Brooks Smith

Brooks Smith. Self: Jascha Heifetz Master Classes. Although his repertoire included almost every popular musical work, Brooks Smith was best known as an accompanist, and he knew the entire range of accompaniments. While studying at Juilliard under Josef and Rosina Lhevinne, Smith focused on learning the song accompaniment repertoire, graduating in 1939. Among the first musicians he accompanied were mezzo-soprano Rise' Stevens and longtime N.Y. Metropolitan baritone Mack Harrell. But he...