Cedric Roy "Im" Brooks, born on April 27, 1943, in Jamaica, was a saxophonist and flautist known for his solo recordings and collaborations. At age 11, Brooks attended the Alpha Boys School where he learned music theory and clarinet. He began his career playing with groups like the Vagabonds and the Granville Williams Band in the early 1960s. His first major commercial success came in the late 1960s as part of a duo with trumpeter David Madden, releasing instrumental singles for Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Studio One label. Brooks also collaborated with Rastafarian drummer Count Ossie, forming the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari and recording From Mento to Reggae to Third World Music (1973). He went solo with his 1977 album Im Flash Forward, followed by United Africa in 1978. Brooks died on May 3, 2013, after suffering a cardiac arrest.
