FRANK MANTOOTH is currently active as a pianist, composer, arranger, clinician and educator residing in Garden City, Kansas. Frank's four albums, Suite Tooth, Persevere, Dangerous Precedent, and Sophisticated Lady have garnered a total of nine Grammy nominations in both writing and playing categories. As an author, Frank has recently published "The Best Chord Changes for the 'World's Greatest Standards', Vols 1-5" for the Hal Leonard Corporation. This is in addition to over 130 works for combo and jazz ensemble which have been published with five major publishing houses since 1978. Frank has taught at numerous summer jazz camps and in residence at various universities and high schools. Recent writing commissions have come from the Kansas City Symphony, the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Doc Severinsen, Pete Christlieb, Louie Bellson, and the Airmen of Note.