PAT MALLINGER
Genres: Post Bop, Hard Bop • United States

Pat Mallinger (born February 24, 1964 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is a jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader currently based in Chicago, Illinois. He is the co-leader of Sabertooth who has been performing at the Green Mill Lounge in Chicago every Saturday night as the house band since 1992. He has performed nationally and internationally and has recorded and performed with several notable jazz musicians. Mallinger began studying the saxophone at age 11, and, when he turned 13, he decided he wanted to be a jazz musician. He was inspired by his father's cousin Tommy Bauer, a member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Mallinger recorded his first album, Happy Feet, at age 14. When he was 17 he became a part of the McDonald's All Star High School Jazz Band in Minnesota where he began playing with jazz pianist Bill Carrothers. In 1982 Mallinger went to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire for a read more...