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