"Playing music is a life long commitment. There are always new things to consider and develop. I'm exhilarated and humbled by music on a daily basis, and plan to continue on this path until my last ...

Even after more than three decades as a big-band leader, and with twenty well-received albums under his belt, Grammy winner Bob Mintzer keeps pushing the envelope, tweaking his recipe and exploring ...

Early in the first set of a two-night/four-show run at Birdland by the WDR Big Band, its musical director, Bob Mintzer, gave the capacity crowd a brief bit of background on the ensemble we were ...

When his wife took over as executive director of the Atwater Park Center, jazz musician Bob Mintzer rolled up his sleeves. He painted rooms. At one point, Mintzer enlisted members of his Grammy ...

The most exciting pianist in Chicago today, Laurence Hobgood, doesn’t have much time to lead his own bands these days. He’s too busy with the cooperative trio Union, which has released two ...

When Bob Mintzer flew from New York to Los Angeles to play saxophone on Yellowjackets' Greenhouse album, he thought he was going out there as a guest musician. With a young family back in New York, ...

Outta the way oysters — jazz is coming through. Last weekend, Oyster Bake ruled the St. Mary's University campus. This weekend, jazz, the United States' art form, takes over from the bivalve mollusks.

Bob Mintzer encourages his music students to “cross-pollinate,” to try their hand at multiple musical genres so that every style informs one another. (Photo courtesy of Chris O’Brien) When Bob Mintzer ...

The last time I heard organ music that really worked in popular music was on albums by Blood, Sweat, and Tears, Steppenwolf, and on some surf music. Now, here it is again in traditional jazz. Bob ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Saxophone titan Bob Mintzer relishes the chance to reconnect with longtime friends and former bandmates for a brief tour that includes a Saturday (March 9) date at The Alluvion in ...

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