About Me
Brooks Tegler, a drummer/Band leader/Producer, living in the D.C. area, leads jazz groups of various sizes, anything from trios up to 17-piece big bands. (This includes authentic WWII Army Air Force Band.) He works all over the world.Brooks can also be seen on nearly every sculpture panel of the WWII Memorial in Washington DC (he was the primary model and organizer of all other models for scenes depicted), and can be heard in numerous voice-over projects.
Musical History—Brooks has worked and associated with many great musicians:Bass: Milt Hinton, Keter Betts, Bob Haggart, J.J. Wiggins, Major Holley, Tommy Cecil, Masato Kobayashi, Steve Novosel, Jack Lesberg, Steve Gilmore, Johnny Williams, John Previti. Piano: Art Hodes, Eddie Higgins, Bill Potts, Mark Shane, John Sheridan, George Wein, Ray Sherman, Jim Dapogny, Butch Thompson, Alan Farnun, Johnny Varro, Mike LaDonne, John Colliani, Claude Tissendier, Norma Teagarden, Harry Kanters, Mulgrew Miller, Sunnyland Slim. Organ: Jack McDuff Guitar: Steve Jordan (in 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, Bob Margolin, 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 Reinhart, Randy Sanke, Jordan Sanke, Bent Persson, Bill Berry, Tommy Saunders, Warren Vaché, Connie Jones, Ed Polcer. Trombone: Bob Havens, Bob Hunt (UK), Al Gray, Benny Powell, Roy Williams (UK), Dan Barrett, 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, Bobby Gordon, Johnny Mince, Flip Phillips, Jim Galloway, Ken Peplowski, Benny Waters, Harry Allen, Chuck Hedges, Tom Baker, Joe Muryani, Tommy Gwaltney, Alan Vaché, Eiji Hanaoka, Antoine Trommelen, Joe Midiri, Al Galodoro, Thomas Ornberg, Robert Veen, Eiji Kitamora, Chris Hopkins (piano as well), Dan Levinson. Vibes: Chuck Redd, Paul Midiri, Lenny Cuje, Joep Peters, Lars Estrand. And, the Legendary Joep Peeters playing piano, alto, Vibes, etc., etc.. Drummers: (Believe it or not) Barrett Deems, Johnny Blowers, Bobby Rosengarden, Butch Miles, Gene Estes, Red Hawley, Louie Bellson.
Singers: Helen Ward, Helen Forrest, Rebecca Kilgore, Banu Gibson, Barbara Lea, Janet Seidel, Donna Byrne, Ericka Ovette.
So many more......
Brooks plays 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†(recent) won the 2004 Wammie Award for best Jazz/Swing category. Brand new CD "That's It !" is Brooks' first release of entirely Big Band material with guest appearances by MANY great players/friends.
