Most Recent NVRS Performance : Sunday, Sept. 20, 1998 Born into a musical household in Berkeley, California, one of four children, he grew up playing for parties, musical shows, ballroom dancing schools, silent films at museums and colleges. Early on, his leanings to the music of the 1920s and '30s caused him to reject the fashion of his contemporary time and to develop into one of today's leading interpreters of popular music written between the two World Wars --- those vintage melodies with such classic style that they, in Mintun's words, "transcend time".
Mintun has independently produced several commercial albums of vintage music :
Deep Purple, Grand Piano, and Piano at the Paramount, are all on the Premier label.
He has performed at the Paramount Theater in Oakland, CA; and in Manhattan, NY, at
the National Arts Club, Alice Tully Hall, and The Town Hall.
In October, 1995, Mintun began a seasonal engagement at Bemelmans Bar in the
Carlyle Hotel, New York. During his run, Bemelmans Bar was voted by New York
Magazine the best piano bar in New York, 1996. He currently alternates between
San Francisco and Bemelmans Bar, and is working on a biography of composer
Dana Suesse.