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Last Site Update: May 6, 2010
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About
BobMintzer.com
Greetings,
and welcome to the the official website for all things
Bob Mintzer.
BobMintzer.com has the following sections: A Note From Bob - A regularly updated
column from Bob himself (updated 5/3/10) Biography - Learn
more about Bob Discography - A
comprehensive look at Bob's recordings. Soon to be searchable
and include info for each item. (updated 9/15/06)
Discussion
Forums - A place for everyone to ask Bob questions,
or talk shop. DOWN Register here. Equipment -
A list of all of Bob's equipment that he uses regularly (updated 11/8/09) Interviews & Articles -
This section will contain interviews and articles. (12/10/08) Itinerary -
Check when Bob is playing to see if he's coming to a place
near you. (updated 2/25/10) Links To Purchase
CDs - Convenient links to purchase most in-print items.
Newly updated with links to get some of the out of print
or harder to find titles. (updated 8/4/02) Memories -
Take a look at some pictures from the past, not-so-distant
past, and present. Now has muliple galleries! (updated
11/07/05) Places To Visit -
These are links to Bob Mintzer related sites, including
places to purchase arrangements. Promotional
Photographs (new 11/07/05) - This section contains downloadable
photographs for press and promotional usage. Publications -
This is a list of Bob's books and arrangements that you
can purchase. Only ones available or soon to be available
will be listed here. (updated 8/20/02)
The fun is just getting started - bookmark the site, send
us a note ... and keep coming back for new and exciting
changes as time goes on. We hope you enjoy your
visit.
Watch
The Bob Mintzer Big Band & Bob with other ensembles
On The Web
For
those of you who have never seen the Bob Mintzer Big Band
live, here is your chance - virtually that is.
The Big Band was recorded live (with 7 cameras, no less)
at the 21st Annual New Trier High School Jazz Festival on
February 7, 2004 in Winnetka, IL. It is the full two set
performance.
Bob
also played with the Jazz Director's Big Band as well as
the New Trier HS Jazz Ensemble I. Those videos were captured
as well.
It
has come to our attention that some of Bob's older CDs are
getting hard to find. Some of the older recordings are apparently
out of print. To make things easy, in the Links
To Purchase CDs,
the CDs that are easily obtained are linked to the shopping
section of Yellowjackets.com. Anything that is harder
to find is linked to its entry at Half.com,
where you might find some new (but old) stock, or a used
copy.
eBay is
another option.
NOTE: BobMintzer.com is not responsible for any purchases
made through another website. This information is provided
for informational purposes only.
Want
To Book Bob?
Bob
can be booked for a clinic, to do commissioned arrangements
and charts, and more. Click
here to e-mail inquiries.
For those who have never been able to see the big band live, here is your chance. Alfred Publishing has released the DVD Live at MCG. Pick up your copy here.
New Solo CD - Canyon Cove
On April 21, 2010, Pony Canyon in Japan released Bob's new solo album Canyon Cove, which he talks about a little in his January, 2010 Note. It is an album that features Bob, Peter Erskine on drums, and Larry Goldings on organ with Judd Miller on a few tunes as well.
The track listing is:
1. Somewhere Up There
2. Bebop Special
3. Papa Lips
4. Bugaloo To You
5. Thaddeus
6. When I Fall In Love
7. Improv #3
8. Road Well Traveled
9. Truth
10. Mr. Fonebone
11. Improv #2
12. Canyon Cove
13. Improv #1
If you wanted to buy Canyon Cove from Japan, you'd have to pay big shipping costs. Bob is making copies the CD available to those who want it outside of Japan. The CD can either be signed or unsigned. To order your copy, select one of the options below (price includes shipping), and click the "Purchase CD" button. It will take you to PayPal, but you should not have to set up a PayPal account to just pay via credit card. If you have a PayPal account already, you can log in with that.
Get it before it's gone and you have to pay higher prices elsewhere!
New 5/3/10 - videos for "Papa Lips" and "Somewhere"
Then suddenly it hit him! These collected, maybe even lost sounds come through Bob Mintzer's horn with a new direction, a new lilt, a new freedom. With harmonies that sound like they could have come from decades forward, Bob Mintzer, Jay Anderson, Phil Markowitz and John Riley take on such classics as Eddie Harris' "Listen Here," Styne & Cahn's "Time After Time," and six Mintzer originals with such amazing creativity that they will knock your socks off! Mintzer's fresh riffs and spontaneous interaction with his band mates' groove, proves that his stimulating solos build a good feeling that has become widely appreciated and unpredictable. Not since John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins laid their saxophonics on the jazz world has a tenor saxophonist become so poised to step forward and offer a quartet that features so much virtuosity and brilliant musicality as offered by these four. The music has lots of room for improvisation and conversation as indicated by the amazing fleetness of Markowitz on piano and the articulate plucking by Anderson on acoustic bass. These blowing sessions not only showcase Mintzer trading fours and swinging with drummer John Riley, find him revisiting the bass clarinet on "What's The Word". This CD is definitely IN THE MOMENT and should be in your jazz collection. Five stars! SOTJ top picks: "Straight Ahead," and the ballad "Forgiveness."
The Bob Mintzer Big Band's new CD, Swing out, has been released on the MCG Jazz label . It was recorded live at the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild in Pittsburgh, PA. Click here to pre-order the CD or click here to order and download the MP3 version.
The tracklisting is:
1. Swing Out
2. Each Day
3. Something Else
4. Swangalang
5. Beyond The Limit
6. Minuano
7. My Shining Hour
8. Freedom Song
9. Someday My Prince Will Come
Bob has just released a new instructional book called Playing Jazz Piano (Alfred Publishing). For more information and to order a copy, click here.
to pre-order the CD or 