Frank Mantooth was born on April 11, 1947, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and was an
American jazz pianist and arranger. He initially learned guitar before switching
to piano during high school and studied music at North Texas State University,
earning a Bachelor's degree in 1969. Frank Mantooth served in the military from
1969 to 1973 and continued his piano studies in Vienna until 1977. He released
his debut album, Our First, in 1977 with Richard Oesterreicher and Wayne
Darling. Notable albums include Suite Tooth (1989), Persevere (1990), and
Dangerous Precedent (1993). Frank Mantooth rec...