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ALBUMBrasilLee Ritenour & Dave Grusin
Albums by Dave Grusin
ALBUMBrasilLee Ritenour & Dave Grusin
ALBUMAn Evening With Dave GrusinDave Grusin
ALBUMThe Goonies: 25th Anniversary Edition (Original Motion Picture Score)Dave Grusin
ALBUMAmparoLee Ritenour & Dave Grusin
ALBUMAmparoLee Ritenour & Dave Grusin
ALBUMAmparo (Special Edition)Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin
ALBUMAmerican Journey: Bernstein, Copland, Foss, BennettAmanda Forsyth, Arnold Steinhardt, Dave Grusin, Lincoln Mayorga & Victor Steinhardt
ALBUMTwo WorldsDave Grusin & Lee Ritenour
ALBUMRandom Hearts (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [feat. Terence Blanchard, John Patitucci & Harvey Mason]Dave Grusin
ALBUMHope Floats (Original Score Soundtrack)Dave Grusin
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Dave Grusin Essentials
This late-‘70s mainstream colossus also tipped his hat to jazz's past masters.
Artist Biography
A dizzyingly eclectic jazz/pop piano player, producer, and arranger, Dave Grusin has lent his skills to artists as diverse as Art Pepper, Benny Goodman, and Billy Joel, and has written music prolifically for film and television. But Grusin's biggest mark on musical history is in his role as co-founder of GRP Records, a mid-1970s start-up that provided a home to the burgeoning jazz fusion scene. Grusin nurtured the careers of Chick Corea, Lee Ritenour, Gary Burton, and many others. The GRP "sound," which Grusin was responsible for imbuing in all its releases, relied on crystal clear digital production that captured the harmonic subtleties and rock-like rhythms of jazz fusion.
Hometown
Denver, CO, United States
Genre
Jazz