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Billy Mintz has increasingly focused on composing over the last several years. The result is a beautiful aggregation of some of New York's most soulful improvisors performing the bandleader's music. Hypnotic vamps and startlingly new and gorgeous orchestrations by the leader are some of the hallmarks of this group, which has been moving audiences in New York and Los Angeles.
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The leader walks alone and, like Paul Motian, he's got a great way of drifting through the waves while steering the ship." -Village Voice
Billy Mintz leads his remarkable Two Bass Band, a nonet notable...for the leader's lush writing and orchestration. Mintz advances a compositional language that's romantic and classy yet schmaltz-free. -Time Out New York
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| The Two Bass Band: Rich Perry tenor saxophone Loren Stillman alto saxophone Billy Mintz drums Dave Scott trumpet Clay Jenkins trumpet (pictured: Ron Horton) John Hebert bass Masa Kamaguchi bass Jacob Garchik trombone Rock Ciccarone trombone |