Bobby Broom • Stand!

 

Review by Alex Henderson
Many jazz snobs would never dream of recording anything by Sly & the Family Stone, the Beatles, or the Mamas & Papas. They suffer from the delusion that worthwhile popular music died with Cole Porter and George Gershwin, and they refuse to believe that a rock or R&B song could have anything to offer a jazz improviser. But not everyone who plays straight-ahead jazz is an elitist jazz snob; saxman Ken Peplowski is a major Beatles fan, and guitarist Russell Malone is proud of the fact that his CD collection has everything from PFunk to honky tonk. Although Stand! is a straight-ahead jazz release that focuses on popular songs, it doesn't contain any overdone Tin Pan Alley standards. Instead, guitarist Bobby Broom turns his attention to rock and soul hits of the 1960s and 1970s, putting a hard bop or post-bop spin on everything from Sly Stone's "Stand" and the Beatles' "I Will" to the Turtles' "Happy Together" and the Mamas & Papas' "Monday, Monday." Stand! (which finds Broom forming a trio with acoustic bassist Dennis Carroll and drummer Dana Hall) is not a commercial album; it is as straight-ahead, as improvisatory, and as intellectual as any other album that he has recorded. Thus, anyone who expects Broom to provide note-for-note covers will be disappointed. "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You," for example, gets a serious makeover. While Franki Valli's hit version of 1967 was slow and sentimental, Broom's is fast, hard-swinging, and unsentimental. Some Valli fans might even consider Broom's version an act of musical heresy -- unless, of course, they are Valli fans who have eclectic tastes and comprehend the more complex, cerebral styles of jazz. If so, they will have to acknowledge that Stand! is among Broom's finest accomplishments.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/stand%21-mw0000591175

///////

Reseña de Alex Henderson
Muchos snobs del jazz nunca soñarían con grabar algo de Sly & the Family Stone, los Beatles o los Mamas & Papas. Sufren la ilusión de que la música popular que vale la pena murió con Cole Porter y George Gershwin, y se niegan a creer que una canción de rock o R&B pueda tener algo que ofrecer a un improvisador de jazz. Pero no todos los que tocan jazz directo son unos esnobs elitistas del jazz; el saxofonista Ken Peplowski es un gran fan de los Beatles, y el guitarrista Russell Malone está orgulloso de que su colección de CDs tenga de todo, desde PFunk hasta honky tonk. Aunque Stand! es un lanzamiento de jazz directo que se centra en canciones populares, no contiene ningún estándar de Tin Pan Alley exagerado. En su lugar, el guitarrista Bobby Broom dirige su atención a los éxitos del rock y el soul de los años 60 y 70, dando un giro hard bop o post-bop a todo, desde "Stand" de Sly Stone y "I Will" de los Beatles hasta "Happy Together" de las Turtles y "Monday, Monday" de las Mamas & Papas. ¡Stand! (en el que Broom forma un trío con el bajista acústico Dennis Carroll y el batería Dana Hall) no es un álbum comercial; es tan directo, tan improvisado y tan intelectual como cualquier otro álbum que haya grabado. Por lo tanto, cualquiera que espere que Broom ofrezca versiones nota por nota se sentirá decepcionado. "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You", por ejemplo, recibe un serio cambio de imagen. Mientras que la exitosa versión de Franki Valli de 1967 era lenta y sentimental, la de Broom es rápida, con mucho ritmo y nada sentimental. Algunos fans de Valli podrían considerar la versión de Broom como un acto de herejía musical, a no ser que sean fans de Valli con gustos eclécticos y que comprendan los estilos más complejos y cerebrales del jazz. Si es así, tendrán que reconocer que Stand! se encuentra entre los mejores logros de Broom.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/stand%21-mw0000591175

www.bobbybroom.com ...

Tracklist
1 - Stand! - 6:44
2 - House Of The Rising Sun - 6:35
3 - Come Back As A Flower - 8:14
4 - I Can See Clearly Now - 6:36
5 - Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You - 6:18
6 - I Will - 6:11
7 - The Letter - 5:02
8 - El Condor Pasa (If I Could) - 5:20
9 - Happy Together - 6:10
10 - Monday, Monday - 8:00


Credits:
    Acoustic Bass – Dennis Carroll

    Composed By – Alan Gordon (tracks: 9), Alan Price (tracks: 2), Bob Crewe (tracks: 5), Daniel A. Robles (tracks: 8), Garry Bonner (tracks: 9), John Phillips (tracks: 10), Johnny Nash (tracks: 4), Jorge Milchberg (tracks: 8), Lennon-McCartney (tracks: 6), Paul Simon (tracks: 8), Stevie Wonder (tracks: 3), Sylvester Stewart (tracks: 1), Wayne Carson Thompson (tracks: 7)

    Design [Graphic Design] – Annette Benjamin
    Drums – Dana Hall
    Engineer – Steve Yates
    Executive-Producer – Michael Friedman (5)
    Guitar, Producer, Arranged By – Bobby Broom
    Mastered By – Allan Tucker
    Photography By – Todd Winters

Notes
Recorded January 18-26, 2001


Label: Premonition Records ‎– 90754
Released: 2001
Genre: Jazz
Style: Contemporary Jazz, Post Bop
https://www.discogs.com/Bobby-Broom-Stand/release/8899315

MORE Bobby Broom ...


This file is intended only for preview!
I ask you to delete the file from your hard drive or device after reading it.
thank for the original uploader