Dave Grusin

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Dave Grusin (2008)

David "Dave" Grusin (born June 26, 1934 in Littleton , Colorado ) is an American film composer , jazz pianist, arranger, producer and band leader.

Live and act

Grusin studied at the University of Colorado , where he played with Terry Gibbs , Art Pepper , Anita O'Day and Johnny Smith . In 1959 he went to New York and became a companion and arranger for Andy Williams . In 1966, Grusin was the musical director and arranger a. a. also the Caterina Valente show for 2 years and lived in Amsterdam at that time. As early as 1960 he could be heard on Benny Goodman records and in 1962 he settled in Los Angeles . Here he played and arranged for Sarah Vaughan , Quincy Jones and Carmen McRae, among others . In the mid-1970s he played keyboard with Gerry Mulligan and Lee Ritenour . At this time, together with Larry Rosen , he produced albums with musicians such as Earl Klugh and Patti Austin for labels such as Blue Note Records or CTI Records ; In 1982 he founded the label GRP Records (Grusin Rosen Productions) with Rosen , which developed into an important label for contemporary jazz and fusion and was particularly successful in the smooth jazz sector . Grusin also ran the label's all-star big band. During the 1980s and 1990s, further recordings from fusion to pop followed, sometimes with a symphony orchestra .

Grusin also composed and produced film scores, some of which he won an Oscar or a Grammy for: In 1989 he wrote the soundtrack for The Fabulous Baker Boys , in 1990 in Havana , in 1999 for the film Encounter of Fate . He also produced the soundtrack for Die Firma . He has also received several awards as an arranger. He received a total of eight Grammys from 1986, including 2003 for his instrumental arrangement of Mean Old Man for James Taylor . His score for the drama Am Golden See (1981) was voted one of the 25 best American film compositions of all time by the American Film Institute . His work includes more than 100 film productions.

In addition to GRP, he has published with Columbia , Sheffield Lab and PolyGram . His brother Don Grusin (* 1941) is also a jazz pianist and composer. Dave Grusin has a son named Stuart.

Discography

  • Winning (1969)
  • Discovered Again! (1976, Sheffield Lab)
  • Kenji Omura: Concierto de Aranjuez (1978) (keyboard)
  • One of a Kind (1978, GRP)
  • Mountain Dance (1980, GRP)
  • Dave Grusin at the GRP All-Stars live in Japan (1981, Arista)
  • Out of the Shadows (1982, GRP)
  • And the NY-LA Dream Band (1984, GRP)
  • Night Lines (1984, GRP)
  • Harlequin (with Lee Ritenour) (1985, GRP)
  • Sticks and Stones (with Don Grusin) (1988, GRP)
  • Migration (1989)
  • Cinemagic (1990)
  • Collection (October 25, 1990)
  • The Gershwin Connection (1991)
  • Homage to Duke (1993)
  • Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Star Big Band: Live! (1993)
  • The Orchestral Album (1994)
  • Two for the Road: The Music of Henry Mancini (1997)
  • Presents: West Side Story (1997)
  • Priceless Jazz (1998)
  • Two Worlds (2000)
  • Now Playing: Movie Themes - Solo Piano (2004)
  • Amparo (2009)

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personal data
SURNAME Grusin, Dave
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grusin, David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film composer and jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Littleton , Colorado , United States