Dave Grusin

producer, conductor, arranger, piano, keyboard, synthesizer, instrument arranger, Rhodes piano, electric piano, percussion, strings, flute, Minimoog, Clavinet, orchestrator, organ, slide whistle, timpani, bells, electric grand piano

Sample recordings

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Lee Ritenour acoustic guitar, guitar A Child Is Born, Adeus a Papai, Captain Bacardi, Cripple Creek Breakdown, Git Along Little Dogies, I've Got Plenty O' Nuthin', Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow, Our Love Is Here to Stay, Sun Song, The Colorado Trail
Tom Browne (US jazz trumpeter)
Sérgio Mendes
Diane Schuur
Harvey Mason (jazz drummer) drums A Child Is Born, Adeus a Papai, Captain Bacardi, Cripple Creek Breakdown, Git Along Little Dogies, History Lesson, Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow, Sun Song, The Colorado Trail

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Lee Ritenour acoustic guitar, guitar A Child Is Born, Adeus a Papai, Captain Bacardi, Cripple Creek Breakdown, Git Along Little Dogies, I've Got Plenty O' Nuthin', Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow, Our Love Is Here to Stay, Sun Song, The Colorado Trail
Harvey Mason (jazz drummer) drums A Child Is Born, Adeus a Papai, Captain Bacardi, Cripple Creek Breakdown, Git Along Little Dogies, History Lesson, Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow, Sun Song, The Colorado Trail
Eddie Daniels clarinet Prelude II, Soon
Ron Carter (US jazz double-bassist) bass, double bass A Child Is Born, Adeus a Papai, Captain Bacardi, Cripple Creek Breakdown, Git Along Little Dogies, Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow, Playera, Sun Song, The Colorado Trail, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
John Patitucci bass Fascinating Rhythm, How Long Has This Been Going On?, I've Got Plenty O' Nuthin', Maybe, My Man's Gone Now, Our Love Is Here to Stay, Prelude II, Soon, There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York
Larry Bunker percussion A Child Is Born, Adeus a Papai, Captain Bacardi, Cripple Creek Breakdown, Git Along Little Dogies, Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow, Sun Song, The Colorado Trail
Dave Valentin flute Catavento, Montage
Dave Weckl drums Fascinating Rhythm, How Long Has This Been Going On?, Maybe, My Man's Gone Now, Our Love Is Here to Stay, Soon
Steve Gadd (drummer) drums Catavento, Modaji, Montage, Playera
Sonny Emory drums I've Got Plenty O' Nuthin', Prelude II, There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York
Francisco Centeno bass Catavento, Modaji, Montage
Ralph MacDonald percussion Catavento, Modaji, Montage
Ed Walsh programming Montage, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Eric Marienthal alto saxophone, soprano saxophone My Man's Gone Now, There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York
Ettore Stratta conductor Medley: Bess You Is My Woman / I Love You Porgy, Medley: Bess You Is My Woman / I Loves You Porgy
Gary Burton vibraphone Fascinating Rhythm, Maybe
London Symphony Orchestra performing orchestra Condor (From Three Days of the Condor), On Golden Pond
Don Grusin Clavinet, keyboard History Lesson, I've Got Plenty O' Nuthin'
Sal Marquez trumpet My Man's Gone Now, Our Love Is Here to Stay
Grover Washington, Jr. soprano saxophone Modaji, Playera
Derek Wadsworth conductor St. Elsewhere
Diana Krall performer The Folks Who Live on the Hill (feat. Diana Krall)
Don Elliott vocal, mellophone Modaji
Allen Sides recording History Lesson
Anthony Jackson (US bassist) bass Montage
George Gershwin performer That Certain Feeling
George Romanis (composer) arranger Main Title (unused)
Greg MacRitchie orchestrator Cuba Libre ('Se Fue')
Arturo Sandoval trumpet Cuba Libre ('Se Fue')
Harry Rabinowitz conductor On Golden Pond
Jeff Mironov guitar Working Girl March
Jimmy Johnson (Session Bassist) electric bass guitar History Lesson
John Carl Parker (film & tv composer) arranger, conductor Bumper
Jon Secada performer Somewhere
Josiah Gluck editor, mix History Lesson
Karl Jenkins (Welsh musician & composer) arranger, conductor Mountain Dance
Catrin Finch harp Mountain Dance
Larry Rosen triangle Montage
Chick Corea piano S'Wonderful
Mac Davis vocal I Can't Afford to Let You Go
Patty Larkin performer Good Thing (feat. Patty Larkin)
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra performing orchestra Mountain Dance
Daniel Caine Orchestra performing orchestra St. Elsewhere
David Nadien performer Medley: Bess You Is My Woman / I Loves You Porgy
Bob Loftus recording History Lesson

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Lee Ritenour arranger, instrument arranger, producer, Clavinet, Minimoog, electric piano, flute, keyboard, organ, percussion, piano, strings, synthesizer A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That, Blue Days (Dias Azuis), Butterfly, California Roll, Canticle for the Universe, Captain Caribé / Getaway, Captain Fingers, Caterpillar, Chanson, Dolphin Dreams, Early A.M. Attitude (feat. Dave Grusin), Earth Run, Etude, Fatback, Fly By Night, Harlequin (Arlequim Desconhecido), Heavenly Bodies, If I'm Dreamin' (Don't Wake Me), Latin Lovers, Latin Lovers (Incompatibilidada de Ginios), Linda (Voce é Linda), Lovely Day, Matchmakers, Meiso, Morning Glory, Night Rhythms, Odile, Odila, Ohla Maria (Amparo), On the Line, Pedestrian, Rio Funk, Rit Variations, San Isidro, San Juan Sunset, Sanctuary, Soaring, Southwest Passage, Starbright, Sugarloaf Express, Sun Song, Sweet Syncopation, That's Enough for Me, The Captain's Journey, Part I: The Calm, Part II: The Storm, Theme From Three Days Of The Condor, Tush, Waiting for You, Water From the Moon, Water to Drink (Agua de Beber), Watercolors, What Do You Want?, Wild Rice
Tom Browne arranger, conductor, producer, Clavinet, Minimoog, Rhodes piano, electric piano, percussion, piano, synthesizer, timpani A Message (Pride and Pity), Antoinette Like, Brother, Brother, Bye Gones, Can't Give It Away, Charisma, Come for the Ride, Dreams of Lovin' You, Forever More, Fungi Mama / Bebopafunkadiscolypso, Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.), God Bless the Child, Herbal Scent, I Know, I Never Was a Cowboy, Lazy Bird, Let's Dance, Magic, Making Plans, Martha, Midnight Interlude, Moon Rise, My Latin Sky, Naima, Night Wind, Nocturne, Promises for Spring, The Closer I Get to You, Thighs High (Grip Your Hips and Move), Throw Down, Weak in the Knees, What's Going On
Sérgio Mendes arranger, conductor, instrument arranger, producer A Banda, All in Love Is Fair, Boa Palavra, Comin' Home Baby, Davey, Here Comes the Sun, I Believe, I Say a Little Prayer, If I Ever Lose This Heaven, Kisses, Let Them Work It Out, Looking for Another Pure Love, My Favourite Things, O Mar E Meu Chao, Ponteio, So What's New, Someday We'll All Be Free, Tempo Feliz, The Trouble With Hello Is Goodbye, Veleiro, You've Been Away for Too Long
Diane Schuur arranger, conductor, producer, Rhodes piano, percussion, piano, synthesizer Amazing Grace, Can't Stop a Woman in Love, I'll Close My Eyes, I'm Beginning to See the Light, I'm Just Foolin' Myself, It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing, Life Goes On, Love Dance, Love You Back, Make a Plan, Needle in a Haystack, New York State of Mind, No Time for True Love, Reverend Lee, Rock Me on the Water, Someday We'll All Be Free, Sure Thing, Take Me to the River, Teach Me Tonight, The Very Thought of You
Harvey Mason electric piano, piano, synthesizer Ballad for Heather, Building Love (Hymn), Liquid, Marching in the Street, Modaji, One Morning in May, Phantazia, Set It Free, Space Cadets
Ahmad Jamal producer A Gal in Calico, Ahmad's Blues, Autumn Leaves, Autumn in New York, Cheek to Cheek, I Wish I Knew, It Could Happen to You, Let's Fall in Love, Secret Love, Seleritus, Should I?, Squatty Roo, Stompin' at the Savoy, Taboo, That's All, The Girl Next Door
James Taylor instrument arranger, producer Auld Lang Syne, Baby, It's Cold Outside, Caroline I See You, Go Tell It on the Mountain, In the Bleak Midwinter, Jingle Bells, Mean Old Man, My Traveling Star, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, Some Children See Him, The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire), Who Comes This Night, Winter Wonderland
Eddie Daniels producer, keyboard, piano Black Diamond Run, Blackwood, Blackwood (Reprise), Blue Waltz, Clara's Heart, Cruise, Heartsong, P.I., Toucan Dance, Walking the Line
Yusef Lateef producer Gee Sam Gee, Number 7, Oscarlypso, Rogi, See See Rider, Sister Mamie, Slippin' & Slidin', The Magnolia Triangle, The Weaver, Twelve Tone Blues
Earl Klugh arranger, conductor, Rhodes piano, percussion, synthesizer Cabo Frio, Catherine, Dance With Me, Dr. Macumba, Jolanta, Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow, Long Ago and Far Away, Summer Song, This Time
Bobby Broom producer, keyboard Clean Sweep, Con Alma, Niqui, No Bad Vibes, Remember When, Saturday Night, Share My Love, She's My Reason
Angela Bofill arranger, producer Angel of the Night, I Try, Love to Last, People Make the World Go Round, Rainbow Child (Little Pas), The Feeling's Love, The Voyage, What I wouldn't Do (For the love of You)
The Singers Unlimited Rhodes piano Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Eleanor Rigby, I Got Rhythm, I'm Gonna Go Fishin', Just Friends, Sweet Georgia Brown, The Trouble With Hello Is Goodbye, When The Sun Comes Out
Jay Hoggard arranger, conductor, producer Brown Lady With the Golden Braids, Days Like These, Kalima's Garden Song, Samba Pa Negra, Takin' It to the Streets, We Got By, West End Dancer
Dizzy Gillespie producer Ballad, Birk's Works, Every Mornin', Fiesta Mojo, Lorraine, Tenor Song, Tin Tin Deo
Dave Valentin piano, synthesizer Do It Again, Marcosinho, The Hawk, We'll Make Love, What a Wonderful World
渡辺貞夫 arranger, keyboard California Shower, Duo-Creatics, Morning Island, My Country, Seventh High, Turning Pages of Wind
Patti Austin arranger, electric piano, piano, slide whistle, synthesizer Golden Oldies, Havana Candy, Lost in the Stars, That's Enough for Me, We're in Love
Bernard Wright producer, bells Joy Spring, Keep on Doing the Right Thing, Move Your Body, Mr. Clean, Won't You Let Me Love You
Patrick Williams keyboard And We Will Love Again, Come On and Shine, One for My Three, The Late Night Wizzard
Stephen Bishop arranger, producer It Might Be You (Theme from "Tootsie"), Media Zap, Montage Pastore (It Might Be You), Tootsie
Art Farmer keyboard Chanson, Crawl Space, Petite Belle, Siddhartha
Lorraine Feather arranger, producer, piano Big-Time, I Thought You Did, True, Wait for It
Бобунец С. arranger The Frog, The Look of Love
Voodoo Grease piano An Episode of Journey, Scenes From the Past
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass orchestrator Moon River, You are My Life
Carmen McRae instrument arranger, keyboard Lost Up in Loving You, Only Women Bleed
Barbra Streisand producer No Matter What Happens (studio version), The Way He Makes Me Feel (studio version)
Abraham LaBoriel piano Dear Friends
Jonathan Butler keyboard Song for Elizabeth
Kevin Eubanks producer It's All the Same to Me
Detonate piano Chovendo na roseira
Lisa Fischer piano Turn Your Lights Down Low
Amanda Renee conductor The Color Of The Wind