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BIO FOR JOHN BRUMBACH
John Brumbach, aka Boom, is a Chicago Tenor player with a strong background in blues and jazz. Born in 1950, he started playing at the age of 19 and was working professionally at the age of 20. Initially he worked with Chicago blues and R&B legends like Chaka Khan, Sunnyland Slim, Otis Clay, Renaldo Domino, Hi-Fi White, Simtec Simmons and Wiley Dixon, the T-Box Band (house band at the High Chapperal), Santez, and Sam Lay among others. In 1972 he teamed up with Chaka's sister TakaTaka Boom, and eventually moved to L.A. While there, he recorded and/or worked on the road with Rufus, the Parliaments (Mothership Connection album w/sax solo on P-Funk), the Gap Band, Bloodstone, Jermaine Jackson, Fred Wesley, Douglas Gibbs, Dennis Coffee, Melissa Penney, and others.
Back in Chicago since 1980, John has led several small groups and played regularly with Chicagoans such as Earma Thompson, Erwin Helfer, Dave Specter, Katherine Davis, Ken Saydak, Robert Shy, Jeff Parker, Ron Dewar, Lenny Lynn, Alan Batts, Jean Caroll, Elaine Hamilton, Wilbur Campbell, George Fludas, John Whitfield, Ari Brown, Tito Carrillo, Steve Berry, Ted Sirota, Dennis Luxion, Jack McDuff, Buddy Guy, Yosef Ben Israel, Bugs Cochran, and many other greats on the Jazz and Blues scenes.
John can be currently seen and heard leading straight-ahead groups at various venues, including Katerina's, 1920 Irving Park Blvd, Andy's on Hubbard Street, and frequently with Bill Peterson or Dennis Luxion at the Signature Room at the 95th floor of the John Hancock Center.
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