Bob Mamet

Bob Mamet (* in Chicago ) is an American pianist and composer specializing in smooth jazz and film music .

Life

Bob Mamet, the brother of writer and director David Mamet , grew up in Chicago and began playing the piano at the age of five. He began law school at Johns Hopkins University but then turned to music and trained at Peabody Conservatory, Pepperdine University, and the Dick Grove School of Music . He then moved to Los Angeles to work with the fusion band Panacea and as a composer and studio musician. From 1988 he wrote film music for television, film and advertising, and toured with various bands. In 1994 he presented a first album for Atlantic Records ; as a result, other productions were made for Sony and Warner Brothers . He worked with musicians such as Alex Acuña , Larry Carlton , Eric Marienthal , Gerald Albright and David Benoit . One of his best-known compositions of this time is “Greenstreet.” Mamet also wrote the music for the film Lakeboat , played by a 60-piece orchestra with a jazz trio. With his own trio, consisting of bassist Darek "Oles" Oleszkiewicz and drummer Joe LaBarbera , he recorded his own compositions in the style of Bill Evans and Vince Guaraldi ( Impromptu ).

Discographic notes

• Signs of Life (Atlantic, 1994)
• Day into Night (Atlantic, 1995)
• Adventures in Jazz (Atlantic, 1998)
• Impromptu (Counterpoint, 2010)

Web links

• Bob Mamet in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Portrait at All About Jazz (accessed July 24, 2010)
• Discographic information from Allmusic (accessed on July 24, 2010)
• Review of the Impromptu Dan Bilawsky album at All About Jazz (accessed July 24, 2010)