''Homage to Count Basie'' is an album by the
Bob Mintzer
Robert Alan Mintzer (born January 27, 1953) is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader.
Early life
Mintzer was born and raised in a Jewish family in New Rochelle, New York, on January 27, 1953. He attended the Inter ...
Big Band that won the
Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...
for
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
The Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album has been presented since 1961. From 1962 to 1971 and 1979 to 1991 the award title specified instrumental performances. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works ...
in 2002.
Track listing
Personnel
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Bob Mintzer
Robert Alan Mintzer (born January 27, 1953) is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader.
Early life
Mintzer was born and raised in a Jewish family in New Rochelle, New York, on January 27, 1953. He attended the Inter ...
– clarinet, flute, baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, liner notes, producer
* Lawrence Feldman – clarinet, flute, alto saxophone
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Pete Yellin – clarinet, flute, alto saxophone
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Scott Robinson Scott Robinson may refer to:
* Scott Robinson (jazz musician) (born 1959), American jazz musician
* Scott Robinson (ice hockey) (born 1964), Canadian National Hockey League player
* Scott Robinson (singer) (born 1979), English singer in the boy ban ...
– clarinet, flute, tenor saxophone
* Roger Rosenberg – baritone saxophone
* Bob Millikan – flugelhorn, trumpet
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Byron Stripling
Byron Stripling is a jazz trumpeter who has been a member of the Count Basie Orchestra.
Career
He was born Lloyd Byron Stripling on August 20, 1961, in Atlanta, Georgia.He attended Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and the Interloc ...
– flugelhorn, trumpet
* Scott Wendholt – flugelhorn, trumpet
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Michael Philip Mossman
Michael Philip Mossman (born October 12, 1959) is an American jazz trumpeter.
Career
Mossman's early career included a tour of Europe with Anthony Braxton in 1978 and tours with Roscoe Mitchell in the early 1980s. He also did session work in the ...
– flugelhorn
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Michael Davis – trombone
* Larry Farrell – trombone
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Keith O'Quinn – trombone
* Dave Taylor – bass trombone
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Phil Markowitz
Phil Markowitz (born September 6, 1952 in Brooklyn, New York) is a jazz pianist and educator.
Discography As leader
* ''Sno' Peas'' (Ken Music, 1991)
* ''In the Woods'' (Passsage, 1996)
* ''Taxi Ride'' (Passsage, 1998)
* ''Catalysis'' (Sunnyside, ...
– piano
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Dennis Irwin – double bass
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James Chirillo
James Louis Chirillo (born May 2, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist, banjoist, composer, arranger, and band leader.
Career
From 1977 to 1979, Chirillo performed regularly with singers Marilyn Maye, Vic Damone, Joey Heatherton, Lorna Luft, an ...
– guitar
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Brian Brake
John Brian Brake (27 June 1927 – 4 August 1988) was a photographer from New Zealand.
Biography
Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Brake was the adopted son of John Samuel Brake and his wife Jennie Brake (née Chiplin). He was raised initially at ...
– drums
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John Riley – drums
* Tom Jung – producer, engineer, recorder
* Mark Conese – assistant engineer
References
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Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album