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Chicago Jazz Orchestra: More Amor: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery
by Jack Bowers
When the Chicago Jazz Orchestra decided to record a tribute to Wes Montgomery, the choice of who would sit in for the legendary guitarist was obvious: Bobby Broom, a stellar guitarist in his own right who has called Chicago home for more than forty years and had performed a concert version of the album at Chicago's Harold Washington Library in 2004. Once Broom agreed to accept the assignment, the sailing was relatively smooth, as CJO music director Jeff Lindberg assembled ...
Continue ReadingChicago Jazz Orchestra: Burstin' Out!
by Matt Marshall
Covering the Great American Songbook can be tricky, thankless work for a singer. The options for handling the material just aren't as numerous (i.e., nigh infinite) as they are for instrumentalists. Severely warping a melody, chopping it up or getting rid of it altogether work perfectly well if you're blowing through a horn. But such abstractions of voice can seem forced or simply too weird within a straight-ahead format. There's scatting, of course, and other forms of nonverbal vocalization, but ...
Continue ReadingGuitarist Bobby Broom Joins Chicago Jazz Orchestra & Strings On 'More Amor,' Wes Montgomery Tribute CD Due March 28 From Chicago Jazz Orchestra Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Acclaimed guitarist Bobby Broom is the featured soloist on a new recording by the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, More Amor: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery, due for release March 28 on Chicago Jazz Orchestra Records. The brainchild of CJO musical director/conductor Jeff Lindberg and Broom, the recording began with a seed planted in 2004, after Broom’s successful Montgomery retrospective concert performance with the big band and strings. “I was thrilled when Jeff contacted me about finally getting to work on this ...
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Arturo Sandoval Brings Fire To The Chicago Jazz Orchestra
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Ted Ricci
Can an aggressive Chicago jazz group transform itself into a radiant Afro-Cuban jazz band at the drop of a downbeat? Apparently so, if it's being led by the volatile Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval. Not that Sandoval was officially conducting the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, which sold out Northwestern University's Pick-Staiger Concert Hall on Saturday evening. But once Sandoval took to the stage, the band became his, CJO conductor and artistic director Jeff Lindberg generally stepping to the side as if a ...
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Clark Terry With Jeff Lindberg And The Chicago Jazz Orchestra Porgy & Bess
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All About Jazz
October 9, 2004 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] CLARK TERRY WITH JEFF LINDBERG AND THE CHICAGO JAZZ ORCHESTRA PORGY & BESS AMERICANA MUSIC-9002 STREET DATE SEPTEMBER 14, 2004 Americana Music is extremely proud to announce the release of Porgy & Bess, the extraordinary pairing of legendary trumpeter/flugelhornist Clark Terry with Jeff Lindberg and the Chicago Jazz Orchestra. True works of art are timeless, unique entities that stand alone, beyond attempts to reinterpret, reproduce or ...
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