Jazz Articles about Bob Dorough

Bob Dorough: Sunday At Iridium

by Michael P. Gladstone
December 5, 2004

Bob Dorough Sunday at the Iridium Arbors Records 2004

Welcome to the world of Bob Dorough, the oldest living hipster in jazz at age 81 (December 14, 2004). The singer/composer/pianist has been recording since 1956 and except for a brief flurry of attention with his compositions written for ABC-TV's Schoolhouse Rock from 1973-1985, he has remained largely unappreciated. When I first heard Dorough's vocal of Charlie Parker's “Yardbird Suite" on his debut Bethlehem album ...

Bob Dorough: Sunday At Iridium

by Jerry D'Souza
November 24, 2004

Bob Dorough has had a long and varied career. He injected vocalese into “Yardbird Suite" in 1955, was musically associated with Blossom Dearie during that time, and wrote and directed the Schoolhouse Rock series in the seventies and into the middle of the next decade. He currently has a Sunday spot during brunch at the Iridium Jazz Club in Manhattan, one date of which has found its way on to record.

Dorough is a fine entertainer. He pulls ...

Bob Dorough: Sunday At Iridium

by Jim Santella
November 3, 2004

Bob Dorough brings his quartet to the Iridium Jazz Club every Sunday for brunch. This live session gives those of us who live outside of New York City the opportunity to experience his charming manner. His cohesive quartet allows Dorough to summarize his career effectively. Dorough, 80, sounds better today than he did when he started out, as well as later with Miles Davis and in the 1970s with ABC-TV's Schoolhouse Rock. Like fine wine...

With the members ...

Bob Dorough & Dave Frishberg: Zoot At Ease

by David Adler
December 1, 2000

In addition to their achievements in the jazz world, Bob Dorough and Dave Frishberg made an indelible mark on popular culture with Schoolhouse Rock, the beloved educational TV series from the 70s. Dorough served as musical director for the animated shorts and wrote many of the cherished songs. Frishberg, for his part, wrote “I’m Just a Bill." On VH-1’s recent “Top 100 Rock-n-Roll TV Moments," Schoolhouse Rock made it to number 45. Gen X pop stars sang its praises; En ...

Bob Dorough: Too Much Coffee Man

by Jim Santella
March 1, 2000

Loaded with songs for the average guy or gal, Bob Dorough’s newest jazz album takes its name from an item we can all relate to readily. Hopefully, that particular medium constitutes only a minor role in our childhood reading development: the comic book. Too Much Coffee Man is the name of a comic book character. There’s a web site at www.tmcm.com . Dorough had written a jingle for Too Much Coffee Man’s creator, intended to serve as music for an ...