| Broom, Bobby / Upper West Side Story |
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| Album: | Upper West Side Story | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Broom, Bobby | Added: | Jul 2012 | |
| Label: | Origin Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-10-21 | Pull Date: | 2012-12-23 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Dec 9 | Dec 2 | Nov 25 | Nov 18 | Nov 11 | Nov 4 | Oct 28 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 03, 2014: | Rebop Father | 4. | Nov 20, 2012: | Rebop Upper West Side Story | |
| 2. | Dec 04, 2012: | Rebop Call Me A Cab | 5. | Nov 13, 2012: | Rebop Call Me A Cab | |
| 3. | Nov 27, 2012: | Rebop D's Blues | 6. | Nov 09, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum Father |
| Album Review |
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| Be Sharp Reviewed 2012-10-13 | ||
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Long a sideman (with Sonny Rollins, e.g.) and also leader of his own trio, Bobby Broom plays contemporary (not leading edge) hollow-body jazz guitar. This is his first album with all his own compositions. He shows a lot of stylistic and technical variety here, but the music is mostly lightweight and easy to listen to. The ensemble is guitar, bass & drums. All instrumental. No FCC issues. 1 Mid-fast. Opening drum roll, bass riff, and melodic theme on guitar are encouraging. But this descends into guitar improv that gets rather long and somewhat aimless. (6:51) 2 * Mid-tempo lead, but fast rhythm. Breezy G Benson style. Tight combo playing. (4:54) 3 Mid-slow. Very mellow, pointless background music. (8:46) 4 Mid-tempo. Alternating a little bluesy riff and quick scampering improv lines. (6:57) 5 Mid-tempo. Easy, lazy stroll. Improv lead guitar with light accompaniment. It’s very loose, almost like they’ve never met each other. (6:24) 6 ** Fast. Jazziest, swingin’est tune here. Impressive guitar; strong bass & drums. (3:25) 7 * Mid-slow. Pretty ballad. Nice guitar & bass, minimal drums - mostly high-hat (7:42) 8 * Fast but mellow. Cute little melodic riff played ‘round & ‘round. Good drums. (6:12) 9 Slow. Sticks out as quite different. Sort of dreamy (maybe 1/2 *) (8:42) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | D's Blues | 5. | Lazy Sundays | |||
| 2. | Upper West Side Story | 6. | Fambroscious | |||
| 3. | After Words | 7. | Father | |||
| 4. | Minor Major Mishap | 8. | Call Me A Cab | |||
| 9. | When The Falling Leaves... | |||||