Peter Bernstein - Bobby Broom Quartet

"Peter’s an extremely elegant musician with a gorgeous tone that seems to relax you when you hear it".  - The Jazz Bakery, Los Angeles  

"The jazz guitarist, among the most sought after in the New York area, has a feather-light touch, an encyclopedic knowledge of chords and the ability to play standards like he’s inventing them on the spot."  - The Los Angeles Daily News

Jazz guitarist Peter Bernstein has been a part of the jazz scene in New York and abroad since 1989. During that time he has participated in over 200  recordings and numerous festival, concert and club performances with musicians from all generations including Jim Hall, Lou Donaldson, Sonny Rollins,  Bobby Hutcherson, George Coleman, David Fathead Newman, Etta Jones and Nicholas Payton.

Born in Harlem and raised on the Upper West Side of NYC, Bobby Broom took up guitar at 12 and five years later, in 1977, made his first appearance with Sonny Rollins at Carnegie Hall. Even prior to that auspicious start, he had dedicated himself to the art, culture, and life of jazz, with the goals of learning to express himself within the idiom, while honoring its historical traditions and spirit.

Nearly 50 years later, Bobby has amassed a formidable jazz pedigree, working closely with historic figures such as Rollins, Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Stanley Turrentine and Kenny Burrell, as well as many of his contemporaries. To date he has made fifteen leader recordings and has traveled to perform, as an accompanying musician and with his own ensembles, in countries on five continents.

Broom is a tenured Associate Professor at Northern Illinois University and has devoted much of his career to jazz education. He began teaching at the tertiary level under the direction of NEA Jazz Fellow and saxophone great Jackie McLean at University of Hartford. Bobby has also worked with high school students through the Herbie Hancock (formerly Thelonious Monk) Institute and currently, with the Ravinia Jazz Mentor Program.

Peter Bernstein, guitar
Bobby Broom, guitar
Dennis Carroll, bass
Jason Tiemann, drums

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