Saxophonist Bob Mintzer is a twenty year member of the Grammy award winning Yellowjackets who also leads a Grammy winning Big Band, travels with his own Quartet, and plays with numerous bands globally.
A respected educator, Bob is the recipient of the Buzz McCoy
endowed chair of jazz studies at the University of Southern California in Los
Angeles. Based in Los Angeles, Bob continues to conduct clinics and workshops worldwide. He has also written nearly twenty books which are an important part of the curriculum of Jazz education worldwide.
Bob writes for
orchestra, concert band and big band, with over two hundred charts to his credit. His big band music is performed by groups all over the planet. Bob honed his big band writing and playing skills in the bands of Tito Puente, Buddy Rich and Thad Jones-Mel Lewis.
He has also written works for the National Symphony Orchestra, Metropole Orchestra of the Netherlands. WDR Big band in Cologne, HR Big Band in Frankfurt, and was commissioned to write a piece for concert band and tenor sax ("Go") by a consortium of 50 universities.
As an instrumentalist Bob has worked with Art Blakey, Jaco Pastorius, Sam Jones, Randy Brecker, Gil Evans, the Yellowjackets, GRP All Star Big Band, Mike Manieri, and The New York Philharmonic, to name a few. He has done session work for James Taylor, Steve Winwood, Queen, Donald Fagan, Milton Nascimento, and countless others.
Latest News
Oct 17, 2011 -
New! Take a video lesson with Bob Mintzer. "The Sound of the Saxophone" is a fourteen minute streaming video with unlimited viewing that was produced for saxophone players seeking to develop their own unique voice. After analyzing some of the great sax voices, Bob demonstrates his own approach, both in words, and on the horn. If you can't study with Bob one to one, this is the best way to tap into his wealth of experience.
You can watch the Sneak Preview here.
Oct 17, 2011 -
My big band played two concerts at Pittsburgh's Manchester Craftsman's Guild in September with a decidedly Brazilian theme, featuring my arrangements of standards, originals and several compositions by our remarkably talented collaborator, Chico Pinero. Check out this video preview and look for a Spring 2012 release. 
April 07, 2011 -
Signed copies of Canyon Cove with Larry Goldings-organ Peter Erskine- drums, and Bob Mintzer-tenor sax, bass clarinet, and flute is available on the cd page. 
Mar 19, 2011 -
My new jazz etude book "12 Medium-Easy Jazz, Funk, and Blues Etudes"
is now available in the publications section. The play-along, with Russ Ferrante, William Kennedy, and Edwin Livingston, turned out really great!
Get a signed copy here!