DON GRUSIN

Pop/Art Song/Folk / Post Bop / Post-Fusion Contemporary • United States
Jazz music community with review and forums
DON GRUSIN picture
Born in Colorado and influenced mightily by his immigrant father from Latvia, Don grew up in Colorado as a wannabe cowboy, played sports in school, and always had music as something to fall back on – if you grew up in the Grusin household, you had to practice piano. Don started when he was 6, and his musical influences came from square-dancing to country-western bands at the grange; from pianists Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans and Vladimir Horowitz; to his dad’s strolling through the house playing 2nd violin parts of Bartok string quartets.

Also of influence was their small town R&B radio station where Don digested the music of the great soul and funk bands and singers. This is how Don’s interest in African and Latin American music was born. Adding to this was his older brother Dave, who pointed him, unwittingly really, to the great jazz players of the
read more...
Thanks to snobb for the addition

DON GRUSIN Online Videos

See all DON GRUSIN videos

Buy DON GRUSIN music

More places to buy jazz & DON GRUSIN music

DON GRUSIN Discography

DON GRUSIN albums / top albums

DON GRUSIN Don Grusin album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Don Grusin
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1981
DON GRUSIN 10k-La album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
10k-La
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1984
DON GRUSIN Raven album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Raven
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1990
DON GRUSIN Zephyr album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Zephyr
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1991
DON GRUSIN No Borders album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
No Borders
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1992
DON GRUSIN Native Land album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Native Land
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1993
DON GRUSIN Banana Fish album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Banana Fish
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1994
DON GRUSIN Laguna Cove album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Laguna Cove
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1998
DON GRUSIN Traveling Fancy album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Traveling Fancy
Post-Fusion Contemporary 2004
DON GRUSIN Better Than Christmas (with Natali Rene) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Better Than Christmas (with Natali Rene)
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2004
DON GRUSIN The Hang album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Hang
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2004
DON GRUSIN Geography (with Bill Sharpe)(aka Trans Atlantica) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Geography (with Bill Sharpe)(aka Trans Atlantica)
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2006
DON GRUSIN Piano In Venice album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Piano In Venice
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2008
DON GRUSIN Old Friends And Relatives album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Old Friends And Relatives
Post Bop 2008
DON GRUSIN Trans Atlántica (with Bill Sharpe) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Trans Atlántica (with Bill Sharpe)
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2012
DON GRUSIN Out of Thin Air album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Out of Thin Air
Post Bop 2020

DON GRUSIN EPs & splits

DON GRUSIN live albums

DON GRUSIN demos, promos, fans club and other releases (no bootlegs)

DON GRUSIN re-issues & compilations

DON GRUSIN singles (0)

DON GRUSIN movies (DVD, Blu-Ray or VHS)

DON GRUSIN Reviews

No DON GRUSIN music reviews posted yet.

DON GRUSIN Movies Reviews

No DON GRUSIN movie reviews posted yet.

DON GRUSIN Shouts

Please login to post a shout
No shouts posted yet. Be the first member to do so above!

JMA TOP 5 Jazz ALBUMS

Rating by members, ranked by custom algorithm
Albums with 30 ratings and more
A Love Supreme Post Bop
JOHN COLTRANE
Buy this album from our partners
Kind of Blue Cool Jazz
MILES DAVIS
Buy this album from our partners
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Progressive Big Band
CHARLES MINGUS
Buy this album from our partners
Blue Train Hard Bop
JOHN COLTRANE
Buy this album from our partners
My Favorite Things Hard Bop
JOHN COLTRANE
Buy this album from our partners

New Jazz Artists

New Jazz Releases

Cabaret Eclectic Fusion
MARIUS NESET
Buy this album from MMA partners
Living Ghosts Post-Fusion Contemporary
MICHAEL WOLLNY
Buy this album from MMA partners
Live at Donte's, Vol. 1 Vocal Jazz
MIKE CAMPBELL
Buy this album from MMA partners
Sunday Afternoon Fusion
FURIO DI CASTRI
Buy this album from MMA partners
São Paulo Creative 4 : Supernova Avant-Garde Jazz
IVO PERELMAN
Buy this album from MMA partners
More new releases

New Jazz Online Videos

Sunday afternoon
FURIO DI CASTRI
snobb· 3 hours ago
Harmônicos
FABIANO DO NASCIMENTO
js· 17 hours ago
Con Alma
GENE BERTONCINI
js· 20 hours ago
Our Walk (Live)
BEN MARKLEY
js· 21 hours ago
More videos

New JMA Jazz Forum Topics

More in the forums

New Site interactions

More...

Latest Jazz News

members-submitted

More in the forums

Social Media

Follow us