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Frank Mantooth.(Passages)(Obituary)
Frank Mantooth, Grammy-nominated jazz pianist and composer, died January 30, 2004, from a heart attack.
Mantooth was active not only as a pianist and composer, but also as an arranger, clinician and educator whose five albums earned a total of eleven Grammy nominations in both writing and playing categories. His most recent project, A Miracle, was released on the Seabreeze label and features Pete Christlieb, Kevin Mahogany, Diane Schuur, Pat LaBarbera, Bobby Shew, Kim Park and other jazz artists.
As an author, Mantooth published several works for the Hal Leonard Corporation including five volumes of The Best Chord Changes for the World's Greatest Standards, a beginning improvisation method with accompanying play-along CDs, two Christmas anthologies for solo piano and Voicings for Jazz Keyboard, which has sold more than 20,000 copies since its debut in 1987.
Mantooth, who taught at numerous summer jazz camps and in-residence at various high schools and universities, was commissioned to write music for the Kansas City Symphony, the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Doc Severinsen, Pete Christlieb, Louie Bellson and the ...
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...Limited Edition Jazz Orchestra. Jan. 23 at 1:30 p.m.: Scott Mason & Quarticity; Frank Mantooth Jazz Orchestra, featuring tenorist Pete Christlieb and singer Kevin Mahogany; Marshall Vente Trio. Admission is $15 each day. Call (312...
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Mark Ruffin January 23, 1994 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service March 23, 2004 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) December 21, 2004 700+ words
...that she had kept up with over the years. One was the late Frank Mantooth. She convinced the popular arranger of her talent and he...asked to travel to Long Beach, Calif., to sing with a Frank Mantooth tribute band for the International Association of Jazz Educators...
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- Newspaper article from: AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ) September 13, 2007 700+ words
...Cook said. Drummer Ed Shaughnessy and saxophone player Pete Christlieb also played in "The Tonight Show" band and are two of...Shelly Berg -- piano. --Wayne Bergeron -- trumpet. --Pete Christlieb -- saxophone. Names were provided by the Greater Oro Valley...
- Late Mantooth inducted into Jazz Hall of Fame.
- Newspaper article from: Journal-World (Lawrence, Kansas) January 5, 2007 700+ words
...5--Two years after his death, noted jazz musician Frank Mantooth continues to demonstrate his impact. Mantooth will receive...jazz festival in the United States, renamed its event the Frank Mantooth Jazz Festival at New Trier. Carrie says, "It is a privilege...
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- Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN) November 20, 1988 700+ words
...performing in front of the National Association of Jazz Educators members and other music educators on Oct. 25 at the Sheraton Meridian Hotel in Indianapolis. Frank Mantooth, pianist, composer and music arranger, was guest conductor.
