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Jan 22, 1943 Died on 13 Apr 2000 (aged 57)
American musician
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About Pete Minger
- Pete Minger (January 22, 1943 in Orangeburg, South Carolina – April 13, 2000 in Pompano Beach, Florida), born George Allen Minger, was a bebop-based trumpeter.
- He also played flugelhorn. He came from a musical family with his mother and grandmother playing piano at church.
- His brother is also a jazz pianist.
- He started with saxophone, but switched to trumpet at an early point.
- From 1970 to 1980 he worked with Count Basie's orchestra.
- He can be heard on the album Digital III at Montreux in that period. After his work with Basie he moved to Florida and received a degree in music from the University of Miami in 1985.
- He later taught there, but continued to perform.
- In 1990 he toured with Frank Wess's big-band and also worked with Mel Tormé.
- He became a noted individual in Florida's jazz scene releasing two albums of his own, Minger Paintings (Jazz Alliance, 1991), and Look To The Sky (Concord Jazz, 1992)[1]
