Mindy Canter

Flautist/Keyboards

"The music plays me"....Mindy

Mindy's greatest love and strength is to color music with a sense of magic and soul.

Learning to read music before she could read words. Mindy has played the piano since age 4, and flute since age 9.

Classically trained, her earliest influences were jazz and blues, and later, soul, funk, roots, rock n roll….and anything else she could wrap her flute or keyboards around.

She grew up listening to Art Tatum, Erroll Gardner, Oscar Peterson, and Jimmy Smith. Later, Mindy embraced the influences of Ian Anderson, Johnny Heartsman, Herbie Mann, Hubert Laws, Junior Walker, James Brown, Cannonball Adderly, Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis among many others.

Over the years, Mindy has performed with Albert King, Michael Bloomfield, Boz Scaggs, Nick Gravenites, It’s A Beautiful Day, Dan Hicks, Charlie Musslewhite, Merl Saunders, Harvey Mandel, Barry Goldberg, Roy Blumenfeld, Barry Melton, Sista Monica Parker, Roberta Donnay, and many others.

Mindy currently plays solo, duo, trio, or with her band, The Ground Breakers and various artists in concert, festivals, private events, and as a studio musician.

See:
www.mindycanter.com
http://www.myspace.com/mindycanter