David Grusin

David Grusin
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.

Grusin has a filmography of about 100 credits with many awards including an Oscar for best original score for The Milagro Beanfield War, as well as Oscar nominations for The Champ, The Fabulous Baker Boys, The Firm, Havana, Heaven Can Wait, and On Golden Pond. He also received a best original song nomination for "It Might Be You" from the film Tootsie. Six of the fourteen cuts on the sound track from movie The Graduate are his.

He was the conductor for The Andy Williams Show (1963-1965) and other TV credits include Baretta (1975), Columbo - Prescription: Murder (1968), It Takes a Thief (1968), and The Wild Wild West (1965). "St. Elsewhere" (1982) One Life to Live (1968).

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.

Grusin and Larry Rosen co-founded GRP Records in 1982. In 1994, GRP was in charge of MCA's (soon to be renamed Universal Music Group) jazz operations.

Founders Grusin and Rosen left in 1995 and were replaced by Tommy LiPuma. In 1997, Grusin and Rosen co-founded N2K Encoded Music(after renamed N-Coded Music).

Dave is the father of music editor Stuart and elder brother of keyboardist Don Grusin.

Dave Grusin - Homage To Duke (1993)
MP3 | VBR 224 | 53:10 Mns | 77.24 MB


01 - Cotton Tail [04:11]
02 - Things Ain't What They Used To Be [06:44]
03 - Satin Doll [05:22]
04 - Mood Indigo [05:20]
05 - Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) [04:56]
06 - Caravan [06:16]
07 - East St. Louis Toodle-oo [04:26]
08 - G-Jam Blues [05:45]
09 - The Duke [03:22]
10 - Sophisticated Lady [03:28]
11 - Take the A Train [03:20]

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Dave Grusin - The Orchestral Album (1987)
MP3 | CBR 320 | 66:13 Mns | 151.64 MB ( + )

Tracks:
01 - Havana - Cuba Libre (Se Fue) [03:31]
02 - Havana - Santa Clara Suite - Vayase [01:26]
03 - Havana - Santa Clara Suite - Milicia y Refugios [01:46]
04 - Havana - Santa Clara Suite - Fuego Peligroso [00:59]
05 - Havana - Santa Clara Suite - Epilogue [00:54]
06 - Three Cowboy Songs - Git Along, Little Dogies [04:38]
07 - Three Cowboy Songs - The Colorado Trail [05:02]
08 - Three Cowboy Songs - Cripple Creek Breakdown [05:01]
09 - Medley - Bess You Is My Woman - I Love You Porgy [05:50]
10 - Suite From The Milagro Beanfield War - Lupita [01:09]
11 - Suite From The Milagro Beanfield War - Coyote Angel [03:29]
12 - Suite From The Milagro Beanfield War - Pistolero [01:47]
13 - Suite From The Milagro Beanfield War - Milagro [02:36]
14 - Suite From The Milagro Beanfield War - Fiesta [02:26]
15 - The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter [04:45]
16 - Summer Sketches [12:34]
17 - Condor (From Three Days Of The Condor) [04:45]
18 - On Golden Pond [03:35]

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Dave Grusin Lee Ritenour - Harlequin (1985)
MP3 | CBR 256 | 46:58 Mns |

Tracks:
01 - Harlequin [04:43]
02 - Early A.

M. Attitude [04:59]
03 - San Ysidro [04:59]
04 - Before It's Too Late [05:19]
05 - Silent Message [06:09]
06 - Cats Of Rio [05:18]
07 - Beyond The Storm [05:37]
08 - Grid-Lock [04:03]
09 - The Bird [05:51]

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Dave Grusin - Two For The Road - The Music of Mancini (1997)
MP3 | CBR 192 | 47:40 Mns | 65.

48 MB


01 - Peter Gunn [04:42]
02 - Dreamsville [04:38]
03 - Mr. Lucky [04:23]
04 - Moment to Moment [04:11]
05 - Baby Elephant Walk [03:57]
06 - Two for the Road [05:35]
07 - Days of Wine and Roses [05:28]
08 - Hatari [04:56]
09 - Whistling Away the Dark [04:54]
10 - Soldier in the Rain [04:56]

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Dave Grusin - Collection (1990)
MP3 | CBR 223 | 58:27 Mns | 93.59 MB


01 - She Could Be Mine [05:18]
02 - Thankful'n Thougthful [04:12]
03 - River Song [05:16]
04 - Playera [08:47]
05 - An Actor's Life [05:07]
06 - St.

elsewhere [04:16]
07 - Serengetti Walk [06:19]
08 - Early A.m. Attitude [04:58]
09 - Bossa Baroque [04:21]
10 - On Golden Pond [03:37]
11 - Mountain Dance [06:16]

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Dave Grusin - Discovered Again Plus (2004)
OGG | VBR 320 | 51:18 Mns | 114.44 MB ( + )


Tracks:
01 - A Child Is Born [3:49]
02 - Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow [4:20]
03 - Sun Song [4:45]
04 - Captain Bacardi [2:41]
05 - Git Along Little Dogies [4:34]
06 - The Colorado Trail [5:00]
07 - Cripple Creek Breakdown [4:47]
08 - Adeus A Papai [2:22]
09 - Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow (Alt) [4:23]
10 - Sun Song (Alt) [4:44]
11 - Git Along Little Dogies (Alt) [4:33]
12 - The Colorado Trail (Alt) [5:20]

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