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Don Grusin

 
Artist: Don Grusin
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  • Born: April 22, 1941, Denver, CO
  • Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, 2000s
  • Genres: Jazz
  • Instrument: Keyboards
  • Representative Albums: "Native Land," "Raven," "The Hang"

Biography

The younger brother of producer/composer Dave Grusin, Don Grusin is an excellent keyboardist who has had his own solo career. He originally avoided music (not wanting to be in his brother's shadow), becoming an economics professor and not becoming a full-time musician until 1975. At that time, he put together a band to tour Japan with Quincy Jones, freelanced in Los Angeles, and headed the group Friendship which recorded for Elektra in 1978. Grusin recorded a few albums for JVC in the early '80s; and in 1988, with Sticks and Stones (a collaboration with brother Dave), Don Grusin began recording regularly for GRP, playing music that (although influenced by pop) is also somewhat adventurous within the crossover genre. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
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Born April 22, 1941 (1941-04-22) (age 68)
Denver, Colorado, United States
Genre(s) Jazz
Occupation(s) Songwriter
Instrument(s) Keyboard

Don Grusin (born April 22, 1941 in Denver, Colorado), is an American songwriter, producer and keyboardist. He holds a Masters Degree in Economics from the University of Colorado and for a period of his life taught at the National Autonomous University of Mexico as well as at Foothill College, California before deciding to enter the music business full-time.

He is the younger brother of Dave Grusin.

Discography

  • 1979 - with Billy Eckstine, "Momento Brasileiro" ("Brazilian Moment"), Som Livre Records [Brazil].[LP]
  • 1980 - 10k-LA
  • 1982 - 4x4 with Casiopea
  • 1983 - Don Grusin
  • 1988 - Sticks and Stones (w/Dave Grusin)
  • 1990 - Raven
  • 1991 - Zephyr
  • 1992 - No Borders
  • 1993 - Native Land
  • 1994 - Banana Fish
  • 1998 - Laguna Cove
  • 2004 - The Hang
  • 2006 - Old Friends and Relatives
  • 2006 - Geography (w/Bill Sharp)
  • 2008 - Piano in Venice

NOTE: Also a sideman and contributing composer on numerous albums by Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour, etc.

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