Bob Enevoldsen


Robert Martin Enevoldsen was a West Coast jazz tenor saxophonist and valve trombonist born in Billings, Montana, known for his work with Marty Paich.

Career

Enevoldsen recorded did sessions with Art Pepper and Shorty Rogers, and later extensively played with Shelly Manne. Enevoldsen did most of the arranging for Steve Allen's Westinghouse show in the early-1960s. During the 1970s, he performed with Gerry Mulligan.
In the mid-1970s Enevoldsen taught arranging and directed the jazz band at Los Angeles Pierce College in Woodland Hills.

Death

Enevoldsen died on November 19, 2005, in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.

Discography

As leader

The Music of Bob Enevoldsen, with Marty Paich, Howard Roberts, Harry Babasin, Don Heath, Roy HarteSmorgasbord, with Howard Roberts, Don Heath, Marty Paich, Red Mitchell, Larry Bunker

As sideman

With Gil FullerNight Flight
With Jimmy GiuffreJimmy Giuffre
With Fred KatzFolk Songs for Far Out Folk
With Shelly ManneThe West Coast Sound Concerto for Clarinet & Combo
With Gerry MulliganGene Norman Presents the Original Gerry Mulligan Tentet and Quartet
With Jack Nitzsche
With André PrevinThe Subterraneans
With Shorty RogersShorty Rogers Courts the Count The Wild One Martians Come Back! Way Up There
With Bud ShankStrings & Trombones
With Mel Tormé