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Bob Mintzer Quartet: Quality Time
by Jack Bowers
As “quality time” is wholly subjective, others may find time spent with saxophonist Bob Mintzer’s quartet(s) far more pleasurable than I. On the one hand, Mintzer is a first–rate player, consistently resourceful and well–respected by his fellow musicians; on the other, he seldom manages to induce even the slightest response from my emotional nerve–center — even though I’ve appreciated some of his big–band endeavors such as Latin from Manhattan, Art of the Big Band and Big Band Trane. Hard to ...
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