Bob Mintzer

Mintzer vart fødd og oppvaksen i ein jødisk familie i New Rochelle i New York. Han gjekk på Interlochen Arts Academy i Michigan frå 1969 til 1970, deretter var han på Hartt School of Music i Hartford, Connecticut i to år, før han gjekk på Manhattan School of Music frå 1972 til 1974.

Tidleg i karrieren spelte Mintzer i ulike storband, mellom anna leia av Buddy Rich (1975-77), Thad Jones og Mel Lewis (1977-79) og Sam Jones (1978-80). Medan han spelte med Rich byrja han å skriva storbandmusikk, og har sidan komponert og arrangert hundrevis av stykke. I 2008 flytta Mintzer og familien hans til Los Angeles, der han byrja på fakultetet ved University of Southern California.

Han er medlem av det Grammy-vinnande Yellowjackets og har Buzz Mccoy-professoratet i jazzstudium ved University of Southern California.

Som leiar

• Horn Man, (Agharta, 1982)
• Papa Lips, (Explore, 1984)
• Incredible Journey, (DMP, 1985)
• Camouflage, (DMP, 1986)
• Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival, (1987)
• Spectrum, (DMP, 1988)
• Urban Contours, (DMP, 1989)
• Art of the Big Band, (DMP, 1991)
• I Remember Jaco (Novus, 1992)
• One Music, (DMP, 1991)
• Departure, (DMP, 1993)
• Only in New York, (DMP, 1994)
• Twin Tenors (Novus, 1994)
• The First Decade, (DMP, 1995)
• Big Band Trane, (DMP, 1996)
• Live, (1996)
• Latin from Manhattan, (DMP, 1998)
• Quality Time, (TVT, 1998)
• Homage to Count Basie, (DMP, 2000)
• Bop Boy (Explore, 2002)
• Gently, (2003)
• Live at MCG with Special Guest Kurt Elling, (MCG Jazz, 2004)
• Hymn (Mesa, Blue Moon, Owl, Universal, 1992, 2006)
• Old School: New Lessons featuring Kurt Elling, (Telarc/MCG Jazz, 2006))
• Source (Explore, 1982, 2007)
• Longing (EmArcy, Owl, Universal, Sunnyside, 2003, 2006, 2007)
• In the Moment (Art of Life, 2007)
• Universal Syncopations, Vol. 2 (ECM, 2007)
• Swing Out, (Telarc/MCG Jazz, 2008)
• La Vita e Bella (Abeat, 2009)
• Canyon Cove, (2010)
• The Hudson Project (Concord Midline/Stretch/Universal, 2011)
• For the Moment, (MCG Jazz, 2012)
• Get Up (MCG Jazz, 2015)
• All L.A. Band (Fuzzy, 2016)
• Meeting of Minds med New York Voices (MCG Jazz, 2018)

Som medleiar

Med Peter Erskine, Darek Oleszkiewicz, Alan Pasqua

• Standards 2: Movie Music (Fuzzy Music, 2010)

Med Yellowjackets

• Greenhouse, 1991
• Live Wires, 1992
• Like a River, 1993
• Runferyerlife, 1994
• Collection, 1995
• Dreamland, 1995
• Blue Hats, 1997
• Club Nocturne, 1998
• Priceless Jazz Collection, 1998
• The Best of Yellowjackets, 1999
• Mint Jam, 2002
• Time Squared, 2003
• Peace Round, 2003
• Altered State, 2005
• Twenty Five, 2006
• Lifecyle featuring Mike Stern, 2008
• Timeline, 2011
• A Rise in the Road, 2013
• Cohearance, 2016
• Raising Our Voice featuring Luciana Souza, 2018

Som sidemann

Med the GRP All-Star Big Band

• GRP All Star Big Band: GRP All-Star Big Band (GRP, 1992)
• GRP All-Star Big Band: Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Star Big Band Live!, (GRP, 1993)
• GRP All-Star Big Band: All Blues, (GRP, 1995)

Med andre

• Sam Jones: Something New (Interplay, 1979)
• Jaco Pastorius: Invitation (Warner Bros., 1983)
• Miroslav Vitouš: Universal Syncopations II (ECM, 1995)
• Bobby McFerrin: Bang! Zoom (Blue Note, 1995)
• Nova Bossa Nova: Jazz Influence (Arkadia Jazz, 1997)
• Toninho Horta: From Ton to Tom (Video Arts Music, 1998)
• New York Voices: A Day Like This (MCG Jazz, 2007)
• The Sean J. Kennedy Quartet: Queen Anne's Revenge (Lost World, 2007)
• Tohpati: Save the Planet (Ethnomission, 2010)
• Kurt Elling: The Gate (Concord, 2011)
• Dewa Budjana: Joged Kahyangan (Moonjune, 2013)
• Kait Dunton: Mountain Suite (Real & Imagined, 2012)
• Roberto Tola: Bein' Green (RT Music, 2017)
• Denis Krupin: Path To Light (2021)

• Offisiell nettstad