Tobias Meinhart (born 1983 in Regensburg) is a German modern jazz soprano and tenor saxophonist and composer.
Meinhart, who grew up in Wörth an der Donau, came to his music through his grandfather, a contrabassist. He started playing the drums at the age of seven and switched to the saxophone at the age of 13.[1] At the age of 17 he accompanied the Bob Brookmeyer Orchestra as a roadie on a tour to Portugal.[2] He first studied at the Music College in Basel with Domenic Landolf, and went on to pursue his diploma studies at the Conservatorium of Amsterdam and the Berne College of Art.[3]
Since 2008, Meinhart has been conducting his own quartet, with which he released a first album. Further albums followed, including a live recording of a concert, which he gave in 2012 with the quintet-expanded band at the Getxo Jazz Festival in Bilbao, Spain.[4] Since August 2010, Meinhart has been living in New York City, where he completed a master's degree in Jazz Performance at Queens College in 2012.[3] He played with Aaron Goldberg and went on a concert tour with trumpeter Ingrid Jensen , releasing Natural Perception, his fourth album, with her, Phil Donkin and Jesse Simpson in 2015.[5] In autumn 2015, the band went on tour in Europe.
References edit
- ^ "Tobias Meinhart Quartett Kreativurlaub mit Meerblick" (in German). Jazz Thing. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "Review by Scott Yanow: Tobias Meinhart - Pursuit of Happiness". Challenge Records. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Tobias Meinhart Natural Perception". Jazz Bayreuth. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "International Jazz Festival in Getxo/Bilbao". Tobiasmeinhart.com. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "Tobias Meinhart: Natural Perception". All About Jazz. Retrieved 5 February 2017.