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Jazz Musician of the Day: Bobby Broom
All About Jazz is celebrating Bobby Broom's birthday today! Most musicians would be happy to experience one artistic breakthrough. Thirty-two years into his distinguished, wide-ranging career in jazz, guitarist Bobby Broom seems to have an endless supply of them. His 2009 album Bobby Broom Plays for Monk hit an artistic high-water mark with its “daring arrangements” ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Bobby Broom
All About Jazz is celebrating Bobby Broom's birthday today! Most musicians would be happy to experience one artistic breakthrough. Thirty-two years into his distinguished, wide- ranging career in jazz, guitarist Bobby Broom seems to have an endless supply of them. His 2009 album Bobby Broom Plays for Monk hit an artistic high-water mark with its “daring ...
Samuel Mösching, Joe Giglio, Dave Kain and Juampy Juarez
by Dom Minasi
Welcome to Guitarists Rendezvous, our first installment in a series that introduces readers to emerging or established guitarists who fly just under the radar of public recognition. Each will field the same four questions and we've included audio and video so you can sample their music. We kick of the column with a diverse ...
Jazz Appreciation Month At The Nash In Downtown Phoenix
APRIL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH Jam Packed Calendar Includes Jazz Picnic & BBQ in Phoenix Civic Space, Bobby Broom & The Thelonious Monk Institute, and Centennial Celebration of the Legendary Billy Strayhorn Phoenix, AZ: April is Jazz Appreciation Month, and The Nash joins celebrations around the world with a jam packed calendar of events to showcase ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Bobby Broom
All About Jazz is celebrating Bobby Broom's birthday today! Most musicians would be happy to experience one artistic breakthrough. Thirty years into his distinguished, wide-ranging career in jazz, guitarist Bobby Broom seems to have an endless supply of them. His 2009 album Bobby Broom Plays for Monk hit an artistic high-water mark with its “daring arrangements” ...
My Shining Hour
By Bobby Broom
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Sweet and Lovely; My Ideal; Just One of Those Things; My Shining Hour; Sweet Georgia Brown; The Heather on the Hill; The Jitterbug Waltz; Oh, Lady Be Good; The Tennessee Waltz.
Kobie Watkins: A Drummer's Voyage
by K. Shackelford
Chicago native Kobie Watkins is a leading voice in the new generation of jazz drummers. I saw Watkins several months ago at The Jazz Room in Charlotte and his performance was bananas--the crowd was in awe and after each solo there was thundering applause. An absolute wonder to watch, his polyrhythmic creativity and concepts create unique ...
Marquis Hill Wins the Thelonious Monk Competition
The winner of the 2014 Thelonious Monk International Trumpet Competition is Marquis Hill. Raised on the south side of Chicago, Mr. Hill, 27, is a veteran of that city’s jazz scene and a product of its institutions—he earned a masters degree in jazz pedagogy from DePaul University and plays in the Chicago Jazz Orchestra. He’s currently ...
Bobby Broom: My Shining Hour
by Jack Bowers
Chicago-based guitarist Bobby Broom's Shining Hour encompasses nearly an hour of “Sweet and Lovely" trio jazz, showcasing seven memorable tunes from the Great American Songbook complemented by pair of three-steps, Fats Waller's “Jitterbug Waltz" and the Patti Page evergreen, “Tennessee Waltz." Besides the songs mentioned above, Broom's working trio (bassist Dennis Carroll, drummer ...
"My Shining Hour," Guitarist Bobby Broom's New Origin CD, Set For 8/19 Release
While Bobby Broom’s 2012 CD Upper West Side Story (“a spectacular album”—DownBeat) focused exclusively on original material, the guitarist takes a very different tack with My Shining Hour, due for August 19 release from Origin Records. The luxuriantly melodic session features Broom’s working trio—with bassist Dennis Carroll and drummer Makaya McCraven—placing their stamp on beloved American ...
