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ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEWS April 12, 2017

Bob Mintzer: All L.A. Band

Read "All L.A. Band" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

Ascoltando questo nuovo, scintillante, album orchestrale di Bob Mintzer mi chiedevo perchè si parli così poco di questo sassofonista e bandleader ormai 64enne. Dai primi anni ottanta ha diretto formidabili big band--incidendo una ventina di album -nel solco della tradizione mainstream che va da Count Basie a Thad Jones. In veste di autore ha scritto oltre ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEWS July 4, 2016

Bob Mintzer: All L.A. Band

By JACK BOWERS

Even though saxophonist Bob Mintzer's name rests alone atop the marquee, the All L.A. Band is actually a mutual collaboration with acclaimed drummer Peter Erskine, one of Mintzer's colleagues in the Jazz Studies department at the University of Southern California. Besides occupying the drum chair, Erskine produced the album, while Mintzer composed and arranged its ten ...