Harvey Brooks | |
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Born | February 17, 1899 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | June 17, 1968 (aged 69) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Genres | Jazz |
Instruments | Piano |
Harvey Oliver Brooks (February 17, 1899 – June 17, 1968) was an American pianist and composer. He is the first black American to have written a complete score for a major motion picture: Mae West's film I'm No Angel (1933).[1]