Bob Mover
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Background information | |
Born | Boston, Massachusetts | March 22, 1952
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Saxophone |
Bob Mover (born March 22, 1952) is an alto, tenor and soprano jazz saxophonist and a vocalist. His father was a musician who played professionally including stints with the Charlie Spivak orchestra. He started playing the alto saxophone at age 13, studied with Phil Woods at a summer music camp and took private lessons with Ira Sullivan.
Career
In 1973, at the age of 21, Mover was a sideman for
In late 1975, Mover started leading his own groups around the New York area and made his first two albums as a leader in 1976 and 1977: On the Move (Choice) and Bob Mover (Vanguard). Weekly gigs at the Sweet Basil in Greenwich Village included Tom Harrell, Jimmy Garrison, Kenny Barron, Albert Dailey, Ben Riley, Mike Nock, and Ron McLure.
Mover reunited with Chet Baker in 1981 for a European tour, playing in France, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, and Germany, where they recorded Chet Baker Live at Club Salt Peanuts Koln, Volumes 1 and 2 (Circle). Mover recorded two more albums as a leader in 1981 and 1982, In the True Tradition and Things Unseen, both issued by Xanadu.
In 1983, he moved to Montreal and taught at
Discography
As leader
- Bob Mover (Vanguard, 1978)
- On the Move (Choice, 1978)
- In the True Tradition (Xanadu, 1981)
- Things Unseen! (Xanadu, 1983)
- The Night Bathers (Justin Time, 1986)
- You Go to My Head (Bellaphon/Jazz City, 1989)
- Yesterdays (Jazzette, 1996)
- Television (DSM, 1997)
- It Amazes Me... (Zoho, 2008)
- My Heart Tells Me (Motema, 2013)
As sideman
- Dolo Coker, Anniversary (Xanadu, 1985)
- Walter Davis Jr., Illumination (Bellaphon/Jazz City, 1988)
- Steve Holt, The Lion's Eyes (Plug, 1983)
- Lee Konitz, Affinity (Chiaroscuro, 1977)
- Gianni Lenoci, Old Ground, New Ground (Modern Times, 1993)
- Players Association, The Players' Association (Vanguard, 1977)
- Players Association, Turn the Music Up! (Vanguard, 1979)
- Ken Skinner, Maroon (Village Jazz, 1998)