Bob Mintzer

Aliases: Bob Mintzer Big Band
Bob Mintzer Horn Man Band
Bob Mintzer Quartet
Born: January 27, 1953
Country: United States
IPI: 00059620271 8 works
Affiliation: ASCAP
Comments: Jazz multi-instrumentalist who plays most often on tenor saxophone. Mintzer is also a composer and educator, currently teaching at the University of Southern California.
Member of: The Yellowjackets Saxophone, Clarinet (1991–...)
GRP All-Star Big Band

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Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
i	Aha	Bob Mintzer Quartet	March 2007	Motor City Jazz Octet
i	A Long Time Ago	Bob Mintzer Big Band	1986	Unverified
i	Art of the Big Band	Bob Mintzer	July 1991	Unverified
i	Home Basie	Bob Mintzer Big Band	2000	Unverified
i	Modern Day Tuba	Bob Mintzer Big Band	1994	Abercrombie / Peter Erskine / Bob Mintzer / John Patitucci
i	Papa Lips	Bob Mintzer Horn Man Band	1983	Klaus Weiss Big Band
i	Swing Out	Bob Mintzer Big Band	August 2008	Unverified
i	The Well	Abercrombie / Peter Erskine / Bob Mintzer / John Patitucci	2000	John Patitucci

Covers by Bob Mintzer

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
i	A Love Supreme - Acknowledgment	Bob Mintzer	1996	John Coltrane
i	April in Paris	Bob Mintzer Big Band	2000	Evelyn Hoey PRF, Marion Chase REL
i	Bass Desires	Abercrombie / Peter Erskine / Bob Mintzer / John Patitucci	2000	Marc Johnson
i	Berimbau	Bob Mintzer Big Band	June 2012	Vinícius de Moraes
i	Body and Soul	Bob Mintzer Big Band	2002	Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i	But Not for Me	Bob Mintzer	July 1991	Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
i	Christopher Columbus	Bob Mintzer	July 1991	Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy
i	Cinema Paradiso	Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer, Darek Oles, Alan Pasqua	2010	Ennio Morricone
i	Corcovado	Bob Mintzer Big Band	June 2012	João Gilberto
i	Cute	Bob Mintzer Big Band	2000	Count Basie & His Orchestra
i	Dolphin Dance	Cologne Saxophone Quintet featuring Bob Mintzer	May 1, 2005	Herbie Hancock
i	Don't Ever Leave Me	Bob Mintzer Big Band	2002	Thad Jones • Mel Lewis and "The Jazz Orchestra"
i	Easy Living	Bob Mintzer	July 1991	Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday
i	Elegant People	Bob Mintzer Big Band	June 2015	Weather Report
i	El manisero	Cologne Saxophone Quintet featuring Bob Mintzer	May 1, 2005	Rita Montaner
i	Everything Happens to Me	Bob Mintzer, Gil Goldstein	2007	Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Babbitt
i	For All We Know	Bob Mintzer Big Band	June 2012	Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
i	For All We Know	Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer, Darek Oles, Alan Pasqua	2010	Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
i	Forrest Gump	Cologne Saxophone Quintet featuring Bob Mintzer	May 1, 2005	Alan Silvestri
i	Fragile	Cologne Saxophone Quintet featuring Bob Mintzer	May 1, 2005	Sting
i	Freedomland	Bob Mintzer Big Band	1993	The Yellowjackets
i	Giant Steps	Bob Mintzer, Michael Brecker (Bob Mintzer, Michael Brecker)	June 28, 1994	Unverified
i	Go Go	Bob Mintzer Big Band	2006	The Yellowjackets
i	I Concentrate on You	Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer, Darek Oles, Alan Pasqua	2010	Douglas McPhail BRD, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Shirley Howard REC,REL
i	I Feel Good	Cologne Saxophone Quintet featuring Bob Mintzer	May 1, 2005	Yvonne Fair & James Brown Band
i	I Hear a Rhapsody	Bob Mintzer Horn Man Band	1983	Mary Healy
i	I Heard It Through the Grapevine	Bob Mintzer	1989	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles REC, Gladys Knight & The Pips REL
i	Impressions	Bob Mintzer	1996	John Coltrane
i	I Thank You	Bob Mintzer Big Band	June 2015	Sam & Dave
i	It's Your Thing	Bob Mintzer Big Band	June 2015	The Isley Brothers
i	I Want to Be Happy	Bob Mintzer Big Band	1994	Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
i	Joshua	Bob Mintzer Big Band	1993	Miles Davis
i	Labor Day	Abercrombie / Peter Erskine / Bob Mintzer / John Patitucci	2000	John Patitucci
i	La Mesha	Cologne Saxophone Quintet featuring Bob Mintzer	May 1, 2005	Joe Henderson [US1]
i	Life with Thilo	Bob Mintzer Big Band	1994	Thilo Berg Big Band
i	Lil' Darlin'	Bob Mintzer Big Band	2000	Count Basie and His Orchestra
i	Listen Here	Bob Mintzer Quartet	March 2007	Eddie Harris
i	Little Help from My Friends	Bob Mintzer	1989	The Beatles
i	Modern Day Tuba	Abercrombie / Peter Erskine / Bob Mintzer / John Patitucci	2000	Bob Mintzer Big Band
i	Moonlight Serenade	Bob Mintzer	July 1991	Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
i	Mosaic	Bob Mintzer Big Band with Yellowjackets	2006	The Yellowjackets
i	My Favorite Things	Bob Mintzer	1996	Mary Martin, Patricia Neway PRF,REL, Percy Faith and His Orchestra REC
i	My Foolish Heart	Bob Mintzer Big Band	1993	Martha Mears BRD, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
	My One and Only Love	Bob Mintzer Big Band with Kurt Elling	2006	Vic Damone and Music by Camarata, Frank Sinatra
i	My Romance	Bob Mintzer	1988	Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
i	My Shining Hour	Bob Mintzer Big Band	August 2008	Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Eugenie Baird REC, Joan Leslie with Freddie Slack and his Orchestra BRD
i	Night and Day	Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer, Darek Oles, Alan Pasqua	2010	Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
i	One O'Clock Jump	Bob Mintzer Big Band	2000	Count Basie and His Orchestra
i	Pick Up the Pieces	Cologne Saxophone Quintet featuring Bob Mintzer	May 1, 2005	Average White Band
i	Recorda Me	Cologne Saxophone Quintet featuring Bob Mintzer	May 1, 2005	Joe Henderson [US1]
i	Rosemary's Baby	Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer, Darek Oles, Alan Pasqua	2010	Mia Farrow
i	Round Midnight	Cologne Saxophone Quintet featuring Bob Mintzer	May 1, 2005	Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i	Runferyerlife	Bob Mintzer Big Band	2006	Rolf Kühn
i	Runferyerlife	Abercrombie / Peter Erskine / Bob Mintzer / John Patitucci	2000	Rolf Kühn
i	Save the Best for Last	Cologne Saxophone Quintet featuring Bob Mintzer	May 1, 2005	Vanessa Williams
i	Shiny Stockings	Bob Mintzer Big Band	2000	Count Basie and His Orchestra
i	Sie sieht mich nicht	Cologne Saxophone Quintet featuring Bob Mintzer	May 1, 2005	Jean-Jacques Goldman
i	Sing a Simple Song	Bob Mintzer Big Band	June 2015	Sly & The Family Stone
i	Someday My Prince Will Come	Bob Mintzer Big Band	August 2008	Adriana Caselotti REL,BRD
i	Somewhere	Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer, Darek Oles, Alan Pasqua	2010	Reri Grist & Ensemble REC,REL, Larry Kert, Reri Grist & Carol Lawrence PRF
i	Tara's Theme	Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer, Darek Oles, Alan Pasqua	2010	The MGM Studio Orchestra
i	The Magnificent Seven	Cologne Saxophone Quintet featuring Bob Mintzer	May 1, 2005	Elmer Bernstein
i	The Song Is You	Bob Mintzer	February 1992	Tullio Carminati
	This Is All I Ask	Nancy Wilson featuring Bob Mintzer	2006	Nat "King" Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins
i	Three Stars Will Shine Tonight	Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer, Darek Oles, Alan Pasqua	2010	Johnnie Spence and His Orchestra, Richard Chamberlain - Orchestra conducted by David Rose
i	Three Views of a Secret	Bob Mintzer	1991	Weather Report
i	Time After Time	Bob Mintzer Quartet	March 2007	Frank Sinatra BRD, Margaret Whiting with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra REC
i	Without a Song	Bob Mintzer	July 1991	Lois Deppe & Russell Woodling's Jubilee Singers
i	Your Story	Bob Mintzer, Gil Goldstein	2007	(unknown)

Songs written by Bob Mintzer

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Aha	Bob Mintzer	Bob Mintzer Quartet	March 2007	Covered by Motor City Jazz Octet
A Long Time Ago	Bob Mintzer	Bob Mintzer Big Band	1986	Unverified
Art of the Big Band	Bob Mintzer	Bob Mintzer	July 1991	Unverified
Change of Mind	Bob Mintzer	Peter Erskine	June 1982
Go Go	Bob Mintzer	The Yellowjackets	2003	Covered by (2 artists)
Home Basie	Bob Mintzer	Bob Mintzer Big Band	2000	Unverified
Life with Thilo	Bob Mintzer	Thilo Berg Big Band	1991	Covered by (2 artists)
Mosaic	Bob Mintzer	The Yellowjackets	2001	Covered by (2 artists)
Papa Lips	Bob Mintzer	Bob Mintzer Horn Man Band	1983	Covered by Klaus Weiss Big Band
Runferyerlife	Bob Mintzer	Rolf Kühn	1999	Covered by (3 artists)
Swing Out	Bob Mintzer	Bob Mintzer Big Band	August 2008	Unverified
The Modern Day Tuba	Bob Mintzer	Bob Mintzer Big Band	1994	Covered by Abercrombie / Peter Erskine / Bob Mintzer / John Patitucci

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Art of the Big Band	Bob Mintzer	July 1991	DMP [Digital Music Products]
Big Band Trane	Bob Mintzer	1996	DMP [Digital Music Products]
Departure	Bob Mintzer Big Band	1993	DMP [Digital Music Products]
For the Moment	Bob Mintzer Big Band	June 2012	MCG Jazz
Gently	Bob Mintzer Big Band	2002	DMP [Digital Music Products]
Get Up!	Bob Mintzer Big Band	June 2015	MCG Jazz
Homage to Count Basie	Bob Mintzer Big Band	2000	DMP [Digital Music Products]
In the Moment	Bob Mintzer Quartet	March 2007	Art of Life Records
I Remember Jaco	Bob Mintzer	1991	Novus
Longing	Bob Mintzer, Gil Goldstein	2007	Sunnyside Records
Old School : New Lessons	Bob Mintzer Big Band	2006	MCG Jazz
One Music	Bob Mintzer	February 1992	DMP [Digital Music Products]
Only in New York	Bob Mintzer Big Band	1994	DMP [Digital Music Products]
Papa Lips	Bob Mintzer Horn Man Band	1983	CBS Sony
Spectrum	Bob Mintzer	1988	DMP [Digital Music Products]
Standards 2 - Movie Music	Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer, Darek Oles, Alan Pasqua	2010	Fuzzy Music
Swing Out	Bob Mintzer Big Band	August 2008	MCG Jazz
The Hudson Project	Abercrombie / Peter Erskine / Bob Mintzer / John Patitucci	2000	Stretch Records
Urban Contours	Bob Mintzer	1989	DMP [Digital Music Products]
Yo!	Cologne Saxophone Quintet featuring Bob Mintzer	May 1, 2005	Neuklang