Bob Mover

[Late]

I only know Mover through two of his records for Xanadu — In The True Tradition and Things Unseen, both highly recommended.

An "inside/outside" player, the guy's resume is impressive, but he doesn't seem to get talked about much, or maybe I've just been asleep on the news.

Fans? What other recommendations?

Check out this 1975 solo with Chet Baker:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGx67-CttaA

[Joe]

His Choice date with Tom Harrell is quite nice as well. Very Konitz-like on that recording... and didn't he make a two-alto record with Konitz as well?

Edited April 27, 2015 by Joe

[jazztrain]

Discography and links to other information here: http://www.bobmover.com/discography.php

[Niko]

Noal Cohen also has a (better) discography of Mover:

http://www.attictoys.com/BobMover/Bob_Mover_discography.php

[Late]

  On 4/27/2015 at 12:18 PM, Joe said:

... and didn't he make a two-alto record with Konitz as well?

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Evidently so. Lee Konitz's Affinity:

 

Lee Konitz: alto saxophone

Bob Mover: alto saxophone

Ben Aronov: piano

Michael Moore: bass

Jimmy Madison: drums

rec. 1977

 

Two tracks from the Choice record are on YouTube. Both excellent.

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[fasstrack]

Glad to see this thread. He's an old and dear friend, living in NY, and still playing very well at 63.

[Peter Friedman]

I have these CDs by Bob Mover. They are all very good in my opinion.

Bob Mover - You Go To My Head - Jazz City

Bob Mover - Television - DSM

bob Mover - It Amazes Me - Zoho

[JSngry]

He was on some of those later 70s Vanguard albums, wasn't he? Albeit not to good advantage, iirc, some "pop"-ish things like The Players or some such.

[marcello]

He's in NYC playing and recording. I always like him as a player and a person.

[Late]

Blues For Bobby Ward

[Peter Friedman]

Not sure why, but Bob Mover as a New York musician does not get many opportunities to record. He seems a bit off the radar compared to many others , some of whom are less interesting performers.

[Michael Weiss]

Great player.

[sgcim]

He sings a lot on the It Amazes Me album, but he plays his ass off as usual.