Bob Enevoldsen

Robert Martin Enevoldsen (September 11, 1920 – November 19, 2005) was a West Coast jazz tenor saxophonist and valve trombonist born in Billings, Montana, known for his work with Marty Paich.

Career
Enevoldsen recorded did sessions with Art Pepper and Shorty Rogers, and later extensively played with Shelly Manne. Enevoldsen did most of the arranging for Steve Allen's Westinghouse show in the early-1960s. During the 1970s, he performed with Gerry Mulligan.

In the mid-1970s Enevoldsen taught arranging and directed the jazz band at Los Angeles Pierce College in Woodland Hills.

Death
Enevoldsen died on November 19, 2005, in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles

As leader

 * The Music of Bob Enevoldsen, (Nocturne, 1954; Fresh Sound, 2006) with Marty Paich,  Howard Roberts,  Harry Babasin, Don Heath, Roy Harte
 * Smorgasbord, (Liberty, 1956) with Howard Roberts, Don Heath, Marty Paich, Red Mitchell, Larry Bunker

As sideman
With Gil Fuller With Jimmy Giuffre
 * Night Flight (Pacific Jazz, 1965)
 * Jimmy Giuffre (Capitol, 1955)

With Fred Katz
 * Folk Songs for Far Out Folk (Warner Bros., 1958)

With Shelly Manne
 * The West Coast Sound (Contemporary, 1953-55 [1955])
 * Concerto for Clarinet & Combo (Contemporary, 1957)

With Gerry Mulligan With Jack Nitzsche With André Previn
 * Gene Norman Presents the Original Gerry Mulligan Tentet and Quartet (GNP, 1953 [1997])
 * Heart Beat (Soundtrack) (Capitol, 1980)
 * The Subterraneans (MGM, 1960)

With Shorty Rogers With Bud Shank
 * Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (RCA Victor, 1954)
 * The Wild One (Bear Family, 1989)
 * Martians Come Back! (Atlantic, 1955 [1956])
 * Way Up There (Atlantic, 1955 [1957])
 * Portrait of Shorty (RCA Victor, 1958)
 * Afro-Cuban Influence (RCA Victor, 1958)
 * Chances Are It Swings (RCA Victor, 1958)
 * The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs (RCA Victor, 1959)
 * Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan (MGM, 1960)
 * Strings & Trombones (Pacific Jazz, 1955)

With Mel Tormé
 * Mel Torme Sings Fred Astaire (Bethlehem, 1956)