Artist: Dave Grusin
Genre: Jazz
Dave Grusin is an American jazz pianist and composer born in 1934, known for his work in jazz, pop, and film music. Grusin achieved success both as a jazz performer and as a prolific film and television composer. His jazz work is characterized by sophisticated, accessible contemporary jazz that bridges straight-ahead and fusion styles. Grusin founded GRP Records, which became a major contemporary jazz label. He has won multiple Grammy Awards and an Academy Award for his film score for 'The Milagro Beanfield War.' As a producer, Grusin worked with numerous jazz and pop artists. His piano playing combines technical virtuosity with melodic accessibility, making sophisticated jazz approachable. Grusin represents contemporary jazz at its most polished and commercially successful, demonstrating that jazz can be both artistically credible and broadly accessible.
Dave Grusin vinyl records (14)
DAVE GRUSIN Discovered Again (TAS listed 1976 US limited edition 8-track audiophile LP on Sheffield Lab produced from the live stereo tape during the original direct disc session. Features Ron Carter Lee Ritenour Harvey Mason & Larry Bunker& includes Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow - the theme song to the American detective series Baretta which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978 with Robert Blake in the title role
£56.00 used
DAVE GRUSIN/LEE RITENOUR Harlequin (1985 US 8-track digital master LP with special guest Ivan Lins plus Carlos Vega Jimmy Johnson Paulinho Da Costa Alex Acuna Harvey Mason & Abraham Laboriel picture sleeve with album credit iner. The sleeve is still in open shrink & the vinyl is Excellent with a few faint paper hairlines not affecting play GRP-A-1015) Track Listing: 1
£17.00 used
DAVE GRUSIN Mountain Dance (Limited Edition 1980 UK Nimbus Records Supercut 8-track LP mastered & pressed exclusively for readers of Practical Hi-Fi magazine with Nimbus England machine stamped in the run-out groove. Also stars IanUnderwood & Edward Walsh on synths Jeff Mironov on guitar Marcus Miller on bass Harvey Mason on drums & Rubens Bassini on percussion housed in a custom gold stickered picture sleeve
£56.00 used
DAVE GRUSIN Dave Grusin And The NY-LA Dream Band (1982 US digital master 8-track LP with star guests Lee Ritenour Eric Gale & Tiger Okoshi picture sleeve with illustrated credits inner. The sleeve (still in opened shrink.) shows minimal wear & the vinyl is Excellent with light signs of play GRP-A-1001) Track Listing: Shuffle City Count Down Serengetti Walk Theme From The Champ What Matters Most Number 8 Three Days Of The Condor Summer Sketches 82
£17.00 used
DAVE GRUSIN Cinemagic (1987 US 10-track vinyl LP recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra & starring such notables as Lee Ritenour on electric & acoustic guitars. Housed in a glossy picture sleeve with deletion notch cut in the spine pluswith album credits inner - still in its opened shrinkwrap
£17.00 used
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Tootsie (1983 German 10-track LP featuring Dave Grusins music from the soundtrack of the film gold promo stamped picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal shelfwear & the vinyl displays minimal signs of play) Track Listing: It Might Be You An Actors Life Metamorphosis Blues Dont Let It Get You Down Montage Pastorale Tootsie Working Girls March Sandys Song Out Of The Rain Media Zap
£34.00 used
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Havana (1990 Swiss 12-track vinyl LP Dave Grusins soundtrack to the Sydney Pollack thriller picture sleeve . The sleeve shows light wear and the vinyl has very little sign of play GRP-2003-1) Track Listing: Main Title Night Walk Cuba Libre (Se Fue) Santa Clara Suite Vayase Milicia Y Refugios Fuego Peligroso Epilogue A Los Rumberos De Belén Love Theme Hurricane Country Lost In A Sweet Place Mambo Lido El Conuco Adios Habana La Academia
£23.00 used
DAVE GRUSIN Night-Lines (1984 US 10-track digitally recorded LP from the Grammy winner picture sleeve with album credit inner. The sleeve & the vinyl appear in Excellent condition GRP-A-1006)
£14.00 used
DAVE GRUSIN One Of A Kind (1985 Japanese GRP Digital Master 5-track vinyl LP originally released in 1977 also featuring Grover Washington Ron Carter Steve Gadd & more housed in a glossy picture sleeve two insert and obi-strip. The packaging displays only light wear and the two insert have been taped together the labels have some light spindle marks whilst the vinyl has minimal signs of play) Track Listing: A1 Montage A2 Playera B1 Modaji B2 The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter B3 Catavento
£17.00 used
DAVE GRUSIN One Of A Kind (1984 Swiss 5-track vinyl LP originally released in 1977 also starring Grover Washington Ron Carter Steve Gadd & more housed in a glossy picture sleeve with Digal Master text at the bottom with illustrated credits inner. This copy is still in the DMM stickered open shrink and remains in a near mint condition GRP91011)
£17.00 used