Bobby BroomJazz Voicings Ahhh, those summer days! They make me think of freedom and fun and an escape from the constraints of the classroom. I am a high school jazz student at a reputed private educational institution and it would not be wrong to say that I owe my love for music to my institute. […]
I am actually happy to eat crow after having erroneously accused Northwestern University’s School of Music of altogether disregarding America’s, or more accurately, African-Americans’ great contribution to world culture: jazz music. I was pleased to learn of the appointment of Victor Goines, former Director of Jazz Studies at The Juilliard School, as Northwestern’s new Jazz […]
written by Bobby Broom for Jazz Voicings, his bimonthly Chicago Jazz Magazine column College Jazz Studies programs have placed so much emphasis on the academics of jazz that the spirit behind the music – its essence – has been purged from both the curriculum and from the music being performed by students. As a university […]
written by Bobby Broom for Jazz Voicings, his bimonthly Chicago Jazz Magazine column After hearing George Benson play Paul Desmond’s “Take Five†on his Bad Benson record, I was off on my personal journey of jazz discovery. I bought as many records as I possibly could within the budget of my allowance. That usually amounted […]