Mike Rinta Music

About

Mike Rinta, a Grammy-winning trombonist and arranger, is native to the San Francisco Bay Area

and has been freelancing for over 35 years. He has toured the United States, Japan, Europe, Canada, Brazil, Australia, Asia, and Africa with many bands such as: Sly & The Family Stone, Jimmie Vaughan, Howard Tate, John Lee Hooker Jr. and many others. In addition, he has performed with many greats such as: Herbie Hancock, Fred Wesley, Pee Wee Ellis, Bernard Purdy, Arturo Sandoval, Taj Mahal, Steve Miller, Buddy Guy, Elvin Bishop, Sammy Hagar, Robert Plant, Jerry Garcia, Irma Thomas, Steve Cropper, Elvis Costello and countless others! His Latin credits include: Tito Nieves, Eddie Santiago, Hector Rey, David Pabon, Larry Harlow, Maelo Ruiz, Lalo Rodriguez, La India, Pete Escovedo, Shiela E. and Santana.

Here we have some of the best bay area players doing some emotive acoustic funky NOLA jazz with R&B influences, recorded in the historic Studio A at Fantasy Records, with the great unaffected engineering of the Wide Hive staff, utilizing classic vintage big-diaphram mics.

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Events

Local Edition Jazz Orchestra
The Local Edition is a great place to have a cocktail and enjoy live music.

Every Tuesday

8:00 pm - 11:00pm https://www.localeditionsf.com

Blues Power
The Saloon is San Francisco's oldest bar. It is world renowned and features live blues and reasonably priced libations seven days a week!

Every Sunday

Sunday 8/27/23
Local Edition Jazz Orchestra
Grinstead Amphitheater (Sonoma Plaza), 403 1st St E, Sonoma, CA 95476
2:30 PM to 4:00 PM

Saturday 09/09/23
Adam Klipple Organ Quintet
Stow Lake Boathouse 50 Stow Lake Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Friday 09/15/23
La Clave del Blanco
Fisherman's Wharf @ Taylor & Jefferson, San Francisco, CA 94133
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Saturday 09/16/23
Mike Rinta & The Left Coast Syncopators
The Saloon 1232 Grant Ave San Francisco, CA 94133
9:30 PM to 1:30 AM

Friday 09/22/23
Pacific Mambo Orchestra
Blue Note Napa 1030 Main Street Napa,

Two Shows: 6:30 PM and 9:00 PM

4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The Saloon
1232 Grant Street
San Francisco

Gallery

Mike Rinta with Arturo Sandoval (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Chris Rock & Ricky the photo bomber (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Jake Hanna in Perusia, Italy (Copy)

Mike Rinta Sly Stone and Johnnie Baumont in New York City at BB King's (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Brass Monkey Brass Band in the movie "The Five Year Engagement" (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Lennie Williams at Bimbo's San Francisco (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Tony Lindsey backstage at Bimbo's, San Francisco (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Taj Mahal backstage at Bimbo's, San Francisco (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Karl Perazzo backstage at Bimbo's, San Francisco (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Tommy Johnston backstage at Bimbo's, San Francisco (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Greg Errico backstage at Bimbo's, San Francisco (Copy)

Mike Rinta, Howard Tate, Scott Peterson, Steve Weisburg In Lucern, Switzerland (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Sly & The Family Stone at the Blue Note in Tokyo, Japan (Copy)

Mike Rinta W/Sly Japan 1 (Copy)

Sly Stone, Jerry Martini, Cynthia Robinson, & Mike Rinta at the Tokyo Jazz Festival (Copy)

Mike Rinta at The Bugaloo in 1988 (Copy)

Mike Rinta Good Vibes (Copy)

Mike Rinta in Italy (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Mildred the Tuba (Copy)

Slide Hampton (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Brass Monkey Brass Band in the movie "Five Year Engagement" (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Jimmy Heath at Yoshi's San Francisco (Copy)

Mike Rinta with with Sly and the Family Stone at the Montrose Jazz Festival (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Steve Freund at Empress Theater, Vallejo, Ca. (Copy)

Mike Rinta with with Jerry Martini and Cynthia Robinson at the House of Blues, Anaheim, Ca (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Doc Severinsen (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Heather Wildcat and Tom Agusta (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Jimmie Vaughan Mike Weed, Shan McCarthy, George Rains, Billy Horton, Mike Rinta, Billy Pitman, Lou Ann Barton, Doug James, and Jimmie Vaughan (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Rich Armstrong Sonoma, CA (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Lou Ann Barton, Steve Miller, Jimmie Vaughan, Doug James, Mike Rinta in Austin, Tx (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Alvon Johnson at Toots Tavern (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Joey Ventittelli (Copy)

Mike Rinta cool black and white playing the plunger (Copy)

Mike Rinta in Sacto with the Contemporary Jazz Orchestra (Copy)

Mike Rinta cool B&W (Copy)

Mike Rinta on Trombone LINK (Copy)

Mike Rinta in an awsome photo by Larry White at a Mardi Gras Gig (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Jimmie Vaughan and Doug James (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Doug James (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Front Row Les McCann, Gary Gold, Back Row Steve Weisberg, Adam Gabriel, Scot Petersen, Howard Tate, Jerry Jemmott, Austin de Loan, in Italy (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Mike Peloquin and Stevie Gurr (Copy)

Illustration by Ann Cohen (Copy)

Mike Rinta in Calgary (Copy)

Mike Rinta & The Left Coast Syncopators L to R: Tim Eschliman; Ken "Snakebite" Jacobs; Mike Rinta; Willy Jordan (Copy)

Mike Rinta in an awsome photo by Larry White at a Mardi Gras Gig (Copy)

Front row L to R: Lincoln Adler; David Rokeach; Ben Stolorow. Back row L to R: Mark Williams; Anna De Leon; Mike Rinta; Robert Schwartz (Copy)

Mike Rinta withJimmie Vaugham and the Tilt-a-whirl Band at the Hollywood Bowl. (Copy)

Mike Rinta 1994 (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Jimmie Vaughan and the Tilt-a-whirl Band. (Copy)

Front Row from L to R: Ben Stolorow; Dave Rokeach. Back row L to R; Mike Rinta; Anna De Leon; Robert Schwartz; Lincoln Adler; Mark Williams (Copy)

Mike Rinta on a Mardi Gras gig. (Copy)

Mike Rinta & Dr. John (Copy)

Mike Rinta with Fred Wesley (Copy)