Bob Mintzer

jazz saxophone big band tenor sax bob mintzer

10.9

Plays / Listener

8,617

Last.fm Listeners

1,454

Deezer Fans

9,200

Spotify Monthly

Top 2%

🔥 Deep Cut

1991

Active Since

Releases

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Bob Mintzer (born January 27, 1953), originally from New Rochelle, New York, is a jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader based in Los Angeles. After graduating from the Interlochen Arts Academy in 1970, Mintzer made his mark as a soloist, mainly on the tenor saxophone and the bass clarinet. He is also proficient on flute, EWI, and other saxophones and clarinets. He is a member of the jazz rock band the Yellowjackets, but among jazz

— Last.fm

Why This Artist

Bob Mintzer's listeners explore deep into the catalog, not just the hits — top 2% for catalog depth. Engagement is trending upward across releases. A jazz act in the sonic world of Dexter Gordon and Lester Young.

Sounds Like

Dexter Gordon · Lester Young · Coleman Hawkins · Cannonball Adderley · Sonny Rollins

Discography

Midnight Friends(2025) · single

Groove Street(2024) · album

Groove Street (feat. Jared Gold, McClenty Hunter Jr. & Bob Mintzer)

5:14

Overlap (feat. Jared Gold, McClenty Hunter Jr. & Bob Mintzer)

6:15

Infant Eyes (feat. Jared Gold, McClenty Hunter Jr. & Bob Mintzer)(2023) · single

Cold Duck (feat. Jared Gold, McClenty Hunter Jr. & Bob Mintzer)(2023) · single

Down Easy(2022) · single

Catapult(2021) · single

This Is Love(2021) · album

Soundscapes(2021) · album

Jazz Influence(2021) · album

Spectrum(2020) · album

Urban Contours(2020) · album

One Music(2020) · album

Nordkraft Plays Mintzer(2018) · album

Drop Shot(2018) · compile

Bop Boy(2017) · album

Source(2017) · album

Rare Moments(2017) · album

Ali(2016) · album

Quiet Yesterday (Abeat Signature Series)(2012) · album

Quiet Yesterday

6:19

Go!: The Music of Bob Mintzer(2011) · album

Early Bob Mintzer (1970-71) With Papa Nebo(2011) · album

Canyon Cove(2010) · album

Off the Beaten Tracks, Vol. 1 (Nicolas Folmer Meets Bob Mintzer)(2010) · album

About Stories(2010) · album

La vita è bella(2010) · album

It's You or No One(2007) · album

Yea (Buh For Art Blakey)

5:48

SPIRIT OF ICELAND(2007) · album

Bob Mintzer-Gil Goldstein-Longing(2002) · album

Hymn(1991) · album