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Peter Mintun (b. 1950) is a pianist and historian of American music of the 1920s.〔 National Public Radio. (Fresh Air: "Society" Pianist Peter Mintun performs many forgotten songs from the first half of this century ) July 1, 1999 〕 == Biography == Mintun was born in 1950〔 into a musical family in Berkeley, California, and grew up playing at parties and local events, and was drawn to American music of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s at an early age.〔Michael Feinstein's American Songbook. (The Peter Mintun Collection ("Collector(s)" tab) ). Page accessed March 14, 2015〕 From 1973 to 1989, Mintun played regularly at the San Francisco restaurant L’Etoile and after that, at the Fairmont San Francisco.〔 He began playing in New York City and played first at the New York Palace, then regularly at Bemelmans Bar at the Carlyle Hotel; he moved to New York city in 2001.〔〔Will Friedwald for The New York Sun. January 25, 2005 (This Modern-Day Musician Keeps the Jazz Age Alive. Profile: Peter Mintun )〕 Mintun has released three of his own recordings of songs of the ‘20s and ‘30s: “Deep Purple,” “Grand Piano,” and “Piano at the Paramount”, which were called "exemplars of re-creations of music of that era."〔 He has also produced piano rolls of his performances.〔(San Francisco Museum Profile of Peter Mintun ) Page accessed March 14, 2015〕 He is an authority on the composer Dana Suesse and has championed her music.〔〔Don Rayno. Paul Whiteman: Pioneer in American Music, 1930-1967. Volume 2 of Studies in Jazz. Scarecrow Press, 2012. ISBN 9780810883222〕 Since moving into an 1897 townhouse in Washington Heights, Manhattan, he has become an informal neighborhood historian as well.〔Christopher Gray for the New York Times. January 30, 2005 (1897 Town House That Looks Like An 1897 Town House )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Mintun」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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