Bob Mintzer
Bob leads several musical lives that, at times, seem humanly impossible for one person to sustain. He is a 20 year member of the Grammy award winning Yellowjackets, leads his own Grammy winning big band, is the recipient of the Buzz McCoy endowed chair of jazz studies at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, does workshops all over the world, writes books on jazz, writes for orchestra, concert band, and big band, travels with his own quartet, and plays with numerous other bands around the globe. He is equally active in the composing, performing and educational fields.
Bob has written over 200 big band arrangements. His big band music is played over the world, and has influenced numerous big band writers. He honed his big band writing and playing skills in the bands of Tito Puente, Buddy Rich, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis. He has also written works for the National Symphony Orchestra, Metropole Orchestra of the Netherlands. WDR Big band in Cologne, HR Big Band in Frankfurt and was commissioned to write a piece for concert band and tenor sax (Go) by a consortium of 50 universities.
As an instrumentalist Bob has worked with Art Blakey, Jaco Pastorius, Sam Jones, Randy Brecker, Gil Evans, the Yellowjackets, GRP All Star Big Band, Mike Manieri, The New York Philharmonic, to name a few. He has done session work for James Taylor, Steve Winwood, Queen, Donald Fagan, Milton Nascimento, and countless others.
Bob has recorded some 30 solo projects and was awarded with 4 grammy nominations and a Grammy award for best large jazz ensemble recording in 2001 for Homage to Count Basie on the DMP label. Following Bob’s 23 year, 12 album relationship with Digital Music Products, the Bob Mintzer big band now resides on the MCG Jazz label.
Bob currently resides in Los Angeles in the former house of composer Arnold Schoenberg (his first LA residence, 1934-1936), teaches at USC, travels 4 months out of the year, and, when at home, writes and practices constantly. He is generally considered one of the tenor saxophonists who came out the school of New York players in the 70's, which includes Michael Brecker, Bob Berg, David Liebman and Steve Grossman.
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- All L.A. Band by Jack Bowers
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June 22, 2018
New Bob Mintzer Big Band – New York Voices Album, "Meeting Of Minds,"...
May 20, 2015
New Bob Mintzer Big Band CD, "Get Up!," Due From MCG Jazz June 23
November 17, 2013
Dewa Budjana's New Album "Joged Kahyangan" Features Larry Goldings,...
September 05, 2012
Trumpeter John Daversa Returns with Crackling Small Group. Special...
June 30, 2012
Enter the "Bob Mintzer Big Band - For the Moment" Giveaway at All About...
May 28, 2012
Bob Mintzer Big Band's "For The Moment": New MCG Jazz CD Due June 19
June 22, 2011
Fabled Music Man Bob Mintzer Shares Decades Worth of Wisdom
January 18, 2011
Fuzzy Music Release New Recording Titled "Standards 2 - Movie Music"...
August 05, 2010
Bob Mintzer's Organ Trio CD (Feat. Peter Erskine & Larry Goldings),...
December 14, 2009
Fahir Atakoglu's "Faces and Places" with Randy Brecker, John Patitucci,...
Ada Rovatti
saxophoneEd Palermo
saxophoneAaron Liddard
saxophone, tenorMike Holober
pianoJeremy Shoham
saxophoneThe Ed Palermo Big Band
band / orchestraStephanie Lottermoser
saxophone, tenorZac Zinger
saxophone, tenorDave Coules
saxophoneChris Torkewitz
saxophone, tenorAllan Hirt
bassJazz'on Parma Orchestra
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Album Discography
Parabbean Tales
From: Parabbean TalesBy Bob Mintzer
An Hour Before Dawn
From: Path To LightBy Bob Mintzer
Twenty Seventh of November (dedicated to Lyle Mays)
From: Path To LightBy Bob Mintzer
Plangtonic Night
From: Path To LightBy Bob Mintzer
Light
From: Path To LightBy Bob Mintzer
One Day Will Be Come True
From: Path To LightBy Bob Mintzer
Recife
From: For The MomentBy Bob Mintzer