Bob Mover
Robert Allan "Bob" Mover ( born March 22, 1952 in Boston ) is an American saxophonist and singer of modern jazz.
Life and work
Mover comes from a musical family (his father played with Charlie Spivak ). He first learned to play guitar before moving on drums, and finally from 1965 saxophone lessons received, among others, Phil Woods. In 1968 he played in Miami in Ira Sullivan, another mentor. He then joined in New York with such diverse musicians such as Roy Eldridge, Wynton Kelly, Jimmy Rushing, Zoot Sims, Anita O'Day or Howard McGhee. In 1973, he was for five months for the group of Charles Mingus; Since 1974 he has performed again with Chet Baker, approximately at the Newport Jazz Festival, and later in Europe ( recording at Circle Records). After a nine-month trip to Brazil mid-1970s Mover led his own groups, but also played with Lee Konitz, before he taught from 1981 at the Berklee College of Music and then at Concordia University in Montreal. During this time he played with Paul Bley and John Abercrombie Trio. He then taught at York University in Toronto, founded with Don Thompson and Archie Alleyne, the Toronto Jazz Quartet and toured with Miriam Klein and Benny Green. On the album Illumination ( 1988) by Walter Davis Jr. he can be heard with Ron Carter and Kenny Washington. He worked with Rufus Reid and John Hicks and taught from 1998 at the New Jersey City University.
Disco printing specifications
- On the Move ( Choice Records, 1977), with Tom Harrell, George Mraz, Jay Clayton, Mike Nock
- The Night Bathers ( justin Time Records ), 1986 with Paul Bley and John Abercrombie
- You Go to My Head ( Jazz City, 1988) with Benny Green, Rufus Reid, Victor Lewis
- It Amazes Me ( 2008), with Kenny Barron, Dennis Irwin, Steve Williams