Song:Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Album:Bobby Broom Plays for Monk
Guitarist Bobby Broom has been recording as a leader since the 80s. He should remind you of guys like Wes Montgomery and Grant Green. He was born Jan. 16, 1961 in New York City. He got into jazz by listening to organist Charles Earland. As a teen he played local clubs and Sonny Rollins invited him to join his band. But after graduating high school, Broom studied at Berklee in Boston. Broom was in trumpeter Tom Browne's band when he scored the hit single Funkin' For Jamaica. He also toured with Dave Grusin and Broom recorded his 1981 debut album Clean Sweep for Grusin's GRP label. He also recorded for Arista in 1984 and he toured with Rollins for five years. Broom moved to Chicago in 1984 and he has been a mainstay of the jazz scene since then. He got to record with Charles Earland. And he got into teaching which he still does today at North Park University and through a community outreach program, he teaches guitar to kids. Broom recorded several albums for Origin Records. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes is from the 2009 album Bobby Broom Plays for Monk. Of course the album is a tribute to Thelonious Monk. Even the album cover is a tribute to the cover of Monk's Music. Broom mostly covers Monk compositions but Monk recorded Smoke Gets In Your Eyes in 1953. The musicians are Dennis Carroll on bass and Kobie Watkins on drums. They have been on several Broom albums. Broom recorded four albums with the Deep Blue Organ Trio until they disbanded in 2013. His new band is called The Organi-sation. His latest album Soul Fingers was released in 2018 on his own label with Watkins on drums and Ben Paterson on organ. Here's Bobby Broom performing Smoke Gets In Your Eyes. It looks like he's in his kitchen. Broom has his own Youtube channel. I wish more jazz musicians did this.
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