Bob Kindred Quartet

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Bob Kindred (Robert Hamilton Kindred, 11 May 1940 - 15 August 2016) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Born in Lansing, Michigan, Bob Kindred was raised in Philadelphia and first studied clarinet. He then played alto saxophone in the Philadelphia Youth Jazz Band under the direction of Jimmy DePriest. At 17 he played in the Pennsylvania Sixpence band, which played swing and Dixieland jazz and toured in Europe. After finishing college Kindred left the music business and was mainly working as businessman. He finally came back, through an encounter with Phil Woods, to the saxophone and modern jazz. He had lessons with Woods and played, beginning in Philadelphia, in the local jazz scene and toured in the following years with Soul Jazz musicians as Groove Holmes, Charles Earland and Jimmy McGriff. He was a member of the Glenn Miller Band (Ghost band) and the Woody Herman band. In the early 1980s he worked with Hank Jones, Clark Terry, Roy Eldridge, Toots Thielemans, Shirley Scott and Mel Lewis. Under his own name, he made a number of albums including the 2010 album Blue Moon (Venus Records) with a rhythm section with George Mraz , Ben Riley and John Di Martino, with jazz standards Body and Soul , Do Nothin 'Till You Hear from Me , If You Could See Me Now and In a Sentimental Mood. He played between 1980-2012 with Meredith D'Ambrosio, Johnny Frigo, Giacomo Gates and Jimmy Scott. With his wife, the singer Anne Phillips, he wrote Bending Towards the Light - A Jazz Nativity. He h

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Nights of Boleros and Blues

Blue Moon

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50 Tunes Of Jazz From Venus Records

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Venus Jazz Bar Relaxin' Cocktail Jazz Time [Disc. 2]

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Feelin' the romantic nights (Disc 2)

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Venus Jazz Bossa Cafe - Relaxin' Jazzy Bossa Feeling [Disc 1]

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須永辰緒の夜ジャズ ～digs Venus Jazz OpusI

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Venus Jazz Wine Bar (CD 2)

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Sax on The Beach

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須永辰緒の夜ジャズ ～Jazz Allnighters～ digs Venus Jazz Opus I

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Venus Jazz Bossa Cafe - Relaxin' Jazzy Bossa Feeling (disc 1)

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Golden Saxophone Vol.2

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