Downbeat Magazine – February 2019 Edition – Soul Fingers Review
Downbeat Magazine – February 2019 Edition – Soul Fingers Review
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Bobby Broom’s Blog: Belated Thanks!
As far as I knew, I’d never made it onto the DownBeat Readers Poll list for guitar players, … …until a few days ago, as I was scouring the internet for an instructional article of mine that they published in 2008, when an interesting link appeared. Curiously, I clicked it and was shocked to see […]
NPR Music – Interview: Bobby Broom On ‘Plays For Monk’ *10 Year Anniversary*
Last year, I wrote a Take Five piece dedicated to Thelonious Monk Tribute Albums That Aren’t Terrible. Add Bobby Broom’s latest record, Plays For Monk, to that list. Raised in New York, Broom eventually settled in Chicago, where he’s now seen as a local luminary. Being Sonny Rollins’ guitarist will get you there, as will playing every Wednesday (when […]
Bobby Broom JazzInside (Kitchen Sink) Interview
I was going through some old desktop files and found this interview from 2006 or ’07. At that time, the magazine it was for was called, JazzImprov. The interview is of the tl:dr (too long, didn’t read) variety, but contains so many nuggets that I’ve decided to post it here so that those of you […]
Bobby Broom Organi-Sation @ Jazz Showcase – Chicago, IL – June 6, 7, 8, 9
***JUNE 2019*** > Bobby Broom Organi-Sation featuring w/ Ben Paterson, Hammond organ and Kobie Watkins, drums @ Jazz Showcase – Chicago, IL – June 6, 7, 8, 9 – Mark your calendars Chicago! More info coming soon.http://www.BobbyBroom.com/
Guitar World: Seven Contemporary Jazz Guitarists Worth Checking Out
Bobby Broom, “Ask Me Now,” Bobby Broom Plays for Monk Booby Broom was born and raised in New York City but moved to Chicago about 30 years ago. While versed in trad jazz (bebop and post-bop), Broom draws from a variety of American music forms such as funk, soul, R&B and blues. Here’s a song from […]
NPR: Nightsounds’ Favorite Albums of 2018
Bobby Broom “Soul Fingers” This is the type of record I love and what I have advocated for jazz players forever. A well-chosen playlist of classic rock, soul and pop music; rendered in a breezy and confident style. Broom is the tastiest of the tasteful soul-jazz six stringers, and herein with his “Organi-sation” an organ-based […]
JAZZIZ Magazine – Feb 2019 Issue – A Touch of Soul: Bobby Broom Covers Vintage Pop on His Latest Outing
Two threads run through the nearly four-decade career of Chicago-based guitarist Bobby Broom. One is his love for the Hammond B3. (As a teen, he turned to jazz after hearing the album Black Talk by organ legend Charles Earland — in whose groups Broom would later perform — and he spent most of this century… […]
Jazz Album of the Week: Guitarist Bobby Broom’s Soul Fingers is Nothing to Sweep Under the Rug
February 25, 2019. Most young jazz musicians move to New York City to further their jazz careers. Bobby Broom moved away, to Chicago, and has become the patriarch of jazz guitar in the Second City over the last 30-plus years. Soul Fingers is his second album devoted primarily to reimagining the tunes that shaped the pop, funk, […]