Jazz Articles about Bobby Broom

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Bobby Broom: Folk Music & The Way I Play

by Paul C. Dowd
May 4, 2008

Deep Blue Organ Trio Folk Music Origin 2007 Bobby Broom The Way I Play Origin 2007

One casualty of jazz' precipitous decline in popularity since the '70s has been the ever- diminishing number of organ trios, once a staple of African-American urban communities. On their third and latest release, Folk Music, ...

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Bobby Broom: The Way I Play

by Mark F. Turner
April 26, 2008

Guitarist Bobby Broom could have easily taken a different musical direction when he released the popular contemporary/funk jazz album, Clean Sweep (GRP) in 1981. But with his early influences, guitarists Wes Montgomery, early George Benson and mentor/saxophonist Sonny Rollins, he has developed his own unique style on recordings such as Song and Dance (Origin, 2007). This voice is heard in a live setting on The Way I Play , an uncut, as it went down performance, as Broom states ..."it ...

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Bobby Broom: Song and Dance

by Chris M. Slawecki
July 4, 2007

Chicago native Bobby Broom has been playing guitar since he was about eleven. He decided to become a professional musician after hearing guitarist George Benson kick ass throughout Bad Benson, and was invited on tour by colossal saxophonist Sonny Rollins when Broom was only sixteen.

You don't hear or read the phrase “song and dance man" much any more. All the mutations and manipulations of jazz make it easy to overlook or even forget the fact that in ...

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Bobby Broom: Song And Dance

by Scott Gilliam
May 22, 2007

The guitar trio is a challenging format for any six stringer. So often the end result is an album full of knuckle busting licks and very little in the way of substance. Veteran guitarist Bobby Broom avoids those pitfalls on his latest effort Song And Dance. Broom, along with bassist Dennis Carroll and drummer Kobie Watkins, avoids a noodle fest and serves the melodies the respect they deserve. Make no mistake though, these guys can cook.

The selection of tunes ...

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Bobby Broom: Song and Dance

by Mark F. Turner
March 23, 2007

Most everyone has a favorite tune: A song that lingers in memory and takes you back to another time and place. For many years jazz musicians have transformed popular songs into instrumental pieces such as John Coltrane's version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein hit “My Favorite Things. There is magic in taking something familiar and transforming it into something new, as Chicago guitarist Bobby Broom proves once again on his new release Song and Dance. An active ...

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Bobby Broom: Stand!

by Mark F. Turner
November 1, 2001

Discovering new territory on familiar paths is a jazz musician's quest. Bobby Broom pursues that goal with the utmost skill and verve on his latest recording Stand!. The ten selections on this outing, which have inspired the acclaimed guitarist, are popular tunes from the 60's and 70's.These songs, which include a repertoire from a variety of pop artists such as Sly and the Family Stone, the Beatles, Stevie Wonder, and Simon and Garfunkle, are given unique interpretations that are fully ...

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Bobby Broom: Stand

by Glenn Astarita
November 1, 2001

The talented and well traveled New York City-reared, and “Berklee School of Music” graduate, Bobby Broom offers a stylish program consisting of those oft-heard pop hits of the 60’s and 70’s on Stand. With this newly released guitar trio outing, the artist’s dark toned hollow-bodied electric guitar sound, and agile lines cast an intriguing aura atop these familiar pop tunes of recent yore. Ultimately, Broom garners fine support from bassist, Dennis Carroll, and drummer, Dana Hall as he executes decisively ...