Chelsea Bridge (quartet)

Chelsea Bridge
OriginOttawa, Ontario, Canada
GenresJazz, Post-bop
Years active1992-1997
LabelsUnity Records
Past membersRob Frayne
John Geggie
Jean Martin
Clyde Forsberg
Tena Palmer

Chelsea Bridge was a Canadian jazz quartet based in Ottawa, Ontario. Its members were Rob Frayne on tenor and soprano saxophone, bassist John Geggie,[1] drummer Jean Martin, trumpet player Clyde Forsberg,[2][3] and singer Tena Palmer. The band was highly-regarded, with critics calling it 'cutting-edge' and 'ground-breaking'.[4] In a Centretown News online article, a reviewer called the group "one of Ottawa's most prestigious jazz groups."

Career

The group played, for the most part, songs written by Frayne, Geggie, and Palmer.[5]

They toured extensively, conducting four Canadian tours and playing New York's Blue Note Jazz Club, Moldejazz (the Molde International Jazz Festival) in Norway, the Washington DC Jazz Festival, the Guelph Jazz Festival,[6] the Montreal International Jazz Festival, the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and the Newport Jazz Festival.[7]

In 1997, Chelsea Bridge was the subject of a "Jazzumentary" by Douglas Von Rosen called Chelsea Bridge.[8]

Discography

  • Blues in a Sharp Sea (Post-bop, 1992), Unity Records[9][10]
  • Tatamagouche...Next Left (Avant-Garde Jazz, 1994), Unity Records[11][12]
  • Double Feature (Avant-Garde Jazz, 1995), Unity Records[13][14]
  • Chelsea Bridge (2002)

References

  1. ^ "John Geggie: At last, a leader among jazzmen (plus a CD review)". Peter Hum, Ottawa Citizen , January 28, 2010
  2. ^ "Interview and performance, Chelsea Bridge". Youtube.com. YouTube, Rob Frayne. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  3. ^ Hum, Peter. "Clyde Forsberg Obituary". ottawacitizen.com. Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  4. ^ Chelsea Bridge - Music Biography, Credits and Discography : AllMusic
  5. ^ "Blues in a Sharp Sea - Chelsea Bridge | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  6. ^ "Guelph Jazz Festival First anniversary. Chelsea Bridge". archives.uwaterloo.ca. University of Waterloo. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  7. ^ "New York Jazz Giants - Chelsea Bridge - 8/16/1992 - Newport Jazz Festival". youtube.com. YouTube. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Chelsea Bridge". sawvideo.com. Sawvideo Media Arts Centre. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Chelsea Bridge – Blues In A Sharp Sea". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  10. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Blues in a Sharp Sea Review". allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  11. ^ "Chelsea Bridge – Tatamagouche... Next Left". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  12. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Tatamagouche...Next Left Review". allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  13. ^ "Chelsea Bridge – Double Feature". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  14. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Double Feature Review". allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-07-31.