Bob mover

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Bob Mover (2008)

Robert Allan "Bob" Mover (born March 22, 1952 in Boston ) is an American saxophonist and singer of modern jazz .

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Mover comes from a family of musicians (his father played for Charlie Spivak ). He first learned the guitar before he switched to drums and finally received saxophone lessons from 1965, among others with Phil Woods . In 1968 he played in Miami with Ira Sullivan , another mentor. He then performed in New York with musicians as diverse as Roy Eldridge , Wynton Kelly , Jimmy Rushing , Zoot Sims , Anita O'Day and Howard McGhee . In 1973 he was part of Charles Mingus' group for five months ; since 1974 he has given concerts with Chet Baker , for example at the Newport Jazz Festival , and later also in Europe (recordings with Circle Records ). After a nine-month stay in Brazil in the mid-1970s, Mover led his own groups, but also played with Lee Konitz before teaching at Berklee College of Music from 1981 and then at Concordia University in Montreal. During this time he played in a trio with Paul Bley and John Abercrombie . He then taught at York University in Toronto, founded the Toronto Jazz Quartet with Don Thompson and Archie Alleyne 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 with John Hicks and taught at New Jersey City University from 1998 .

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SURNAME Mover, Bob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mover, Robert Allan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American saxophonist and singer of modern jazz
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston