metal/fusion band Linear Sphere and well as touring keyboard roles with The Neville Staple Band and Behind Bars.
Despite touring, recording and session work for various bands, Jamie has continued to perform with his jazz trio (The Jamie Brooks Trio) and a number of successful solo piano recitals including Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition and a programme of Argentinian music; his piano transcription of Piazzolla's Libertango being particularly well received.
In 2007, he composed the score for an independent short film - A Fistful ‘O Fishfingers – as well as playing piano in successful productions of ‘West End Story’ and ‘Anything Goes’.
He now lives in Cambridge, England and continues to work extensively.
