Deep Blue Organ Trio

[Sundog]

Anybody else enjoying this fine album?

Deep Blue Organ Trio Site

[alankin]

Yes.

Edited December 29, 2004 by alankin

[Jim Alfredson]

Damn. Add another to my list why dontcha?

[sal]

I love seeing these guys at the Green Mill. They are really something special.

I'm looking forward to picking up the album.

[Newk]

Great stuff!

[ejp626]

A copy just turned up at HiFi Records, and I snagged it. I'll probably listen to it tonight.

[Soul Stream]

Is Chris Foreman blind?

[JSngry]

Getting play on KNTU.

Sounds good so far.

Was put off by how they did "Can't Hide Love", but got over it by the track's end.

[JSngry]

Is Chris Foreman blind?

Yes: http://deepblueorgantrio.com/bio1.html

[JSngry]

And Greg Rockingham has what must be the definitive resume for an organ drummer:

Drummer Greg Rockingham began playing when he was just three years old and debuted as a professional musician at age five in his father's jazz ensemble. An alumnus of the famed Interlochen Arts Academy and Northeastern University, Greg has performed or recorded with a wide range of famous names, including the orchestras of Glenn Miller and Guy Lombardo, vocalists Freddie Cole, Patty Page and Jerry Vale and instrumentalists Nat Adderley, Kenny Burrell, Charles Earland and Ellis Marsalis.

http://deepblueorgantrio.com/bio2.html

Just kidding - cat's obviously a pro and ain't afraid to go after some bucks. Hell yeah.

[sheldonm]

I'm going to see them tomorrow, backing up Fathead Newman !!! Will post photos sometime next week! Won't be Broom on guitar but Henry Johnson.

Edited January 1, 2005 by sheldonm

[mikeweil]

A very fine album - wonder why they didn't record any sooner.

Broom gets better and better as an organ combo player - and his choice of pop tunes and the way he treats them is superb.

[Sundog]

Up. What a great album. Rasberry Beret!

[mikeweil]

Just dumped it into the CD player - Thanks for the inspiration!

[Soul Stream]

I'm going to see them tomorrow, backing up Fathead Newman !!!  Will post photos sometime next week!  Won't be Broom on guitar but Henry Johnson.

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How was the show? Any pics?

[Sundog]

From The Deep Blue Organ Trio Wesite... (see link above)

Goin' To Town!

01/25/06

We're in post production, mixing and editing our new CD/DVD which we recorded live at the Green Mill in Chicago. We're getting more and more excited as it comes together. We think you're gonna like it. Keep checking in here for the official release date, but for now expect it sometime this spring. Press Kits On-Line- For an electronic press kit for the group, visit www.sonicbids.com/deepblue (see links on 'Audio' page)

Let me be the first to react to this wonderful news with a resounding.... HELL YEAH!!!!!!

[Lazaro Vega]

Don't get me wrong there were things about the first record that I really loved, and it is a hellofa cookin' band who I was happy to promote on the air when they've come into Michigan, but the first recording lacked focus in it's approach. As in, let's put everything we can do on a single disc, rather than make one disc of the BEST thing they can do, another disc from a second aspect, etc. A little scattershot as an album.

[Chuck Nessa]

Don't get me wrong there were things about the first record that I really loved, and it is a hellofa cookin' band who I was happy to promote on the air when they've come into Michigan, but the first recording lacked focus in it's approach. As in, let's put everything we can do on a single disc, rather than make one disc of the BEST thing they can do, another disc from a second aspect, etc. A little scattershot as an album.

Like the band, have not heard the disc but this is a frequent problem when musicians have control of the "package". A fair number of good artists have sunk themselves 'cause they had "control".

[cannonball-addict]

I DJed a party tonight for an hour (rotating DJs - different styles) and I played Willow Weep For Me from this and kids to adults of all ages (18 - 88) REALLY DUG IT. Way to go Chris, Bobby, and Greg! Your music stood the test of being danceable.

Matt

P.S. Usually it ain't good if you can't dance to it.

[Sundog]

......the first recording lacked focus in it's approach. As in, let's put everything we can do on a single disc, rather than make one disc of the BEST thing they can do, another disc from a second aspect, etc. A little scattershot as an album.

I don't disagree with any of that. I guess it's just a matter of degree. For me, the quality of the playing overcomes those "problems" making it one hell of a good time record that also has quite a bit of depth musically.

[Soul Stream]

Personally, I'd recommend Bobby Broom's own "Modern Man" recording with Dr. Lonnie Smith, Ronnie Cuber and Idris Muhammed as one of the best organ jazz records done in recent memory. Bobby Broom is a killer and he really shines on Modern Man along with the rest of the great lineup. Props to Delmark for putting it out. Would like to see another.

[birdanddizzy]

Personally, I'd recommend Bobby Broom's own "Modern Man" recording with Dr. Lonnie Smith, Ronnie Cuber and Idris Muhammed as one of the best organ jazz records done in recent memory. Bobby Broom is a killer and he really shines on Modern Man along with the rest of the great lineup. Props to Delmark for putting it out. Would like to see another.

I agree with you, really.

Here is a thread about Bobby Broom's "Modern Man"

[sheldonm]

...I really like Bobby's playing as well. I've known him for a couple years, great guy! Here are a couple photographs I made of him in at the Jazz Kitchen in Indy and the Monterey Jazz Festival.

m~

[sheldonm]

...and

Edited March 5, 2006 by sheldonm

[Lazaro Vega]

Like I said, don't get me wrong. But it would have been nice to have an album of material such as "willow weep for me" and another album of new standards and soul classics such as the Prince tune, or "It Was A Very Good Year." They have range, but rather than try to show it all on one disc it may have been more effective over several.