American saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader Bob Mintzer has been named as the Guest of Honour for YSJF 2022.

 

In addition to being a member of the Grammy Award-winning Yellowjackets, he is chief conductor of the WDR Big Band in Cologne, a position he took up in 2016, and holder of the Buzz McCoy endowed chair of jazz studies at the University of Southern California.