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Bobby Broom featured in DownBeat magazine’s annual reader’s poll
Bobby Broom, assistant professor of jazz guitar and jazz studies in the School of Music was featured, for the second time in five years, in DownBeat magazine’s annual reader’s poll edition. In the December 2020 issue, Broom was chosen as one of the top guitarists in the industry.The DownBeat readers’ poll is in its 85 year. […]
Bobby Broom Interview: High Action Podcast
Guitarist Bobby Broom joins the New West Guitar Group for an interview on the High Action podcast. To hear the full episode please visit and subscribe: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast…https://newwestguitar.com/highactionhttps://www.patreon.com/newwestguitar…https://www.instagram.com/highactionp…
Oct 11 – Bobby Broom and the Chicago Jazz Orchestra @ Chippewa Park – Des Plaines, IL
This Sunday, July 11th the Chicago Jazz Orchestra and International Recording Artist Bobby Broom Play Jazz in the Park. The afternoon will start with Bobby and the CJO rhythm section, followed by Bobby Broom and the full CJO orchestra. Click on link below for exact location and parking.https://www.dpparks.org/…/parks-pools…/chippewa-park/See the pictures of the baseball diamond and field, […]
Chicago’s new and reimagined World Music Events – The Year of Chicago Music
The Year of Chicago Music will celebrate Chicago’s Jazz and World Music Festivals with virtual performances over the Labor Day holiday and Sundays throughout September.Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) announced today new and reimagined Jazz and World Music events as part of the Year of Chicago Music – now […]
School of Music adopts Black Lives Matter statement
In June, as a way of response to and support of, the Black Lives Matter movement, an ad hoc group of faculty in the NIU School of Music began collaborating to craft a statement with the objective that it would direct a path forward for the school, its students, faculty and staff.The members of the […]
Sonny Rollins: Albums That Shook The World | Jazzwise
DON’T ASKMilestone, 1979The bashful title suggests a dismissal of the turkey track here ‘Disco Monk’, and Larry Coryell tries to play too fast, but Rollins recalls the ‘Harlem Boys’ (one of Bobby Broom’s favourite Rollins’ themes) with meaningful gusto, dabbles appositely in Asian mode with the lyricon and offers a gallant love song ‘And Then […]
