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Bobby Broom: Ask Me Now (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music June 16, 09I enjoy the cover, with its playful reference to a classic Monk LP. But the music is the real treat here. Bob...
Bobby Broom: Body and Soul (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music May 04, 08Bobby Broom started his career at the top. At age 16, he gigged with Sonny Rollins on the stage of Carnegie Hall, a...
Sonny Rollins: More Than You Know (Live) (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 22, 08Tenorist Sonny Rollins is the closest thing the jazz world has to a force of nature. And like tornadoes and earthqua...
Broom, Bobby (Robert Broom, Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Broom, Bobby [Robert Broom, Jr.], guitarist; b. New York City, 18 January 1961. His parents are Robert Broom, bn. 191...
THE DOZENS posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 01, 07In African-American tradition, "the dozens" is an informal exchange filled with ribaldry, taunting and clever put dow...
The Best Tracks of the Month posted in The Jazz.com Blog June 30, 09Five times every week, jazz.com features an outstanding recent track on its home page as the Song of the Day. ...
Song of the Day posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 17, 07The Song of the Day is a regular feature at jazz.com. Five days per week, jazz.com highlights an exceptional track d...
Burrell, Kenny (Kenneth Earl) posted in Encyclopedia February 19, 09Guitarist Kenny Burrell's blues-based tone is often cool and characteristically swinging. With saxophonist Stanley T...
Sonny Rollins & Charles Lloyd in Italy posted in The Jazz.com Blog July 17, 08Every summer, jazz stars descend on Perugia, Italy for the Umbria Jazz Festival, now in its 35th year. Ted Panken ...
The Best Jazz Tracks for May posted in The Jazz.com Blog June 01, 08Five times each week, jazz.com highlights a Song of the Day, drawn from the best of the recent releases. We hunt ...
Sonny Rollins on Video posted in The Jazz.com Blog November 10, 08Thomas Cunniffe, who recently published an in-depth article on Mel Tormé & Marty Paich's Dek-tette on jazz.com's vir...
The Best of the Dozens posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 26, 09Today jazz.com publishes the latest installment of its regular feature The Dozens. This article, written by S. Victo...
Breakstone, Joshua (Scott) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Breakstone, Joshua (Scott), guitar; b. Elizabeth, NJ, 22 July 1955. He was raised in Linden, NJ by Arthur and Priscil...
Sletten, Dave posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Sletten, Dave, saxophones, woodwinds; b. Minneapolis, 20 April 1955; d. 18 September 2000 from cancer...
Trask, Alvin (Fitzgerald) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Trask, Alvin (Fitzgerald), trumpet; b. Baton Rouge, LA, 9 September 1964. His parents are Ruby Trask and Alvin Trask....
George Benson: Eternally (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 20, 08On this Latin-esque minor blues tune from his 1965 debut album It’s Uptown, Benson unleashes the controlled urgency a...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BOBBY BROOM SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GEORGE BENSON TRACKS
Editor's Note: Around 1975, Bobby Broom, a 14-year-old guitar aspirant from Harlem who was playing R&B, funk, and so...
George Benson: Ready and Able (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 20, 08After the crisp execution of this Jimmy Smith-penned melody on the chords of "I Got Rhythm," it’s equally exciting to...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BOBBY BROOM SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GEORGE BENSON TRACKS
Editor's Note: Around 1975, Bobby Broom, a 14-year-old guitar aspirant from Harlem who was playing R&B, funk, and so...
George Benson: Shape of Things That Are and Were (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 20, 08On this blues head by Benson from his 1968 A&M Records debut, he gives a nod to his predecessor Wes Montgomery and al...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BOBBY BROOM SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GEORGE BENSON TRACKS
Editor's Note: Around 1975, Bobby Broom, a 14-year-old guitar aspirant from Harlem who was playing R&B, funk, and so...
George Benson: The Gentle Rain (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 20, 08From my perspective, this tune represents a period of exploitation, experimentation and growth for George Benson duri...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BOBBY BROOM SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GEORGE BENSON TRACKS
Editor's Note: Around 1975, Bobby Broom, a 14-year-old guitar aspirant from Harlem who was playing R&B, funk, and so...
George Benson: Plum (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 20, 08This track contains some of the most exciting and articulate jazz guitar phrasing I’ve ever heard. On his original co...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BOBBY BROOM SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GEORGE BENSON TRACKS
Editor's Note: Around 1975, Bobby Broom, a 14-year-old guitar aspirant from Harlem who was playing R&B, funk, and so...
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