American jazz saxophonist, composer, and band leader
Bob Mintzer
Mintzer in 2015
Background information Birth name Robert Alan Mintzer Born (1953-01-27 ) January 27, 1953 (age 72) New Rochelle, New York , USGenres Jazz ,jazz fusion Occupation(s) Musician, composer, arranger, band leader Instrument(s) Saxophone ,EWI ,Bass Clarinet Labels DMP ,Novus ,MCG Jazz Website www
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Robert Alan Mintzer (born January 27, 1953) is an Americanjazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, andbig band leader.
Mintzer was born and raised in a Jewish family inNew Rochelle, New York , on January 27, 1953.[ 1] Interlochen Arts Academy , Michigan from 1969 to 1970, then was at theHartt School of Music , Hartford, Connecticut for two years, before attending theManhattan School of Music from 1972 to 1974.[ 1]
Later life and career [ edit ] Early in his career, Mintzer played in various big bands, including those led byBuddy Rich (1975–77),Thad Jones andMel Lewis (1977–79), andSam Jones (1978–80).[ 1] big band music, and has since composed and arranged hundreds of pieces.[ 1] [ 2]
He is a member of the Grammy award-winningYellowjackets and holds the Buzz McCoy endowed chair of jazz studies at theUniversity of Southern California .
In 2014, he began sharing the role of Chief Conductor of theWDR Big Band inCologne , Germany withVince Mendoza .
Source (Agharta, 1982)Horn Man (Agharta, 1982)Papa Lips (Eastworld , 1983)Incredible Journey (DMP , 1985)Camouflage (DMP, 1986)Spectrum (DMP, 1988)Urban Contours (DMP, 1989)Hymn (Owl, 1991) – rec. 1990Art of the Big Band (DMP, 1991)I Remember Jaco (Novus , 1992)One Music (DMP, 1991)Departure (DMP, 1993)Only in New York (DMP, 1994)Twin Tenors (Novus, 1994)The First Decade (DMP, 1995)Big Band Trane (DMP, 1996)Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival (Basic, 1996) – rec. 1987Latin from Manhattan , (DMP, 1998)Quality Time (TVT, 1998)Homage to Count Basie Bop Boy (Explore, 2002)Gently (DMP, 2002)Live at MCG with Special Guest Kurt Elling , (MCG Jazz , 2004)Hymn (Mesa, Blue Moon, Owl, Universal, 1992, 2006)Old School: New Lessons featuring Kurt Elling , (Telarc /MCG Jazz, 2006)Longing (EmArcy , Owl, Universal,Sunnyside , 2003, 2006, 2007)In the Moment (Art of Life, 2007)Universal Syncopations , Vol. 2 (ECM , 2007)Swing Out , (Telarc/MCG Jazz, 2008)La Vita e Bella (Abeat, 2009)Canyon Cove , (2010)The Hudson Project Stretch /Universal, 2011)For the Moment , (MCG Jazz, 2012)Get Up (MCG Jazz, 2015)All L.A. Band (Fuzzy, 2016)[ 3] Meeting of Minds withNew York Voices (MCG Jazz , 2018)WithPeter Erskine ,Darek Oleszkiewicz ,Alan Pasqua
Standards 2: Movie Music (Fuzzy Music, 2010)Yellowjackets
Greenhouse (MCA, 1991)Live Wires (GRP, 1992) – liveLike a River (GRP, 1993)Runferyerlife (GRP, 1994)Collection (1995)Dreamland (Warner Bros., 1995)Blue Hats (Warner Bros., 1997)Club Nocturne (Warner Bros., 1998)Priceless Jazz Collection (1998)The Best of Yellowjackets (1999)Mint Jam (2002)Time Squared (2003)Peace Round (2003)Altered State (2005)Twenty Five (2006)Lifecyle featuringMike Stern (2008)Timeline (2011)A Rise in the Road (2013)Cohearance (2016)Raising Our Voice featuringLuciana Souza (2018)TheGRP All-Star Big Band
Buddy Rich ,Buddy Rich (PolJazz, 1977) – liveSam Jones ,Something New Jaco Pastorius ,Invitation Bobby McFerrin ,Bang!Zoom Blue Note , 1995)Nova Bossa Nova ,Jazz Influence (Arkadia Jazz , 1997)Toninho Horta ,From Ton to Tom (Video Arts Music, 1998)Miroslav Vitouš ,Universal Syncopations II ECM , 2007) – rec. 2004–05New York Voices ,A Day Like This (MCG Jazz , 2007)The Sean J. Kennedy Quartet ,Queen Anne's Revenge (Lost World, 2007)[ 4] Tohpati ,Save the Planet (Ethnomission, 2010)Kurt Elling ,The Gate Concord , 2011) – rec. 2010Kait Dunton,Mountain Suite (Real & Imagined, 2012) Dewa Budjana ,Joged Kahyangan (Moonjune , 2013)Roberto Tola , Bein' Green (RT Music, 2017)Denis Krupin , Path To Light (2021)Michel Cury ,Night Travel (2024)
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