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Happy 68th Birthday, Bob Mintzer!.**.* Robert Alan Mintzer (born Jan 27, 1953) is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader. M...intzer was born and raised in a Jewish family in New Rochelle, New York, on January 27, 1953. He attended the Interlochen Arts Academy, Michigan from 1969 to 1970, then was at the Hartt School of Music, Hartford, Connecticut for two years, before attending the Manhattan School of Music from 1972 to 1974. Early in his career, Mintzer played in various big bands, including those led by Buddy Rich (197577), Thad Jones and Mel Lewis (197779), and Sam Jones (197880). While with Rich, he began writing big band music, and has since composed and arranged hundreds of pieces. In 2008, Mintzer and his family moved to Los Angeles, where he joined the faculty of the University of Southern California. He is a member of the Grammy award-winning Yellowjackets and holds the Buzz McCoy endowed chair of jazz studies at the University of Southern California. In 2014, he agreed to become Chief Conductor of the WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany, sharing the job 50:50 with Vince Mendoza.

Remembering Ronnie Scott on his Birthday... R.I.P. Ronnie Scott OBE (born Ronald Schatt, 28 Jan 1927 23 Dec 1996) was a British jazz tenor saxophonist and ...jazz club owner. He co-founded Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, one of the world's most popular jazz clubs, in 1959. Charles Mingus said of him in 1961, "Of the white boys, Ronnie Scott gets closer to the negro blues feeling, the way Zoot Sims does." Scott recorded infrequently during the last few decades of his career. He suffered from depression. While recovering from surgery for tooth implants, he died at the age of 69 from an accidental overdose of barbiturates prescribed by his dentist. Ronnie Scott with Sonny Rollins in the Original Ronnie Scott's Club, Gerrard street. UK: 1 January, 1965. Photo David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images

John Coltrane, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones, performing at the Jazz Workshop, ca. 1964. Photo Jazz aficionado & supporter, Bernie Moss

Percy Heath, Miles Davis, Roy Haynes, and Charlie Parker