Don Grusin grew up in Littleton, Colorado. His father, a native of Latvia, was a classical violinist. His brother, Dave Grusin, is a pianist, record producer, and co-founder of GRP Records.
Grusin graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with a bachelor's degree in sociology and a master's degree in economics. In the early 1970s, he was an economics professor in Guadalajara, Mexico. Soon after, he taught economics at Foothill College in California.[1]
Grusin performed in Bogota, Colombia, as a member of Azteca, a Latin jazz fusion band led by Pete Escovedo that included Escovedo's daughter, drummer Sheila E. The trip sparked a lifelong interest in Latin music. In 1975, Quincy Jones invited him to tour with his band, and Grusin was persuaded to leave teaching for a career in music. He worked as a studio musician on albums by Randy Crawford, Billy Eckstine, Joe Pass, and the Pointer Sisters. He formed the fusion group Friendship with Lee Ritenour, Ernie Watts, and Alex Acuña and recorded one album, then released solo albums in 1981 and 1983. In 1985, he produced the album Musician for Ernie Watts, and it won a Grammy Award. Grusin's live album The Hang (Sovereign Artists, 2004) received a Grammy Award nomination, and he won Grammy Awards for his work on two albums by the Paul Winter Consort.[1] He won an Echo Award for the album Quality Time, recorded with Peter Fessler.[2]
^ abcCollar, Matt. "Don Grusin". AllMusic. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
^"The Musician". The Official Don Grusin Site. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
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Don Grusin born April 22 1941 is an American jazz keyboardist composer and record producer He is the younger brother of Dave Grusin Don GrusinPhoto by Ryan SanBackground informationBirth nameDonald Henri GrusinBorn 1941 04 22 April 22 1941 age 81 Littleton Colorado U S GenresJazz Latin jazz popOccupation s Musician composerInstrument s KeyboardsYears active1975 presentLabelsJVC GRPWebsitewww wbr dongrusin wbr com Contents 1 Career 2 Discography 2 1 As leader 2 2 As sideman 3 References 4 External linksCareer EditDon Grusin grew up in Littleton Colorado His father a native of Latvia was a classical violinist His brother Dave Grusin is a pianist record producer and co founder of GRP Records Grusin graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with a bachelor s degree in sociology and a master s degree in economics In the early 1970s he was an economics professor in Guadalajara Mexico Soon after he taught economics at Foothill College in California 1 Grusin performed in Bogota Colombia as a member of Azteca a Latin jazz fusion band led by Pete Escovedo that included Escovedo s daughter drummer Sheila E The trip sparked a lifelong interest in Latin music In 1975 Quincy Jones invited him to tour with his band and Grusin was persuaded to leave teaching for a career in music He worked as a studio musician on albums by Randy Crawford Billy Eckstine Joe Pass and the Pointer Sisters He formed the fusion group Friendship with Lee Ritenour Ernie Watts and Alex Acuna and recorded one album then released solo albums in 1981 and 1983 In 1985 he produced the album Musician for Ernie Watts and it won a Grammy Award Grusin s live album The Hang Sovereign Artists 2004 received a Grammy Award nomination and he won Grammy Awards for his work on two albums by the Paul Winter Consort 1 He won an Echo Award for the album Quality Time recorded with Peter Fessler 2 As a record producer or keyboardist Grusin has worked with Gerald Albright Patti Austin David Benoit Larry Carlton Oscar Castro Neves Dori Caymmi Gilberto Gil Jim Hall Sergio Mendes Airto Moreira Milton Nascimento Flora Purim Nelson Rangell Brenda Russell Zoot Sims Leon Ware and Sadao Watanabe 1 Discography EditAs leader Edit 10k LA JVC 1981 Don Grusin JVC 1983 Sticks and Stones GRP 1988 Raven GRP 1990 Zephyr GRP 1991 No Borders GRP 1992 Native Land GRP 1993 Banana Fish GRP 1994 Laguna Cove Don Grusin Music 1998 Traveling Fancy Floreria Nippon Crown 2004 The Hang Sovereign 2004 Better Than Christmas with Natali Rene Nati 2004 Old Friends and Relatives Video Arts Music 2005 Geography with Bill Sharpe JVC 2006 Piano in Venice JVC 2008 One Night Only with Dave Grusin CARE Music Group 2011 Trans Atlantica with Bill Sharpe Universal Music of Japan 2012 Quality Time with Peter Fessler CARE 2013 Out of Thin Air Octave Records 2020 As sideman Edit With Ernie Watts Musician Qwest 1985 Sanctuary Qwest 1986 With Oscar Castro Neves Maracuja JVC 1989 Tropical Heart JVC 1993 All One Mack Avenue 2006 With Dori Caymmi Dori Caymmi Elektra 1988 Brazilian Serenata Qwest 1991 Kicking Cans Qwest 1993 With Ricardo Silveira Sky Light Verve 1989 Amazon Secrets Verve 1990 With Sadao Watanabe Maisha Elektra 1985 Sweet Deal Elektra 1991 With Eric Marienthal Round Trip GRP 1989 Easy Street Verve Polygram 1997 With Tom Browne Browne Sugar Arista GRP 1985 Funkin for Jamaica Phantom Sound amp Vision 2002 With Lorraine Feather The Body Remembers Bean Bag 1997 Cafe Society Sanctuary 2003 With Shakatak Full Circle Inside Out Music 1994 Across the World Secret 2011 With others I Never Was a Cowboy Kenji Omura and Kazumi Watanabe Alfa 1978 Momento Brasileiro Billy Eckstine Som Livre 1979 Friendship Elektra 1979 Feel the Night Lee Ritenour Elektra 1979 Nightingale Gilberto Gil WEA International 1979 Whistling Midgets Dan Dean and Tom Collier Inner City 1981 4x4 Casiopea 1982 Champion Tom Jans Pony Canyon 1982 Maybe Yasuko Agawa JVC 1983 Two Eyes Brenda Russell Warner Bros 1983 TV Mari Nakamoto JVC 1984 Whitestone Joe Pass Pablo 1985 Yauarete Milton Nascimento Columbia 1987 Vicio Simone Columbia Brasil 1987 Wait for Me Kate Markowitz and Christine Trulio Pony Canyon 1989 Urban Daydreams David Benoit GRP 1989 Love Is Gonna Getcha Patti Austin GRP 1990 Dear Friends Abraham Laboriel Mesa Bluemoon 1993 Forbidden Fruit Marion Meadows Novus 1994 Moments Hiroko Kokubu JVC 1995 Ratamacue Harvey Mason Atlantic 1996 Here in My Heart Kenny Rankin Private Music 1997 State of the Heart Bill Sharpe Instinct 1998 Tocando Tierra Frank Quintero Latin World Entertainment Group 1999 Princess T Naoko Terai Video Arts Music 2000 Speak No Evil Flora Purim Narada 2003 30 Miles Natali Rene Nati 2006 References Edit a b c Collar Matt Don Grusin AllMusic Retrieved May 8 2017 The Musician The Official Don Grusin Site Retrieved May 8 2017 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Don Grusin amp oldid 1075657566, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
