Brooks' credits on many various projects include the following:
Producer •
Duke Ellington: The Essential Duke Ellington • Duke Ellington: Piano in the Background • Duke Ellington: Festival Session • Duke Ellington: Masterpieces by Ellington (Bonus Tracks) • Duke Ellington: OKeh Ellington • Duke Ellington: Blues in Orbit (Bonus Tracks) • Duke Ellington: Piano in the Foreground (Bonus Tracks) •
Louis Armstrong: Essential Louis Armstrong • Louis Armstrong: Hot Fives, Vol. 1 • Louis Armstrong: Hot Fives & Hot Sevens, Vol. 2 •
Billie Holiday: Billie Holiday Collection, Vol. 1 • Billie Holiday: Billie Holiday Collection, Vol. 2 • Billie Holiday: Billie Holiday Collection, Vol. 4 • Billie Holiday: Love Songs, Vol. 2 • Billie Holiday: Blue Billie (Columbia) • Billie Holiday: Lady Day Swings! • Lester Young: Evening of a Basie-ite PREZ •
Cab Calloway: Cab Calloway (Featuring
Chu Berry) •
Bix Beiderbecke: Vol. 1: Singin' the Blues •
Charlie Christian: Genius of the Electric Guitar (Columbia Box Set) •
Benny Goodman: The Essential Benny Goodman (Bluebird/Legacy) •
Tommy Dorsey: The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing: Centennial Collection • Various Artists: PROGRESSIONS: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitars • Various Artists: Art Deco: The Crooners • Various Artists: Real Kansas City • Various Artists: Now That's Chicago! • Various Artists: Stars of the Apollo • Various Artists: Little Club Jazz: Small Groups in the 30s (New World Records)
Liner Notes • Billie Holiday: Billie Holiday Collection, Vol. 1 • Billie Holiday: Billie Holiday Collection, Vol. 2 • Billie Holiday: Billie Holiday Collection, Vol. 3 • Billie Holiday: Billie Holiday Collection, Vol. 4 • Lester Young: Evening of a Basie-ite PREZ • Bix Beiderbecke: Vol. 1: Singin' the Blues • Various Artists: Art Deco: The Crooners • Various Artists: This Is Art Deco • Various Artists: Now That's Chicago! • Various Artists: Swing Time! The Fabulous Big Band Era 1925-1955 Brooks' world music projects include the Sony Legacy reissue "
Cuban Music: 1909-1951" and the
Yiddish compilation "From Avenue A to the Great White Way." He also specialized in identifying obscure pre-1950 recordings and served as the project manager on the 19-hour
PBS Ken Burns Presents Jazz compilation series of 22 single-discs, as well as a five-disc box set historical summary. ==Awards==