For The Body Acoustic, pianist David Chesky has wisely engaged Bob Mintzer to play bass clarinet and cleverly given him equal footing with Randy Brecker's muted trumpet. Even in its soaring upper ...

Fourteen years with the Yellowjackets is only a part of what saxophonist Bob Mintzer represents. He has also led his big band and smaller ensembles through jazz's mainstream time and again over a ...

Bob Mintzer originally didn’t want to make his name as a big band artist. It’s not that he didn’t appreciate them. Big bands are where he got his start in the 1970s, playing for Thad Jones, Buddy Rich ...

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 ...