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Bobby Broom

Born: January 18, 1961

Bobby Broom was born in Harlem, New York, on January 18, 1961, and raised on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. He began studying the guitar at age 12, concentrating on jazz under the aegis of Harlem-based guitar instructor Jimmy Carter. A 16-year-old prodigy at the High School of Music and Art (now known as the LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts), he played in the jazz ensemble and was awarded for Outstanding Jazz Improvisation during his senior year.

Chaperoned by Weldon Irvine (an early mentor of his, composer for Freddie Hubbard and Horace Silver, bandleader for Nina Simone, and lyricist of “To Be Young, Gifted and Black”), the 16-year-old Broom found himself in an East Side NYC jazz club for the purpose of being taught to sit in. That lesson became a reality for Broom when Al Haig, pianist for Charlie Parker, invited him to join in for a couple of tunes. Impressed by the youngster’s playing, Haig offered him the chance to play with him at Gregory’s on the Upper East Side whenever he wanted. Broom ended up playing two or three times a week there, and also got to play, with great awe, with another notable Bird keyboardist, Walter Bishop, Jr.

Notes of Thanks

By Bobby Broom

Label: Steele Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Alfie's Theme; The Freedom Suite (part 1); Doxy; Allison; Kim; Me Time; Paul's Pal; Strode Road; Pent Up House; Valse Hot.

Brad Goode, Michael Dease, Charles Chen, Sarah Sharp and more

by Benjamin Boddie
June 25, 2026

Streaming on demand with today's music by Brad Goode Quintet, Michael Dease Big Band, Charles Chen, Sarah Sharp, Reid Hoyson Project, Ben Patterson, Jun Iida, Suzanne Pittson, Bevan Manson, Leigh Pilzer, Mike Eckroth Mina's Messengers, David Penn, Nat Reeves, Emmet Cohen, Reggie Pryor & Jeremy Monteiro, Chick Corea, Royce Campbell & Tony Nalker, Joe Syrian Motor ...

Helen Sung, Le Boeuf Brothers, The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, Carolyn Lee Jones and more

by Benjamin Boddie
June 18, 2026

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Helen Sung Big Band, Le Boeuf Brothers, The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, Carolyn Lee Jones, Reid Hoyson Project, Tristan Cappel, Lou Marini And The Italian Groovers, Anthony Caceres, Fuller Sound, Tumbao Bravo With Paul Vornhagen, Billy Childs, Ted Chubb, Chris Aschman, Gergana Velinova, New Jazz Underground, Erica Von Kleist, Emmet ...

Richard Baratta, Emmet Cohen, Paul Hecht, Eve Cornelious and more

by Benjamin Boddie
June 11, 2026

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Richard Baratta, Emmet Cohen, Paul Hecht, Eve Cornelious, Chuck Bergeron, John Pachnos, Jan Harbeck Quartet, The Sistering, Faye Carol, Virginia MacDonald, Rich Willey, Tumbao Bravo With Paul Vornhagan, Barry Greene, Marcus Goldhaber, Lakecia Benjamin, JabFung, Hendrik Meurkens, Audrey Ochoa, David Janeway, Klaus Wienerroither, Jacques Lesure, John Sweenie, Ted Chubb, Dawn ...

Barry Greene, Blue Moods, Sharon Minemoto, Judith Owens and more

by Benjamin Boddie
May 28, 2026

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Barry Greene, Jared Hall, Jesse Davis, Faye Carol, Abate Berihun & The Addis Ken Project, Ray Obiedo, Shunzo Ohno, The BLCK Madonna, Dave Schumacher & Cubeye, Ben Markley Big Band, Blue Moods, Bobby Broom, Billy Childs, Catherine Russell, Erica Von Kleist, Mike Clement, Nat Reeves, Judith Owens, Taylor Roberts, Bobby ...

Bobby Broom: Notes of Thanks

by Jack Bowers
May 25, 2026

Guitarist Bobby Broom is no stranger to the music of tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, having spent two tours of duty with various Rollins groups which, taken together, add up to a decade (1982-'87 and 2005-'10). Notes of Thanks is Broom's way of expressing his gratitude to Rollins for those years in the trenches and the many ...

Ben Wolfe, Chris Hazelton, David Janeway, Will Lyle and more

by Benjamin Boddie
May 21, 2026

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Ted Chubb, Chris Hazelton, Will Lyle, Judith Owens, Ben Wolfe, Klaus Weinerroither, Mike Caudill, Isabella Isherwood, John Sweenie, Taylor Roberts, Phillip Golub, David Janeway, Barry Greene, Catherine Russell, Bria Skonberg, Audrey Ochoa, Jared Hall, Stacey Kent, Blue Moods, Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra, Irreversible Entanglements, Jazzlab Orchestra, Bobby Broom, Daphne Roubini ...

Phil Haynes and Bobby Broom: Empathetic Abandon

by Doug Collette
May 14, 2026

Across the broad spectrum of jazz, courage takes many forms. In the case of percussionist Phil Haynes and guitarist Bobby Broom, it is the diametrically (deceptively) opposed approaches of free playing vs. carefully-crafted homage. Accordingly, the former continues his prolific and peripatetic career through the novel get-together of musicians who have never played together. Meanwhile, the ...

Sharon Minemoto, Sean Imboden, Eliane Elias, Arturo Sandoval and more

by Benjamin Boddie
May 14, 2026

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Sharon Minemoto, Sean Imboden Large Ensemble, Tumbao Bravo With Paul Vornhagen, Eliane Elias, Arturo Sandoval, Ray Obiedo, Paul Silbergleit Trio, Brian Lynch, Ben Markley Big Band, Peter Erskine, Barry Greene, Steve Kovalcheck, Arvind Ramdas Marcus Golhabel, Mark Winkler, Eli Howell, Nat Reeves, Faye Carol, Pat Bianchi, Mike Clement, Pete Mills, ...