Chelsea Bridge was a Canadian jazz quartet based in
Ottawa
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,
Ontario
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. Its members were
Rob Frayne Rob Frayne (born 1957) is a Canadian jazz saxophonist, arranger and bandleader based in Ottawa, Ontario. He was part of the bands Chelsea Bridge and the Angstones, but his career was interrupted by a serious car crash in 2004. Following that, he co ...
on tenor and soprano saxophone, bassist
John Geggie
John Geggie is an Ottawa-based Canadian bassist (double bass) who performs jazz with several Ottawa-based groups and performers.Chelsea Bridge - Music Biography, Credits and Discography : AllMusic /ref> 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
Blue Note Jazz Club is a jazz club and restaurant located at 131 West 3rd Street in Greenwich Village, New York City. The club was opened on September 30, 1981, by owner and founder Danny Bensusan, with the Nat Adderley Quintet being the featured ...
,
Moldejazz
Molde International Jazz Festival (MIJF) or Moldejazz (established 1961 in Molde) takes place annually in July, and is known as one of the oldest jazz festivals in Europe. It was initiated by the local Storyville Jazz Club. Since 1964 it has rec ...
(the Molde International Jazz Festival) in Norway, the Washington DC Jazz Festival, the Guelph Jazz Festival, the
, the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and the
Newport Jazz Festival
The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Elaine Lorillard established the festival in 1954, and she and husband Louis Lorillard financed it for many years. They hire ...
.
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)