Peter Mintun

Peter Mintun ~ Society Pianist
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Peter Mintun (born 1950) is a pianist and historian of American music of the 1920s.[1][2]

Biography

Mintun was born in 1950[3]:456–57 into a musical family in Berkeley, California, and grew up playing at parties and local events, and was drawn to American music of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s at an early age.[4]

From 1973 to 1989, Mintun played regularly at the San Francisco restaurant L’Etoile and after that, at the Fairmont San Francisco.[3]:456–57 He began playing in New York City and played first at the New York Palace, then regularly at Bemelmans Bar at the Carlyle Hotel; he moved to New York city in 2001.[3]:456–57[5]

Mintun has released three of his own recordings of songs of the ‘20s and ‘30s: “Deep Purple,” “Grand Piano,” and “Piano at the Paramount”, which were called "exemplars of re-creations of music of that era."[3]:337 He has also produced piano rolls of his performances.[6]

He is an authority on the composer Dana Suesse and has championed her music.[3]:xi[4] Since moving into an 1897 townhouse in Washington Heights, Manhattan, he has become an informal neighborhood historian as well.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Van Gelder, Laurence (June 29, 2005). "Arts, Briefly:Arts, Briefly". New York Times. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  2. ↑ National Public Radio. Fresh Air: "Society" Pianist Peter Mintun performs many forgotten songs from the first half of this century July 1, 1999
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Don Rayno. Paul Whiteman: Pioneer in American Music, 1930-1967. Volume 2 of Studies in Jazz. Scarecrow Press, 2012. ISBN 9780810883222
  4. 1 2 Michael Feinstein's American Songbook. The Peter Mintun Collection ("Collector(s)" tab). Page accessed March 14, 2015
  5. ↑ Will Friedwald for The New York Sun. January 25, 2005 This Modern-Day Musician Keeps the Jazz Age Alive. Profile: Peter Mintun
  6. ↑ San Francisco Museum Profile of Peter Mintun Page accessed March 14, 2015
  7. ↑ Christopher Gray for the New York Times. January 30, 2005 1897 Town House That Looks Like An 1897 Town House

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