thumb|Mintun portrait by Mark Alan Vieira, Stooky's Club Moderne, San Francisco, 2016
Peter Mintun (born 1950), is an American pianist and historian of American music of the 1920s.
Biography
He was born into a musical family
From 1973 to 1989, he played regularly at the San Francisco restaurant L’Etoile, then at the Fairmont San Francisco.
Mintun has released three of his own recordings of songs of the 1920s and 1930s: “Deep Purple,” “Grand Piano,” and “Piano at the Paramount,” which were called "exemplars of re-creations of music of that era." and has appeared in movies, on television, and in concert halls. Early in his career, he accompanied disco icon Sylvester on a series of recordings of vintage jazz tunes.
He is an authority on composer Dana Suesse, and has championed her music.
References
External links
- Official website
- Peter Mintun YouTube Channel: "Min-Tube"