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  SoundtrackCollector: Composer Details: Dave Grusin
The nineties represented a watershed in Dave Grusin's career as a musician, with the return to acoustic piano and four critically acclaimed tribute albums to Gershwin, Ellington, Mancini and Bernstein.
GRP was sold to MCA in 1991, but Dave Grusin stayed on in management, and presided over the translation and packaging of many historic jazz recordings onto compact disc.
Dave Grusin's musical career has been distinguished by a mastery over a diverse range of styles, counterbalanced by a touch at the piano which makes his keyboard signature totally unique.
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 Dave Grusin - Music Downloads - Online
Grusin recorded with Benny Goodman in 1960 and recorded with a hard bop trio who included Milt Hinton and Don Lamond in the early '60s.
Grusin did arrangements and recorded with Sarah Vaughan, Quincy Jones, and Carmen McRae in the early '70s.
Grusin continued recording through the '80s and '90s, doing numerous projects, from fusion and pop to working with symphony orchestras.
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 Dave Grusin - GRP Records
Among his great friends and admirers was Dave Grusin, who drew upon the early Mancini influence to carve out his own Oscar-winning niche as one of the premier movie music writers of the past thirty years, as well as a prolific career as a contemporary jazz pianist.
Grusin planned for a career in academia when he moved to New York in 1959 and enrolled in the Manhattan School of Music, but he soon found himself touring behind Andy Williams, moving to Los Angeles in the process.
Grusin’s own hits for the label include Night-lines (1984), Harlequin (a duet album with Lee Ritenour in 1986), Sticks and Stones (a duet with brother Don in 1987), The Fabulous Baker Boys (a double Grammy winner in 1989), Migration (1989), and the tributes The Gershwin Connection (1991) and Homage to Duke (1993).
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 Dave Grusin Page
The Grusin's settled in Littleton and raised three children, Dave's brother Don (also a well-known keyboardist) and a younger sister Dee.
When Dave Grusin hit New York City in 1959 and enrolled in the Manhattan School of Music he was planning a career as a teacher.
Dave Grusin also remained a dedicated pianist, performing on tour and with such albums as 'Mountain Dance,' 'Out Of The Shadows,' and 'Harlequin' with Lee Ritenour.
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 Amazon.com: Dave Grusin Albums (CD, MP3, Vinyl, etc.), Related Products (DVD, Books, Apparel), Pictures, Discography, ...
Dave Grusin has been a highly successful performer, producer, composer, record label executive, arranger, and bandleader.
Grusin recorded with Benny Goodman in 1960 and recorded with a hard bop trio who included Milt Hinton and Don Lamond in the early '60s.
Grusin continued recording through the '80s and '90s, doing numerous projects, from fusion and pop to working with symphony orchestras.
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 Dave Grusin
Grusin grew up with a classical background and graduated with a degree in piano from the University of Colorado in 1956.
Meanwhile, Grusin was scoring some five pictures or more a year, and formed a working arrangement with director Sydney Pollack, for whom he composed the music for such films as the thriller Three Days of the Condor (1975) and Bobby Deerfield (1977).
Grusin has been honored by numerous entertainment industry awards, including an Academy Award for his magical score to The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) and ten Grammy Awards.
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One of the top 10 film scorers of his generation, Dave Grusin is also renowned as a jazz artist and founder of the independent record company GRP.
Grusin was a featured artist on jazz albums Discovered Again and One of a Kind, which helped to put him at the forefront of the fusion jazz movement.
Grusin holds honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Colorado and from the Berkeley School of Music in Boston.
www.colorado.edu /cwa/bios.html?id=602&year=2005   (254 words)

  
 Dave Grusin - composer for film and TV
Dave Grusin is another of those composers who have done a bit of everything, including film scores from every genre and TV music too.
Although the soundtrack is generally remembered for its songs by Paul Simon, Grusin acquits himself well by filling the gaps with a variety of dance band tunes.
Instead, Grusin was videotaped playing those parts and the brothers studied and practiced those tapes until they could copy his hand movements.
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 Dave Grusin Summary
David Grusin (born June 26, 1934 in Littleton, Colorado) is a jazz pianist, composer, and arranger whose works in films and TV have garnered him numerous awards.
About thirty-five Dave Grusin CD titles are currently available including soundtracks, originals, collections, and homages to jazz greats George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, and Henry Mancini.
Dave is the father of music editor Stuart and elder brother of keyboardist Don Grusin.
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 Free Dave Grusin Music Online, Music Downloads, Music Videos and Lyrics - Rhapsody Online
Since then, he's kept one foot in movie work and forged a special bond with director Sydney Pollock (his pre-Acid Jazz work on Three Days of the Condor and his all acoustic piano score for The Firm are two notable examples of their partnership).
Grusin also helped forge the current mainstream instrumental sound by co-founding GRP records, a label that often celebrates smooth jazz and occasionally reissues key albums from the past.
Grusin's film scores have been nominated for numerous Academy Awards.
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 Interview - Dave Grusin   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Talented and successful, pianist and composer Dave Grusin is perhaps best known for his film scores.
In this perspective, based on Grusin's appearance at the 1997 Monterey Jazz Festival, he talks about how his playing was influenced by the Modern Jazz Quartet.
The singer is Michelle Pfeiffer, and Grusin admits that, at first, he doubted her musical ability.
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 Book Dave Grusin Booking Corporate Event, Private Party - Your Dave Grusin Booking Agent
In addition to his numerous GRP releases, Grusin has also recorded for Columbia, Sheffield Lab, and Polygram.
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 YouTube - rag bag * dave grusin
This is from my favourite Dave Grusin Album "Mountain dance" - I've listened to it a hundred times.
Dave Grusin - Lee Ritenour - Mountain Dance
Dave Grusin NY Big Band featuring Michael Brecker
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 Dave Grusin
David Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an Academy Award-winning American composer, arranger and pianist.
Grusin has composed many scores for feature films and television, and he has won numerous awards for his soundtrack work.
Although he has worked in many musical styles, Grusin is often thought of as a jazz artist.
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 Dave Grusin : OLDIES.com
In 1959 Grusin was hired as musical director by singer Andy Williams, a role he maintained into the mid-60s.
An eclectic musician, Grusin worked with mainstream artists such as Benny Goodman and Thad Jones and also worked with hard bop players.
Around this same time Grusin began to concentrate more and more on electric piano and keyboards, recording with Gerry...
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 Dave Grusin - Two For The Road - Rotten Tomatoes
Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for Dave Grusin - Two For The Road to receive a rating.
Jazz man Dave Grusin has his "Two for The Road" digitally remastered for the DVD-Audio format, providing a refreshing new listening experience for fans of the man. Also includes a photo gallery, lyrics, and a biography.
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 Dave Grusin tickets, concerts and tour dates. Official Ticketmaster site.
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 Dave Grusin MP3 Downloads - Dave Grusin Music Downloads - Dave Grusin Music Videos - Dave Grusin Pictures - MP3.com
Dave Grusin MP3 Downloads - Dave Grusin Music Downloads - Dave Grusin Music Videos - Dave Grusin Pictures - MP3.com
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Although Dave Grusin -- the G in GRP Records -- is quite capable of playing straight-ahead jazz on the piano, his skills as a pianist have often taken a back seat to his work as a record executive,...
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 Dave Grusin
Lee Ritenour &; Dave Grusin Live from the Record Plant (1985) (V)....
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 Dave Grusin Archive Contents
The “Dave Grusin Archive” website is a completely unofficial fan site,
and has no direct connection with Dave Grusin whatsoever
Dave Grusin Presents the GRP All-Star Big Band
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 Dave Grusin & The NY/LA Dream Band - Rotten Tomatoes
Dave Grusin & The NY/LA Dream Band - Rotten Tomatoes
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Lee Ritenour, Eric Gale, Steve Gadd, Ruben Bassini, Anthony Jackson, Tiger Okoshi and George Young jam with Dave in Toyko.
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 Amazon.com: The Firm: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Dave Grusin, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Hal Holbrook, ...
Amazon.com: The Firm: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Dave Grusin, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Hal Holbrook, Terry Kinney, Wilford Brimley, Ed Harris, Holly Hunter, David Strathairn, Gary Busey, Steven Hill, Tobin Bell, Barbara Garrick, Jerry Hardin, Paul Calderon, Jerry Weintraub, Sullivan Walker, Karina Lombard, Margo Martindale, John Beal: Music
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