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Robert Broom Jr. (born January 18, 1961) is an American jazz guitarist, composer, and educator. He was born and raised in New York City, then moved to Chicago, which has been his home town since 1984.[1] He performs and records with The Bobby Broom Trio and his organ group, The Bobby Broom Organi-Sation. While versed in the traditional jazz (bebop and post-bop) idioms, Broom draws from a variety of American music forms, such as funk, soul, R&B, and blues.[2]

Bobby Broom
Birth nameRobert Broom Jr.
Born (1961-01-18) January 18, 1961 (age 61)
New York City, United States
GenresJazz, jazz fusion, jazz funk, soul jazz
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Guitar
LabelsDelmark, Arista, Criss Cross, Fantasy, Origin
Websitewww.bobbybroom.com

Career


Broom was born in Harlem (1961) and raised on New York City's Upper West Side (1970s). Broom began studying the guitar at age 12, taking lessons first in folk music. A year later, he began studies with jazz guitarist Jimmy Carter in Harlem, where he took weekly lessons for the next two years. He attended the High School of Music and Art (Laguardia High School of Performing Arts), where he played in the jazz ensemble and received an award for Outstanding Jazz Improvisation during his senior year. Broom began his career while still in high school, performing at New York clubs with Charlie Parker pianists, Al Haig, and Walter Bishop, Jr. In 1977 he played at Carnegie Hall in a concert with Sonny Rollins and Donald Byrd.

He went to the Berklee School of Music from 1978–79, then returned to New York to pursue his career while attending Long Island University. He began working in New York as guitarist for Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Dave Grusin, Hugh Masekela, and Tom Browne and signed a contract with GRP. In the 1980s, he moved to Chicago. He formed The Bobby Broom Trio in 1990, the Deep Blue Organ Trio with Chris Foreman and Greg Rockingham in 1999, and The Bobby Broom Organi-Sation in 2014.

Broom's childhood heroes include Wes Montgomery, George Benson, and Pat Martino. He has worked with Art Blakey, Max Roach, Stanley Turrentine, Kenny Garrett, Miles Davis, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Charles Earland, Dr. John, Kenny Burrell, Ron Blake, Eric Alexander, Ron Carter, and Ramsey Lewis.

In 2009 he recorded Bobby Broom Plays for Monk with its cover shot of the red wagon Monk used for the album Monk's Music.[3]

Broom's first release of exclusively original compositions was Upper West Side Story (2012). The album reached No. 1. on the College Music Journal jazz chart and was in the Jazz Week and Down Beat Top Albums of 2012.[4]

As an educator, Broom began his work in 1982 for Jackie McLean, Director of African American Music at Studies for the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford. Over the years Broom has also been a lecturer at the American Conservatory of Music (1986–1990), Chicago Musical College — Roosevelt University (1990–1994), The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz (1987), DePaul University (2002–2008) and North Park University. He teaches Chicago high school students for the Ravinia Festival Organization's community outreach Jazz Scholar Program. In 2005 he attended Northwestern University for his master's degree in jazz pedagogy. Keyed Up was released in 2022 and picked up admiring reviews in the specialist jazz press.[5]


Awards and honors



Discography



As leader


With Deep Blue Organ Trio


As sideman


With Tom Browne

With Dr. John

With Weldon Irvine

With Sonny Rollins

With Sadao Watanabe

With others


References


  1. "Bobby Broom Official Website - Biography". Bobbybroom.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  2. "Bobby Broom | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  3. "Bobby Broom Plays for Monk - Bobby Broom | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  4. "Upper West Side Story". BobbyBroom.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  5. https://www.marlbank.net/posts/bobby-broom-keyed-up-steele-records-1
  6. Critics Poll - DownBeat Magazine Archived 2013-12-14 at the Wayback Machine - 2012, Web.archive.org
  7. Critics Poll - DownBeat Magazine - 2013, Downbeat.com
  8. Critics Poll - DownBeat Magazine - 2014, Downbeat.com
  9. Readers Poll - DownBeat Magazine - 2015, Downbeat.com
  10. Yanow, Scott (May 2019). "Soul Fingers" (PDF). The New York City Jazz Record. p. 30. Retrieved 29 April 2019.



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Bobby Broom, Robert Broom, Jr. de son vrai nom, est un guitariste de jazz américain né le 18 janvier 1961 à New York dans l'État de New York. En plus de son travail en solo, il a enregistré des disques avec des saxophonistes tels Sonny Rollins, Ronnie Cuber ou David Murray ainsi qu'avec son propre Bobby Broom Trio et le Deep Blue Organ Trio. Il a étudié la musique à l'université de Berklee et a commencé sa carrière en tant que guitariste pour Art Blakey et ses Jazz Messengers, Dave Grusin, Hugh Masekela et Tom Browne. Son style est très influencés par les guitar heroes de son enfance Wes Montgomery, George Benson, Pat Martino, Kenny Burrell et Grant Green. Au cours de sa carrière, il a pu travailler avec Max Roach, Stanley Turrentine, Kenny Garrett, Miles Davis, Lonnie Smith, Charles Earland, Dr. John, Kenny Burrell, Eric Alexander, Chris Botti ou encore Ramsey Lewis. Il a également été professeur de musique dans de nombreuses universités des États-Unis.


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