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GEORGE BROOKS saxophone Listen to music samples featuring George: (from "Sacred Insanity" by "Emam & Friends") Sacred Insanity Dance of the Hermit - Part 2 Dance of the Hermit - Part 4 Click on the picture to get a larger (higher resolution) version. George Brooks received a Bachelor of Music, in 1979, from the New England Conservatory of Music. His teachers have included Joe Allard, George Russell and master Indian vocalist Pandit Pran Nath. Over the past twenty years, George has performed and recorded with such great artists as: Zakir Hussain, Jaki Byard's Apollo Stompers, Gunther Schuller, Jimmy Guiffre, Slide Hampton, Terry Riley, Krishna Bhatt, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Sultan Khan, Aashish Khan, Swapan Chauduri, Etta James, Anthony Braxton, Albert Collins, Turtle Island String Quartet, Larry Coryell, Henry Kaiser, and Leo Smith. Throughout the 1980's and 1990's, Brooks regularly toured and performed with Terry Riley. Together they performed in the U.S., Europe and Japan, often with sitarist Krishna Bhatt. In 1996, Zakir Hussain and Moment Records released LASTING IMPRESSION, Brooks' CD debut as a leader. This highly acclaimed recording sparked a relationship between Brooks and Hussain that has led to concerts worldwide and the recording of NIGHT SPINNER, coproduced by Brooks and Hussain for Moment Records. For more information on George Brooks please visit his web site: www.georgebrooks.com