Tobias Meinhart

A gifted German-born saxophonist, Tobias Meinhart plays harmonically sophisticated post-bop jazz. He first garnered attention performing in Europe in the mid-2000s, and gained wider recognition following his move to New York in 2010. He has played often with trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, with whom he recorded 2015's Natural Perception and 2017's Silent Dreamer. Born in 1983 in Regensburg, Germany Meinhart grew up in the small Bavarian village of Wörth an der Donau, where he was influenced by his grandfather, a classically trained bassist who played in U.S. Army clubs after World W...