Chelsea Bridge was a Canadian jazz quartet based in Ottawa, Ontario. Its members were Rob Frayne on tenor and soprano saxophone, bassist John Geggie,"John Geggie: At last, a leader among jazzmen (plus a CD review)". Peter Hum, Ottawa Citizen , January 28, 2010 drummer Jean Martin, trumpet player Clyde Forsberg, and singer Tena Palmer. The band was highly-regarded, with critics calling it 'cutting-edge' and 'ground-breaking'.Chelsea Bridge - Music Biography, Credits and Discography : AllMusic 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.
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, the Montreal International Jazz Festival, the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and the Newport Jazz Festival.
In 1997, Chelsea Bridge was the subject of a "Jazzumentary" by Douglas Von Rosen called Chelsea Bridge.
Discography
Blues in a Sharp Sea (Post-bop, 1992), Unity Records Tatamagouche...Next Left (Avant-Garde Jazz, 1994), Unity Records Double Feature (Avant-Garde Jazz, 1995), Unity Records Chelsea Bridge (2002)
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