Robert David "Dave" Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He has composed many scores for feature films and television, and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record work, including an

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and 10

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s. In 1978, Grusin founded GRP Records with Larry Rosen, and was an early pioneer of

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Early life

Grusin was born in

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, to Henri and Rosabelle (née de Poyster) Grusin. His mother was a pianist and his father was a violinist from

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, Latvia. Grusin has one

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parent. Grusin studied music at the

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and received his degree in 1956. Grusin's teachers included Cecil Effinger and Wayne Scott, pianist, arranger and professor of jazz.

Career

Grusin produced his first single in 1962, "Subways Are for Sleeping", and his first film score, for '' Divorce American Style'', in 1967. Other scores followed, including ''

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'' (1967), '' Winning'' (1969), ''

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'' (1973), '' The Midnight Man'' (1974), and ''

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'' (1975). In 1978, Grusin founded GRP Records with his business partner, Larry Rosen, and began to produce some of the first commercial digital recordings. Grusin was the composer for '' On Golden Pond'' (1981), '' Tootsie'' (1982), and ''

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'' (1985). In 1988, he won the Oscar for best original score, for '' The Milagro Beanfield War''. Grusin composed the musical signatures for the 1984

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logo and the 1993

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logo. In 1998, Grusin ranked No. 5 and No. 8 on ''

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''s Top 10 Jazz Artists, at mid-year and at year's end, respectively, based on sales of his album, "Dave Grusin Presents West Side Story." From 2000-11, Grusin concentrated on composing classical and jazz compositions, touring and recording with collaborators, including jazz singer and lyricist Lorraine Feather and guitarist

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. Their album ''Harlequin'' won a Grammy Award in 1985. Their classical crossover albums, '' Two Worlds'' and '' Amparo'', were nominated for Grammys. 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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' On Golden Pond''. He received a Best Original Song nomination for "It Might Be You" from the film '' Tootsie''. Six of the fourteen cuts on the soundtrack from ''

'' are his. Other film scores Grusin has composed include ''

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'', ''

'', '' Tequila Sunrise'', ''

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'', '' Random Hearts'', '' The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter'', '' Mulholland Falls'' and ''

''. He composed the original opening fanfare for film studio

. Grusin composed theme music for the TV programs '' Good Morning World (American TV series)'' (1967), '' It Takes a Thief'' (1968), ''

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'' (1968), '' Dan August'' (1970), ''

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'' (1971–72), '' Maude'' (1972), ''

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'' (1974), '' Baretta'' (1975), ''

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'' (1976), ''

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'' (1982), and, for

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in Mexico, ''Tres Generaciones'' (1987). He composed music for individual episodes of each of those shows. Grusin's other TV credits include ''

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'' (1966), ''

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'' (1966), and '' Columbo: Prescription: Murder'' (1968). He composed and performed the theme song for '' One Life to Live'' (1968) during the 1984/1985 seasons. Grusin wrote the music for the '' This Is America, Charlie Brown'' episode "The Smithsonian and the Presidency", and two of the cues from the episode "History Lesson" and "Breadline Blues" (the latter covered by

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) appear on the tribute album '' Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown''. In 1994, GRP was in charge of

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's jazz operations. Founders Grusin and Rosen left in 1995 and were replaced by Tommy LiPuma. In 1997, Grusin and Rosen founded N2K Encoded Music, which was renamed N-Coded Music. Grusin received

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s from

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in 1988 and

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, College of Music in 1989. Grusin was initiated into the Beta Chi Chapter of

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at the University of Colorado in 1991. Personal Life Dave Grusin has been married to Nan Newton for many years and has three adult children, Scott Grusin, Michael Grusin, and Stuart Grusin. He is also the stepfather of Nan's adult daughter, Annie Vought. Grusin is the subject of a 2018 feature-length documentary entitled “Dave Grusin: Not Enough Time.”

Awards and honors

Over a 15-year period from 1979 to 1994, Grusin won one

, and received a further 7 nominations. In total, he has been nominated for 38

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, and won on 10 occasions.

Academy Awards

*Winner, Music (Original Score): '' The Milagro Beanfield War'' (1989) *Nomination, Music (Original Score): ''

'' (1979), '' The Champ'' (1980), '' On Golden Pond'' (1982), '' The Fabulous Baker Boys'' (1990), ''

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'' (1991), ''

'' (1994) *Nomination, Music (Original Song): " It Might Be You" (1983), with Alan and Marilyn Bergman

Grammy Awards

*Winner, Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special: ''

'' (1968), shared with Paul Simon. *Winner, Best Arrangement on an Instrumental: Summer Sketches '82 (1982), " Early A.M. Attitude" (1986), "Suite" for ''The Milagro Beanfield War'' (1990), "Bess You Is My Woman/I Loves You Porgy" (1991), "Mood Indigo" (1993), "Three Cowboy Songs" (1994) *Winner, Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals: "My Funny Valentine" by Michelle Pfeiffer (1989), "Mean Old Man" by James Taylor (2002) *Winner, Best Album Original Score Written for Motion Picture or Television: ''The Fabulous Baker Boys'' (1989) *Nomination, Best Original Score: ''Selena''

Golden Globe Awards

*Nomination, Best Original Score: ''The Milagro Beanfield War'' (1988), ''The Fabulous Baker Boys'' (1989), ''Havana'' (1990), '' For the Boys'' (1991)

Other

* Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award,

, 1991 *

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(Best American Film Scores of all Time voted by the American Film Institute): #24 for ''On Golden Pond''

Discography

As leader

*''Subways Are for Sleeping'' (

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, 1962) *''Piano, Strings, and Moonlight'' (Epic, 1962) *''Kaleidoscope'' (

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, 1964) *'' Divorce American Style'' (

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, 1967) – soundtrack *''

'' (Columbia, 1968) – soundtrack recorded in 1967 * ''The Heart is a Lonely Hunter'' (Film Score Monthly, 1968) - soundtrack *'' The Ghost & Mrs. Muir'' (1968 - 1970) – TV series *''

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'' (Epic, 1969) – soundtrack *''

'' ( DRG/ EMI, 1975) – soundtrack *'' Discovered Again!'' (Sheffield Lab, 1976) *''Don't Touch'' (Versatile, 1977) *'' One of a Kind'' ( GRP, 1977) * ''Heaven Can Wait'' (Kritzerland, 1978) - soundtrack *'' The Champ'' (

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, 1979) – soundtrack *''Mountain Dance'' (GRP, 1979) - AUS #100 *'' The Electric Horseman'' (Varèse Sarabande, 1979) – soundtrack *''Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Stars Live in Japan'' (JVC, 1980) * ''On Golden Pond'' (Varèse Sarabande, 1981) - soundtrack *'' Out of the Shadows'' (Arista-GRP, 1982) *'' Tootsie'' (Film Score Monthly, 1982) - soundtrack *'' Night-Lines'' (GRP, 1983) *''

Dave Grusin and the NY-LA Dream Band ''Dave Grusin and the NY-LA Dream Band'' is an album by American pianist Dave Grusin released in 1984, recorded for the GRP label. The album was recorded live in Tokyo, Japan, at Nippon Budokan, Budokan. The album reached No. 4 on Billboard (magaz ...

'' (GRP, 1984) *''

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'' (Kritzerland, 1984) - soundtrack *''

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'' (Quartet Records, 1984) - soundtrack *''

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'' with

(GRP, 1985) *''

'' (Varèse Sarabande, 1985) - soundtrack *''Lucas'' (Varèse Sarabande, 1986) *'' Cinemagic'' (GRP, 1987) *''GRP Live in Session'' (GRP, 1988) *''

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'' (with Don Grusin) (GRP, 1988) *''

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'' (GRP, 1989) *'' The Fabulous Baker Boys'' (GRP, 1989) *'' A Dry White Season'' (Kritzerland, 1989) - soundtrack *'' The Bonfire of the Vanities'' (

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, 1990) *''

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'' (GRP, 1990) *'' The Gershwin Connection'' (GRP, 1991) *''GRP Super Live in Concert'' (GRP, 1992) *'' Homage to Duke'' (GRP , 1993) *''

'' (MCA-GRP , 1993) *'' Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Star Big Band Live!'' (GRP 97402, 1993) *''

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'' (GRP, 1994) *''

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'' (GRP, 1995) *'' Two for the Road'' (GRP, 1996) * Mulholland Falls (Cinerama, 1996) - soundtrack *''

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'' (

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, 1997) *''West Side Story'' ( N-Coded, 1997) *''

'' (RCA Victor, 1998) - soundtrack *'' Random Hearts'' (

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, 1999) *'' Two Worlds'' with Lee Ritenour ( Decca, 2000) *'' Dinner with Friends'' (Jellybean, 2001) *'' Now Playing'' (GRP, 2004) *'' Amparo'' (Decca, 2008) *''

'' (Varèse Sarabande, 2008) *''An Evening with Dave Grusin'' ( Heads Up, 2010) *''One Night Only!'' (C.A.R.E./Intergroove, 2011)

As sideman

With

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* '' Havana Candy'' (CTI, 1977) * ''

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'' (GRP, 1990) – recorded in 1989 With the Brothers Johnson * '' Look Out for#1'' (A&M, 1976) * '' Right on Time'' (A&M, 1977) With Tom Browne * '' Browne Sugar'' (GRP, 1979) * '' Love Approach'' (GRP, 1980) – recorded in 1979-80 * '' Magic'' (Arista, 1981) With Don Grusin * ''10k-LA'' (JVC, 1981) * ''Native Land'' (GRP, 1993) * ''The Hang'' (Sovereign, 2004) With

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* '' You've Got It Bad Girl'' (A&M, 1973) * ''

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'' (A&M, 1974) * '' Mellow Madness'' (A&M, ,1975) * ''

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'' (A&M, 1976) * '' Roots'' (A&M, 1977) With John Klemmer * ''Touch'' (ABC, 1975) * ''Barefoot Ballet'' (ABC, 1976) With

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* ''

'' (Blue Note, 1976) * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1976) * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1978) With Jon Lucien * ''Rashida'' (RCA, 1973) * ''Mind's Eye'' (RCA, 1974) * ''Song for My Lady'' (Columbia, 1975) With

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* ''Marching in the Street'' (Arista, 1976) * ''Funk in a Mason Jar'' (Arista, 1977) * '' With All My Heart'' (Bluebird, 2004) With

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* ''I Am Music'' (Blue Note, 1975) * '' Can't Hide Love'' (Blue Note, 1976) With Sergio Mendes * ''Homecooking'' (Elektra, 1976) * ''Sergio Mendes & the New Brasil '77'' (Elektra, 1977) With

* ''

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'' (

, 1976) * ''

Gentle Thoughts ''Gentle Thoughts'' is the second solo album by Lee Ritenour, and was released as a Direct-to-disc recording. It features Ernie Watts, Dave Grusin, Patrice Rushen, Anthony Jackson, Harvey Mason and Steve Forman.Leeritenour.com.Lee Ritenour & Hi ...

''( JVC 1977) * '' Captain Fingers'' (Epic, 1977) * ''

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'' (Jasrac, 1978) * ''

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'' (Elektra, 1978) * '' Rio'' (JVC, 1979) * '' Feel the Night'' ( Discovery, 1979) * ''On the Line'' (GRP, 1983) * ''

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'' (GRP, 1988) * ''World of Brazil'' (GRP, 2003) * ''Overtime'' ( Peak, 2005) * ''Smoke 'N' Mirrors'' (Peak, 2006) * ''Rhythm Sessions'' ( Concord, 2012) * ''A Twist of Rit'' (Concord, 2015) With

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* '' October Road'' (Columbia, 2002) * '' A Christmas Album'' (

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, 2004) * '' James Taylor at Christmas'' (Columbia, 2006) With Dave Valentin * ''Legends'' (Arista GRP, 1978) * ''The Hawk'' (GRP, 1979) * ''Flute Juice'' (GRP, 1983) * ''Kalahari'' (GRP, 1984) With Sadao Watanabe * ''My Dear Life'' (Flying Disk, 1977) * ''California Shower'' (Flying Disk, 1978) * ''Morning Island'' (Flying Disk, 1979) * ''How's Everything'' (Columbia, 1980) LP– live * ''Orange Express'' (CBS/Sony, 1981) * ''Encore!'' (Victor, 2016) With others *1972 '' Crawl Space'',

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*1972 ''A Time in My Life'', Sarah Vaughan *1972 ''With Michel Legrand'', Sarah Vaughan *1972 '' Equinox Express Elevator'', Howard Roberts *1974 ''Let's Love'',

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*1975 ''Brown's Bag'', Ray Brown *1975 ''Love Me by Name'', Lesley Gore *1975 ''Making Music'', Bill Withers *1975 ''Peach Melba'', Melba Moore *1975 ''We Got By'',

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*1975 ''The Man Incognito'',

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*1976 ''I'm Easy'', Keith Carradine *1976 ''This Mother's Daughter'', Nancy Wilson *1977 ''Phantazia'', Noel Pointer *1978 ''Against the Grain'',

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*1978 ''52nd Street'',

Billy Joel William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, pianist and songwriter. Commonly nicknamed the " Piano Man" after his album and signature song of the same name, he has led a commercially successful career as a solo artist since th ...

*1979 ''Angel of the Night'',

Angela Bofill Angela Tomasa Bofill (born May 2, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter of Cuban- Puerto Rican origins. A New York native, Bofill began her professional career in the mid-1970s. Bofill is most known for singles such as, " This Time I'll Be Swee ...

*1979 ''Days Like These'', Jay Hoggard *1979 ''Part of You'',

Eric Gale Eric Gale (September 20, 1938 – May 25, 1994) was an American jazz and R&B guitarist. ''Early life and career'' Born in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, Gale grew up in a diverse household. His paternal grandfather was from Yorks ...

*1979 ''A Secret Place'', Grover Washington Jr. *1981 ''Clean Sweep'', Bobby Broom *1982 ''Donna Summer'',

Donna Summer LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter. She gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s and became known as the "Honorific nicknames in popular m ...

*1983 ''Little Big Horn'',

Gerry Mulligan Gerald Joseph Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996), also known as Jeru, was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Though primarily known as one of the leading jazz baritone saxophonists—playing the instrum ...

*1984 ''Home Again'',

Judy Collins Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter and musician with a career spanning seven decades. An Academy Award-nominated documentary director and a Grammy Award-winning recording artist, she is known for her ...

*1985 ''20/20'',

George Benson George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist. A former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in the 1960s, pla ...

*1985 ''Deedles'',

Diane Schuur Diane Joan Schuur (born December 10, 1953), nicknamed "Deedles", is an American jazz singer and pianist. As of 2015, Schuur had released 23 albums, and had extended her jazz repertoire to include essences of Latin, gospel, pop and country music ...

*1986 ''Face to Face'', Kevin Eubanks *1986 ''Timeless'', Diane Schuur *1988 ''C.K.'', Chaka Khan *1989 ''Blackwood'', Eddie Daniels *1991 ''For the Boys'' (Soundtrack),

Bette Midler Bette Midler (;''Inside the Actors Studio'', 2004 born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, comedian and author. Throughout her career, which spans over five decades, Midler has received numerous accolades, including four Golden Gl ...

*1991 '' Curves Ahead'', The Rippingtons *1995 ''Dragonfly'', Gerry Mulligan *2008 '' Act Your Age'', Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band

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* *Music video sampler:
Dave Grusin on ''Sound of Cinema'', interviewed by Matthew Sweet
BBC Radio, 21 November 2020
Performances of Dave Grusin's piano music
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