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Caltech Jazz Band Concert with Guest Artist Bob Mintzer

Saturday, January 28, 2023
8:00pm to 9:30pm
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Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event

The Caltech Jazz Band, under the direction of Barb Catlin, presents the annual Jazz Guest Artist Concert featuring Grammy Award Winning saxophonist and composer, Bob Mintzer, on Saturday, January 28th at 8:00 pm in Beckman Auditorium. Tickets are $5 for students, seniors and faculty; $10 for general admission, and can be purchased by calling the Caltech Ticket Office at (626) 395-4652. Parking is free.

Bob Mintzer is an internationally celebrated jazz musician and the recipient of the Bowen H. Buzz and Barbara M. McCoy Endowed Chair in Jazz Studies program at USC Thornton School of Music. His longstanding membership in the fusion supergroup, The Yellowjackets, has earned him many Grammy Awards. Mintzer recently became the chief conductor of the WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany and has written works for the National Symphony Orchestra and the Metrople Orchestra of the Netherlands, among others. As an instrumentalist/composer, Mintzer has worked with Art Blakey, Jaco Pastorius, Buddy Rich, Tito Puente, Randy Brecker, the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Big Band, The New York Philharmonic, Donald Fagen, James Taylor, and countless others.

For more information, please contact Hyesung Choe Park by phone at 626-395-3295 or by email at [email protected].