- Pete Minger
Pete Minger (born
January 22 ,1943 inOrangeburg, South Carolina ; diedApril 13 ,2000 inPompano Beach, Florida ) was abebop -based trumpeter. He also playedflugelhorn .He came from a musical family with his mother and grandmother playing piano at church. His brother is also a jazz pianist. He started with saxophone, but switched to trumpet at an early point. From 1970 to 1980 he worked with
Count Basie 's orchestra. He can be heard on the albumDigital III at Montreux in that period.After his work with Basie he moved to Florida and received a degree in music from the
University of Miami in 1985. He later taught there, but continued to perform. In 1990 he toured withFrank Wess 's big-band and also worked withMel Tormé . He became a noted individual in Florida's jazz scene releasing two albums of his own, "Minger Paintings" (Jazz Alliance, 1991), and "Look To The Sky" (Concord Jazz, 1992) [http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost.php3?edit=956567556]External links
* [http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=956567556 Jazz House]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:81l67ul0h0jg~T1 All Music]
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