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| The Way I Play: Live in Chicago [ ÉLŐ ] |
| Bobby Broom |
| első megjelenés éve: 2008 |
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| (2008)
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| 3.736 Ft
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| 1. | Strike Up the Band
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| 2. | Donna Lee
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| 3. | Fly Me to the Moon
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| 4. | Airegin
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| 5. | Body and Soul
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| 6. | Unit 7
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| 7. | The Surrey With the Fringe on Top
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| 8. | Inception
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Jazz
Recorded Live Jan-April 2007, Pete Miller’s Steakhouse, Evanston, IL
BOBBY BROOM guitar
DENNIS CARROLL bass
KOBIE WATKINS drums
"Sleekly elegant lines, deftly articulated rhythms, impeccably structured solos-these are the central elements of every piece Broom plays..."
---Chicago Tribune.
Jazz guitarist Bobby Broom has been exploring the trio format to rewarding effect not only in his last two CDs, but on a weekly basis for the last ten years at the Evanston eatery called Pete Miller's Steakhouse - the place Broom calls his "laboratory". On his new Origin CD, The Way I Play, Broom delves into a program of jazz standards and American songbook classics with longtime trio-mates Dennis Carroll, on bass, and drummer Kobie Watkins. The chemistry is palpable - and pleasurable - in these eight performances, which capture highlights from what the Chicago Tribune calls "one of the best ongoing engagements" in the Chicago area.
Recorded by LEE ROTHENBERG
Compilation by JOSH RICHTER
Mastering by DANNY LEAKE
Photography by MARK SHELDON
Cover design by JOHN BISHOP
Between stints of touring with Dr. John, or Sonny Rollins, or his own Deep Blue Organ Trio, guitarist Bobby Broom has been holding court in a Chicago restaurant for a decade or so in a small trio format. Eventually feeling comfortable with the vibe he'd been creating, a live album was culled from a series of recordings over a few months of the live show. Among all of the jazz standards here, there's a constant interplay between drummer Kobie Watkins and Broom's guitar. Moreover, there's an interplay between Broom's guitar styles and their alter-egos as it were. Though he plays with the speed and bubbliness of a Charlie Christian solo, there's a bit of a bent-string approach, of soul leanings in the riffs (exemplified well in his take on "Donna Lee"). He continues bubbling through "Fly Me to the Moon" as well as Sonny Rollins' "Airegin," only slowing up a bit for "Body and Soul," which has traveled a long way from the classic Coleman Hawkins-style recordings to get where Broom and his band have put it. "Unit 7" provides an excellent showcase for some virtuosic passages, and after a quick stop for Rodgers & Hammerstein, the album ends on a McCoy Tyner number that lets Watkins as well as bassist Dennis Carroll take turns on some worthwhile solos. A live recording can rarely live up to actually being present at a live show, but this album doesn't do a bad job. Some highly capable backing musicians, some classic songs, and an excellent guitarist, and you've got a nice piece together.
--- Adam Greenberg, All Music Guide
Bobby Broom
Active Decades: '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Jan 18, 1961 in Harlem, NY
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Jazz-Funk, Soul-Jazz, Hard Bop
Credited as "an articulate and compelling soloist who has developed his own voice within the tradition of Montgomery, Burrell, etc.," jazz guitarist Bobby Broom was born on January 18, 1961, and raised in New York City. Introduced to jazz at early age (via Charles Earland's 1971 Black Talk), Broom took up the guitar shortly thereafter, resulting in playing in off-Broadway productions, gigs with Charlie Parker alumni pianists Al Haig and Walter Bishop, Jr., and an invitation to join Sonny Rollins' band (he had to turn down the latter, choosing to listen to his parents' advice and complete high school before pursuing music full-time). After attending the renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston, Broom returned to New York, where he worked with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, trumpeters Tom Browne and Hugh Masakela, and pianist Dave Grusin before issuing his first solo album, 1981's Clean Sweep.
In 1982, several years after his initial invitation from Sonny Rollins, Broom would rejoin him to work with the jazz legend for five years of touring and the recordings No Problem and Reel Life. In 1987, Broom worked with Kenny Burrell in his Jazz Guitar Band and recorded Generation live at the Village Vanguard for Blue Note Records. That same year he was also invited to join Miles Davis' band, which lasted for a handful of performances. Broom relocated to Chicago in 1984, where he would eventually form his own trio and co-lead the Deep Blue Organ Trio (with Chris Foreman and Greg Rockingham). It was also where he would come full circle in meeting and working with Charles Earland, another newly transplanted Chicago resident. Together they recorded Front Burner and Third Degree Burn. Just before his untimely death in 1999, Earland had planned to form a trio with Broom and drummer Rockingham. During the '90s Broom collaborated with Dr. John, touring and making recordings, including Duke Elegant, which he co-produced.
Over the years Broom also became active in jazz education, beginning in 1982 when he taught for Jackie McLean's jazz program at the University of Hartford. He completed graduate work in jazz pedagogy at Northwestern University in 2005, and teaches at DePaul University. Also in 2005, after 20 years, Broom resumed work with his old boss and mentor Sonny Rollins. Bobby Broom's notable recordings include No Hype Blues (1995), Waitin' and Waitin' (1997), Modern Man and Stand! (both 2001), and the Deep Blue Organ Trio's Deep Blue Bruise and Goin' to Town.
---Greg Prato & Sean Westergaard, All Music Guide |
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