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Brooks Tegler's Page
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- About Me:
- Drummer; lives in D.C. area with daughter, Gracie, one dog, two birds. Main areas of music interest: jazz, classical music, blues, WWII history (and leads own WWII living history group—WWII Allied Aviation Federation [WWII AAF]), Renaissance painting, British mysteries, acting. Leads jazz groups of various sizes, anything from trios up to 17-piece big bands. (This includes authentic WWII Army Air Force Band.) Works all over the world.
[ Can also be seen on nearly every sculpture panel of the WW2 Memorial in Washington DC. (was primary model and organizer of all other models for scenes depicted) and can be heard in numerous Voice over projects (constantly on Fairfax Government Cable Channel 16 for one) but the acting/VO career is on a different bio! ]
websites:
www.capitalcombinations.com (shows calendar of upcoming gigs)
www.myspace.com/brooksteglerbigband
Musical History
Worked and associated with many, many great musicians.
Bass:
Milt Hinton, Keter Betts, Bob Haggart, J.J. Wiggins, Major Holley, Tommy Cecil, Masato Kobayashi, Jack Lesberg, Steve Novosel, John Previti, Johnny Williams
Piano:
Art Hodes, Eddie Higgins, Bill Potts, Mulgrew Miller, Mark Shane, John Sheridan, George Wein, Paolo Alderighi, Ray Sherman, Jim Dapogny, Butch Thompson, Alan Farnun, Johnny Varro, Mike LaDonne, John Colliani, Claude Tissendier, Norma Teagarden, Harry Kanters
Organ:
Jack McDuff, Eddie Hatzas
Guitar:
Steve Jordan (as a member of Brooks’ jazz group for eight years), Marty Grosz, Eddie Ericson, Charlie LaBarbara, Danny Barker, Paul Wingo, Joe Cohn, Steve Abshire, Ian Date, Vinnie Corrao, Danny Gatton, Ted Connor, Nagome Segume.
Mandolin/Violin:
Peter Ostrushko, Paul Glasse, Paul Anastasio, Matt Glaser, Tim O’Brien
Trumpet/Cornet:
Wild Bill Davison, Billy Butterfield, Doc Cheatham, Max Kaminsky, Randy Sanke, Jordan Sanke, Ed Polcer, Bent Persson, Bill Berry, Tommy Saunders, Warren Vaché Jr., Connie Jones, Randy Reinhart.
Trombone: Bob Havens, Roy Williams(UK), Bob Hunt (UK), Al Gray, Benny Powell, Dan Barrett (trumpet as well), Herb Gardner (piano as well), Bill Alred, John Jensen, Bert Boeren, Dave Steinmeyer
Reeds:
Jimmy Heath, Frank Foster, Bob Wilber, Kenny Davern, Frank Wess, Peanuts Hucko, Lou Donaldson, Bobby Gordon, Johnny Mince, Flip Phillips, Jim Galloway, Ken Peplowski, Benny Waters, Eric Alexander, Harry Allen, Chuck Hedges, Tom Baker, Joe Muryani, Tommy Gwaltney, Alan Vaché, Eiji Hanaoka, Antoine Trommelen, Joe Midiri, Al Galodoro, Robert Veen, Chris Hopkins (piano as well), Dan Levinson., Anti Scarpili
Vibes:
Joep Peters, Chuck Redd, Paul Midiri, Lenny Cuje, Lars Estrand
Drummers:
(Believe it or not) Barrett Deems, Butch Miles, Johnny Blowers, Bobby Rosengarden, Gene Estes, Red Hawley, Louie Bellson
Singers:
Helen Ward, Helen Forrest, Rebecca Kilgore, Banu Gibson, Barbara Lea, Janet Seidel, Donna Byrne, Ericka Ovette
Musical Influences:
Gene Krupa; Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Artie Shaw, on and on and on…(did we mention Gene Krupa?)
Born Philadelphia, November 1954. Formative years in Baltimore, ’57 to ’72. First professional gig: ‘68. (Been playing ever since.)
Brooks is on over a hundred albums, including eight under his own name (5 of which he produced) and many from Europe and Japan.
“It’s Been So Long” won 2004 Wammie Award for best Jazz/Swing category.
Two week 2006 (and 2007) Europe tour with Dan Barrett and Dutch/German big band and small jazz groups led by Saxophone master Robert Veen and his Jimmie Lunceford Legacy Orch..
Week long CD Release tour in Sept 07 in The Netherlands for new Jimmie Lunceford Legacy Orch. project.
Back to Japan for 15th year in a row!!
BRAND NEW BIG BAND release “THAT’S IT !” out in DEC, ’07 !!
May, 2008 Europe Tour leading International Big Band, doing 1938 Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall Concert Re-creation (and other tributes/small group concerts as well).
Along with being Producer of many recordings, Brooks has produced numerous live Tribute concerts which include:
Accurate and complete recreation of the 1938 Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall Concert as well as tributes to: These concerts involve full big bands and all related small groups.
- Gene Krupa -J.J. and Kai
- Artie Shaw -Tommy Dorsey
- Benny Goodman -Glenn Miller AAF Band
- Duke Ellington -Woody Herman
- Count Basie -Louis Jordan
-Tribute to the "Girl Singers" (Peggy Lee, Jo Stafford, Helen Ward, Forrest, Doris Day Anita O'Day)
• Has lead a Sunday afternoon gig for the last 26 years starting in Alexandria, to Glen Echo and on to, by far the BEST of them all, at The Irish Inn at Glen Echo (was there for 13 years and then back after 5 years).
(This is by no means an “all inclusive” history. More of a “what he could recall’ sort of list.)
- Website:
- www.myspace.com/brooksteglerbigband">http://www.capitalcombinations.com www.myspace.com/brooksteglerbigband
- What Instrument(s) Do You Play?
- drums
- Biggest Musical Influences & Favorite Musicians/Bands:
- (see above)
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Kisses and hugs,
May
Thanks for the friendship. Best wishes to you.
Tom
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