Chelsea Bridge (quartet) explained

Chelsea Bridge
Origin:	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Genre:	Jazz, Post-bop
Years Active:	1992-1997
Label:	Unity Records
Associated Acts:	The Angstones
Past Members:	Rob 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)

Notes and References

1. https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/jazzblog/john-geggie-at-last-a-leader-among-jazzmen-plus-a-cd-review "John Geggie: At last, a leader among jazzmen (plus a CD review)"
2. Web site: Interview and performance, Chelsea Bridge . Youtube.com . YouTube, Rob Frayne . 2021-07-09.
3. Web site: Hum . Peter . Clyde Forsberg Obituary . ottawacitizen.com . Ottawa Citizen . 2021-07-29.
4. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chelsea-bridge-mn0000092294 Chelsea Bridge - Music Biography, Credits and Discography : AllMusic
5. Web site: Blues in a Sharp Sea - Chelsea Bridge | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic. AllMusic.
6. Web site: Guelph Jazz Festival First anniversary. Chelsea Bridge . archives.uwaterloo.ca . University of Waterloo . 21 January 2022.
7. Web site: New York Jazz Giants - Chelsea Bridge - 8/16/1992 - Newport Jazz Festival . youtube.com . YouTube . 21 January 2022.
8. Web site: Chelsea Bridge . sawvideo.com . Sawvideo Media Arts Centre . 21 January 2022.
9. Web site: Chelsea Bridge – Blues In A Sharp Sea . discogs.com . Discogs . 21 January 2022.
10. Web site: Yanow . Scott . Blues in a Sharp Sea Review . allmusic.com . AllMusic . 2021-07-31.
11. Web site: Chelsea Bridge – Tatamagouche... Next Left . discogs.com . Discogs . 21 January 2022.
12. Web site: Henderson . Alex . Tatamagouche...Next Left Review . allmusic.com . AllMusic . 2021-07-31.
13. Web site: Chelsea Bridge – Double Feature . discogs.com . Discogs . 21 January 2022.
14. Web site: Yanow . Scott . Double Feature Review . allmusic.com . AllMusic . 2021-07-31.