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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Robert Alan Mintzer |
| Born | January 27, 1953 New Rochelle, New York, US |
| Genres | Jazz, jazz fusion |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, arranger, band leader |
| Instrument(s) | Saxophone, EWI, Bass Clarinet |
| Labels | DMP, Novus, MCG Jazz |
| Website |
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Robert Alan Mintzer (born January 27, 1953) is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader.
Early life
Mintzer was born and raised in a Jewish family in New Rochelle, New York, on January 27, 1953. [1] He attended the Interlochen Arts Academy, Michigan from 1969 to 1970, then was at the Hartt School of Music, Hartford, Connecticut for two years, before attending the Manhattan School of Music from 1972 to 1974. [1]
Later life and career
Early in his career, Mintzer played in various big bands, including those led by Buddy Rich (1975–77), Thad Jones and Mel Lewis (1977–79), and Sam Jones (1978–80). [1] While with Rich, he began writing big band music, and has since composed and arranged hundreds of pieces. [1] In 2008, Mintzer and his family moved to Los Angeles, where he joined the faculty of the University of Southern California. [2]
He is a member of the Grammy award-winning Yellowjackets and holds the Buzz McCoy endowed chair of jazz studies at the University of Southern California.
In 2014, he agreed to become Chief Conductor of the WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany, sharing the job with Vince Mendoza.
Discography
As leader
- 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. 1990
- Art 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. 1987
- Latin from Manhattan, (DMP, 1998)
- Quality Time (TVT, 1998)
- Homage to Count Basie (DMP, 2000)
- 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 (Concord Midline/ Stretch/Universal, 2011)
- For the Moment, (MCG Jazz, 2012)
- Get Up (MCG Jazz, 2015)
- All L.A. Band (Fuzzy, 2016) [3]
- Meeting of Minds with New York Voices ( MCG Jazz, 2018)
As co-leader
With Peter Erskine, Darek Oleszkiewicz, Alan Pasqua
- Standards 2: Movie Music (Fuzzy Music, 2010)
As a member
- Greenhouse (MCA, 1991)
- Live Wires (GRP, 1992) – live
- Like 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 featuring Mike Stern (2008)
- Timeline (2011)
- A Rise in the Road (2013)
- Cohearance (2016)
- Raising Our Voice featuring Luciana Souza (2018)
- GRP All Star Big Band: GRP All-Star Big Band (GRP, 1992)
- GRP All-Star Big Band: Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Star Big Band Live!, (GRP, 1993)
- GRP All-Star Big Band: All Blues, (GRP, 1995)
As sideman
- Buddy Rich, Buddy Rich (PolJazz, 1977) – live
- Sam Jones, Something New (Interplay, 1979)
- Jaco Pastorius, Invitation (Warner Bros., 1983) – live rec. 1982
- 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. 2004–05
- New 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. 2010
- Kait 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)
References
- ^ a b c d Gilbert, Mark (2003), Mintzer, Bob (Robert Alan), Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, doi: 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J641500
- ^ Kelman, John (August 21, 2010). "Bob Mintzer: Canyon Cove". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- ^ "Bob Mintzer | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Queen Anne's Revenge - Seán J. Kennedy | Credits". AllMusic.
External links
| International | |
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| National | |
| Artists | |
| Other | |
- American jazz tenor saxophonists
- American male saxophonists
- American jazz bass clarinetists
- American jazz bandleaders
- American jazz composers
- American male jazz composers
- Bass clarinetists
- Big band bandleaders
- Grammy Award winners
- Jazz arrangers
- Living people
- Go-go musicians
- Musicians from New Rochelle, New York
- 1953 births
- Jazz musicians from New York (state)
- 21st-century American saxophonists
- 21st-century clarinetists
- 21st-century American male musicians
- GRP All-Star Big Band members
- Yellowjackets members
- Nova Bossa Nova members