Bob Mintzer & WDR Big Band – Soundscapes

Bob Mintzer & WDR Big Band – Soundscapes

From his collaborations with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, his two years with the Buddy Rich Big Band and his time with Jaco Pastorius’ Word of Mouth Big Band, this great tenor saxophonist’s instinct for orchestration and counterpoint has continued through the years.
perfect. With Soundscapes the maestro now returns as leader of the WDR Big Band – with ten newly arranged pieces!

“At WDR, there is, after all, a tradition that the chief conductor implements a project of his own writing at some point during his tenure. So I pulled together some of the things I’ve written for the band over the last five years, as well as a number of brand new numbers, for this recording.” – Mintzer