CROSSOVER JAZZ....THE DAVE GRUSIN CONNECTION

H συνταγή ήταν μαγική.ROBERT REDFORD, SYDNEY POLLAC, ΗAVANA, έλειπε η μουσική.Ποιός θα μπορούσε να γράψει τη μουσική. DAVE GRUSIN Ο master της CROSSOVER JAZZ σε μια επείδειξη τεχνικής ,σύνθεσης και ενορχήσρωσης μας μεταφέρει στην μαγευτική ατμόσφαιρα της Κούβας του 1950.Οχι με τον γνωστό του τρόπο αλλά με Latin συνθέσεις που εκτελούνται απο τα με γαλύτερα ονόματα τού είδους. ΑΒΟUT DAVE GRUSIN

Grusin was born in Littleton, Colorado, the son of Rosabelle (née De Poyster), a pianist, and Henri Grusin, a violinist who immigrated from Riga, Latvia.[1][2] An alumnus of the University of Colorado at Boulder, College of Music who was awarded his bachelor's degree in 1956, Grusin has a filmography of about 100 titles. His many awards include 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 soundtrack from The Graduate are his. Other film scores he has composed include Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?, Three Days of the Condor, The Goonies, Tequila Sunrise, Hope Floats, Random Hearts, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and The Firm.

For television, he was the conductor for The Andy Williams Show (1963–1965) and the composer of the theme songs for such series as Dan August (1970), The Sandy Duncan Show (1971-1972) Maude (1972), Good Times (1974), Baretta (1975), and St. Elsewhere (1982). He also composed music for individual episodes of each of those shows. His other TV credits include It Takes a Thief, The Wild Wild West, and Columbo: Prescription: Murder (1968). He also did the theme song for One Life to Live (1968) from 1984–1992.

About 35 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).

He awarded honorary doctorates from Berklee College of Music in 1988 and University of Colorado, College of Music in 1989.