I caught guitarist Bobby Broom last month with Sonny Rollins at Orchestra Hall in Chicago, where Broom, who used to play with Mr. Rollins regularly, normally plies his trade.
He does that, among other places, in Chicago's Deep Blue Organ Trio with B-3 man Chris Foreman and Greg Rockingham on drums. If I said their CD "Deep Blue Bruise" reminded me of Jack McDuff and George Benson I wouldn't be too far off. It's a blues-inflected romp through some standards like "Willow Weep for Me" and a few unusual selections like "Rasberry Beret." You'll want to dance to it. Organ jazz is alive and well, thank goodness.
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