When I hear music I want to feel like I did early on where I was captivated and taken away. Bobby Broom is a veteran jazz guitarist, originally from New York City and currently operating from the ...
The concept of “The Three Deaths” is something that runs through many cultures but perhaps the best explanation comes from Ofelia Esparza, an artist and educator from Los Angelos, who said, “The first ...
Renowned jazz guitarist Bobby Broom has been appointed assistant professor of music in the Northern Illinois University School of Music. He will teach jazz guitar and improvisation in the school’s ...
The past year was a momentous one for the widely admired Chicago guitarist Bobby Broom. His first album made up entirely of original compositions, “Upper West Side Story” (Origin Records), won richly ...
Chicago-based guitarist Bobby Broom is one of my favorite jazz guitarists and, thankfully, a fairly regular performer at The Jazz Kitchen, as he was on August 17, 2024. On this occasion, he brought ...
The band Broom only started a few years ago, and they don’t take it for granted when a crowd is singing their songs back to them. Much like when they opened for Winger’s Reb Beach at Jergel’s in 2023, ...
Local music fans might think guitarist Bobby Broom is a native Chicagoan. But in fact, Broom is a native New Yorker. He left New York for Chicago in the late 1980s and has called the Windy City home ...