Chicago Jazz Orchestra - More Amor - A Tribute To Wes Montgomery (2025) [Official Digital Download]

From “Road Song” to “More, More, Amor” to “Boss City,” the Windy City’s oldest continuously operating jazz orchestra — featuring the phenomenal guitarist Bobby Broom — tips its hat to one of the most unique and pivotal voices jazz guitar has ever known. The 10-track collection is proof that the CJO deserves its reputation as “The best big band in the country,” as proclaimed by the late, great trumpeter and educator, Clark Terry.

“Generations of gifted musicians have honed their skills through the ensemble,” DownBeat has observed. “If you like brassy big band music, you may know — or should get to know — the Chicago Jazz Orchestra,” declared WTTW News, noting their “40 years of bringing a fresh approach to timeless music.” Of the CJO’s album, Burstin’ Out, with vocalist Cyrille Aimée (2013): “The arrangements are picture perfect, and the soloists tell the story with profound musicianship” (Oregon Jazz Scene).

“It was my goal to develop the CJO into the best big band in Chicago,” Lindberg said, “rivaling other great orchestras across the country and the world.” Bobby Broom himself also commands a sizable legacy. The Chicagoan, by way of New York, has performed with Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Stanley Turrentine, and other jazz titans.

“For me, this project is a dream,” Broom says. “I can vividly recall admiring these album covers by Wes, as the music played in my room in my NYC apartment growing up. To be asked and to feel capable of doing this is almost surreal.”

TRACKLIST

1. Chicago Jazz Orchestra - Road Song
2. Chicago Jazz Orchestra - What The World Needs Now Is Love
3. Chicago Jazz Orchestra - Four On Six
4. Chicago Jazz Orchestra - West Coast Blues
5. Chicago Jazz Orchestra - Somewhere
6. Chicago Jazz Orchestra - More, More, Amor
7. Chicago Jazz Orchestra - Fried Pies
8. Chicago Jazz Orchestra - Baubles, Bangles And Beads
9. Chicago Jazz Orchestra - Dreamsville
10. Chicago Jazz Orchestra - Boss City



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