Big band at the Bluenote Tokyo June 2012Sonny and CarlaLarger than Life! Yellowjackets Shanghai 10/23/12Carla and Bob Clinton Studios 1986Circle for Camouflage sessions Clinton Studios NYC 1986Mintzer Big Band Sax section: Bob Malach, Pete Yellin, Lawrence Feldman, Roger Rosenberg Clinton Studios NYC 1986Nusbaum-Mintzer-Kurt Bong HR Big Band 1991Green Mill, Chicago 12/18/11 w/Joel Spencer, Dan Trudell, and Jeff Coffin sitting inCanyon Cove Session Castle Oaks Studio Calbasis, CA December 2009Sadao Wantanabe and Bob December 2010 Tokyo, JapanSonny Rollins and Bob Disney Hall May 2010Jackerts Promo shor for Timeline promotion Calbasis CA 2010Bob w/ Dave Matthews Band 9/2010 Los AngelesJackets 2010 JALCThis was an encounter that took place at the Den Haag Jazz festi in the Netherlands May 2010. Bob with the tenor giants committee: Benny Golson, Jimmy Heath and Red HollowayA light moment in the control roomBob Malach solosBob and Pete Yellin playingBob and Pete wait while the trombone solosBob and Tom Jung review a take from the previous dayBob conducts #1Bob conducts #2Bob cues the bandBob directs the bandBob in a lighter momentBob playing #1Bob playing #2Bob playing #3Bob playing and cuing up the bandBob pondering a changeMichael Philip Mossman solosPete Yellin solosPete Yellin solos and Bob cues the bandPeter Erskine #1Peter Erskine #2Peter Erskine laying down the groovePeter Erskine tuning his drumsPhil Markowitz asks Bob a questionPhil Markowitz behind the piano #1Phil Markowitz behind the piano #2Reviewing a takeTaking a trombone soloTaking a trumpet solo #1Taking a trumpet solo #2The band playsThe beautiful ceiling of the studioThe rhythm section – Peter Erskine, Jay Anderson, and Phil MarkowitzThe sax section playing a takeThe sax section rehearsesThe studio prior to the band arrivingThe trumpet sectionThe whole ensemble playingTom Jung and BobTom Jung making some adjustmentsTom Jung’s view from the control room #1Tom Jung’s view from the control room #2Tuning the pianoView of the control room from the studioWarming upWorking out a tune #2
Memories
Carla and I at the Grammys February 10, 2013Bobby McFerrin and YEllowjackets Sete, France July 18 2012Atlanta Jazz Fest w/ Erskine, Brecker, gomez, Grolnick 1982Current Mintzer residence, former home of Arnold Schoenberg 1934 w/Schoenberg’s wife and daughterThe Hang! Jeff Coffin, Carla, Bret Primack,, and Bob in Los Angeles on Beverly Blvd. sept 2010Sardinia 2006 w/ Randy Brecker, Miroslav Vitous, Billy CobhamNYC 1981 Nice Hair!Sardinia 2006 w/ Randy BreckerSant’Anna Aressi Jazz festival Sardinia 2006 w/Adam NussbaumBob, from the back of The Source, 1982Bob live in Oro Preto Brazil, 1996Bob’s original big band, 1983 L to R: Bob Mintzer, Peter Erskine, Pete Yellin, David Sanborn, Michael Brecker, Roger RosenbergInterlochen Arts Academy, 1970 L to R: James Cathcarte, piano; Peter Erskine, drums; Bob Mintzer, bassPapa Nebo (from the back of the LP), 1972Yellowjackets circa Blue Hats #1Yellowjackets circa Blue Hats #2I Remember Jaco session – Sound on Sound, NYC. L-R Bob Mintzer, Mike Formanek, Peter Erskine, Joey CalderazzoBob Mintzer with Mel Lewis, Village Vanguard December 1979Bob playing with the Jaco Pastorius Word of Mouth band – Rockefellas, Houston, TX, April 1982Bob with his first electric guitar – New Rochelle, NY, 1965Which One Is Bob? Bob with members of the Danish Radio Big Band – Copenhagen, 2004L to R – Kenny Kirkland, Bob, Lenny White, Randy Brecker, Will Lee; live at Lush Life, NYC, 1984Camouflage sessions at Clinton Recording Studio NYC; L – R Zev Katz, Peter Erskine, Frank Malabe, Don GrolnickGroove Town sessions at Carriage House, Stamford, CT, 1995/6; L to R – James Williams, Jay Anderson, Tony Reedus, Bob
