GRP All-Star Big Band

The GRP All-Star Big Band was a contemporary big band assembled in the late 1980s by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen, the founders of GRP Records. The band played new arrangements of popular jazz pieces from the 1950s and 1960s.^[1]

Its albums GRP All-Star Big Band and Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Star Big Band Live! were nominated for Grammys, and its album All Blues won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.^[2]

Band members

Randy Brecker – trumpet
Chuck Findley – trumpet
Sal Marquez – trumpet
Arturo Sandoval – trumpet
Byron Stripling – trumpet
George Bohanon – trombone
Timmy Capello – saxophone
Eric Marienthal – first alto saxophone
Nelson Rangell – second alto saxophone
Bob Mintzer – first tenor saxophone
Ernie Watts – second tenor saxophone
Tom Scott – baritone saxophone
Phillip Bent – flute
Dave Valentin – flute
Eddie Daniels – clarinet
David Benoit – piano
Chick Corea – piano
Russell Ferrante – piano
Dave Grusin – piano
Kenny Kirkland – piano
Ramsey Lewis – piano
Gary Burton – vibraphone
Lee Ritenour – guitar
John Patitucci – double bass
Dave Weckl – drum set
Carlos Vega - drums
Alex Acuña – percussion
Larry Williams - keyboards, sax

Discography

Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Stars Live in Japan (1980)
GRP All-Star Big Band (1992)
Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Star Big Band Live! (1993)
All Blues (1995)

References

^ GRP All-Star Big Band at AllMusic
^ "Tom Scott". GRAMMY.com. 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2020-05-25.

External links

GRP All-Star Big Band discography at Discogs

[1] GRP All-Star Big Band at AllMusic

[2] "Tom Scott". GRAMMY.com. 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2020-05-25.

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