Dave Grusin

Grusin was born in Littleton, Colorado, to Henri and Rosabelle (née de Poyster) Grusin. His family originates from the Gruzinsky princely line of the Bagrationi dynasty, the royal family that ruled the Kingdom of Georgia in the ninth to 19th centuries. In Slavic languages, "Grusin" is an ethnonym for Georgians.

{{cite web|title=It's A Small World After All |url=https://georgianjournal.ge/culture/8347-its-a-small-world-after-all.html |work=georgianjournal.ge |date=15 March 2012 |access-date=21 August 2023}} Grusin's father, Henri, was a violinist of Jewish ancestry who was born and raised in Riga, Latvia, then part of the Russian Empire, from where he emigrated to the United States in 1913.{{cite web|author=Lees, Gene|title=The Jewish Contribution|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Archive-High-Fidelity/70s/High-Fidelity-1977-07.pdf#page=34|website=World Radio History|access-date=September 26, 2022}} High Fidelity, vol. 27 (1977), n° 7, p. 27. Grusin's mother, Rosabelle, was a pianist.{{cite web|title=Dave Grusin Page|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Archive-High-Fidelity/70s/High-Fidelity-1977-07.pdf|website=Soul Walking|access-date=9 January 2018}}{{cite web|title=Dave Grusin Biography|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/35/Dave-Grusin.html|website=Film Reference|access-date=April 22, 2019}} He is the older brother of fellow jazz keyboardist, composer, and producer Don Grusin.

Grusin studied music at the University of Colorado at Boulder and graduated in 1956.{{cite web|url=https://www.colorado.edu/amrc/sites/default/files/attached-files/AMRC-Grusin.pdf|title=The Dave Grusin manuscripts An inventory of holdings at the American Music Research Center|publisher=American Music Research Center|access-date=April 22, 2019}} His teachers included Cecil Effinger, and Wayne Scott, a pianist, arranger, and professor of jazz.{{cite web|title=Cecil Effinger Interview with Bruce Duffie|url=http://www.bruceduffie.com/effinger.html|website=Bruce Duffie|access-date=April 22, 2019}}

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 The Graduate (1967), Winning (1969), The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), The Midnight Man (1974), and Three Days of the Condor (1975).

In 1978, Grusin founded GRP Records with his business partner Larry Rosen, and began producing some of the first commercial digital recordings. Grusin was the composer for On Golden Pond (1981), Tootsie (1982), and The Goonies (1985). In 1988, he won the Oscar for Best Original Score for The Milagro Beanfield War. Grusin composed the musical signatures for the 1984 TriStar Pictures logo (which was credited at the end of Look Who's Talking Too) and the 1993 Columbia Pictures Television logo.{{cite magazine |author= |date=October 20, 1979 |title=Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen. Behind the scenes, they're ahead of their times |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1979/Billboard%201979-10-20.pdf |magazine=Billboard |location=New York |volume=91 |number=42 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=December 18, 2022}}

In 1998, Grusin ranked #5 and #8 on Billboard{{'}}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."{{cite magazine |date=Jun 27, 1998 |title=Year-to-Date Jazz Charts |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1998/BB-1998-06-27.pdf |magazine=Billboard |location=New York |volume=110 |number=26 |page=44 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=December 18, 2022}}{{cite magazine |title=The Year in Music 1998 – Top Jazz Artists / Top Jazz Albums |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1998/BB-1998-12-26.pdf |magazine=Billboard |location=New York |volume=110 |number=52 |page=YE79 |access-date=December 18, 2022}}

From 2000–11, Grusin concentrated on classical and jazz compositions, touring and recording with collaborators including jazz singer and lyricist Lorraine Feather{{cite news|date=March 2, 2018|author=Kaufman, Joanne|title=When Your Home Has a History|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/realestate/when-your-home-has-a-history.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 22, 2019}} and guitarist Lee Ritenour. Their album Harlequin won a Grammy Award in 1985. Their classical crossover albums, Two Worlds and Amparo, were nominated for Grammys.{{cite news|url=https://jazztimes.com/archives/lee-ritenour-and-dave-grusin-to-return-with-amparo/|author=Daniels, Melissa|title=Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin to Return with 'Amparo'|work=JazzTimes|date=June 20, 2008|access-date=April 22, 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://jazztimes.com/archives/lee-ritenour-dave-grusin-amparo/|author=Soergel, Brian|title=Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin: Amparo|work=JazzTimes|date=October 1, 2008|access-date=April 22, 2019}}

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.{{cite book|title=On Golden Pond (Main Theme) Sheet Music|date=October 1986|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=978-1-4950-4316-1}} Grusin received a Best Original Song nomination for "It Might Be You" from the film Tootsie. Six of the 14 cuts on the soundtrack from The Graduate are his. Other film scores Grusin 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, Mulholland Falls, and The Firm. He composed the original opening fanfare for film studio TriStar Pictures.{{cite web|url=http://mostpopularsongs.net/Dave_Grusin/Tri-Star_Logo_Theme |title=Tri-Star Logo Theme by Dave Grusin - Most Popular Songs|access-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512192459/http://mostpopularsongs.net/Dave_Grusin/Tri-Star_Logo_Theme/|archive-date=May 12, 2013|df=mdy-all}}

Grusin composed theme music for the TV programs Good Morning World (1967), It Takes a Thief (1968), The Name of the Game (1968), Dan August (1970), The Sandy Duncan Show (1971–72), Maude (1972), Good Times (1974), Baretta (1975), St. Elsewhere (1982), and, for Televisa in Mexico, Tres Generaciones (1987). He composed music for individual episodes of each of those shows. Grusin's other TV credits include The Wild Wild West (1966), The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966), and Columbo: Prescription: Murder (1968). He composed and performed the 1984-1991 theme music for One Life to Live (1968).{{cite web|url=http://drjtv.fortunecity.ws/oltl.html|title=One Life To Live|website=Daytime Soap Opera Theme Songs and Main Titles |access-date=March 7, 2022}} 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 Kenny G) appear on the tribute album Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown. "History Lesson" also appears in the Amiga CDTV version of Snoopy: The Cool Computer Game.

In 1994, GRP was in charge of MCA's jazz operations. Founders Grusin and Rosen left in the following year and were replaced by Tommy LiPuma. In 1997, Grusin and Rosen founded N2K Encoded Music, which was renamed N-Coded Music.

Grusin received honorary doctorates from Berklee College of Music in 1988 and University of Colorado, College of Music in 1989. He was initiated into the Beta Chi chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia at the University of Colorado in 1991.{{cite web|url=https://www.sinfonia.org/operations/awards/men-music/|title=Charles E. Lutton Man of Music|access-date=April 22, 2019}}

Grusin has been married to Nan Newton for many years and they have three adult sons: Scott, Michael, and Stuart. He is also the stepfather of Nan's adult daughter, Annie Vought. Grusin is the subject of a 2018 feature-length documentary, “Dave Grusin: Not Enough Time.”{{cite web |last1=Bentree |first1=Barbara (Director) |title=Dave Grusin: Not Enough Time |url=https://www.grusinfilm.com |publisher=jindojazz |access-date=April 5, 2022}}

Over a 15-year period from 1979–1994, Grusin won an Academy Award, and received seven more nominations.{{cite web |last=Burlingame |first=Dave |date=November 6, 2020 |title=At 86, Oscar-Winning Composer Dave Grusin Is Ready to Tour Again When the COVID-19 Pandemic Subsides |url=https://www.variety.com/2020/artisans/production/oscar-winning-composer-dave-grusin-1234823265/ |work=Variety |location=Los Angeles |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |access-date=December 20, 2022}}{{cite book |last1=Kinn |first1=Gail |last2=Piazza |first2=Jim |name-list-style=amp |date=2014 |title=The Academy Awards: The Complete Unofficial History |url=https://archive.org/details/academyawardscom0000kinn_b9y3/mode/1up |url-access=registration |edition=Revised |location=New York |publisher=Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers |isbn=9781579129866 |via=Internet Archive}} He has been nominated for 38 Grammy Awards and won 10.

Dates given are those of the relevant Awards ceremony, not when the films were released.

• Winner, Music (Original Score): The Milagro Beanfield War (1989){{cite web |title=The 61st Academy Awards, 1989 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1989 |website=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |date=October 5, 2014 |access-date=December 19, 2022}}
• Nomination, Music (Original Score): Heaven Can Wait (1979),{{cite web |title=The 51st Academy Awards, 1979 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1979 |website=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |date=October 5, 2014 |access-date=December 19, 2022}} The Champ (1980),{{cite web |title=The 52nd Academy Awards, 1980 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1980 |website=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |date=March 2022 |access-date=December 19, 2022}} On Golden Pond (1982),{{cite web |title=The 54th Academy Awards, 1982 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1982 |website=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |date=March 2022 |access-date=December 19, 2022}} The Fabulous Baker Boys (1990),{{cite web |title=The 62nd Academy Awards, 1990 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1990 |website=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |date=October 5, 2014 |access-date=December 19, 2022}} Havana (1991),{{cite web |title=The 63rd Academy Awards, 1991 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1991 |website=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |date=October 4, 2014 |access-date=December 19, 2022}} The Firm (1994){{cite web |title=The 66th Academy Awards, 1994 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1994 |website=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |date=October 4, 2014 |access-date=December 19, 2022}}
• Nomination, Music (Original Song): "It Might Be You" (1983), with Alan and Marilyn Bergman{{cite web |title=The 55th Academy Awards, 1983 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1983 |website=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |date=October 5, 2014 |access-date=December 19, 2022}}

• Winner, Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special: The Graduate (1968), shared with Paul Simon.{{cite book |last=O'Neil |first=Thomas |date=1999 |title=The Grammys: The Ultimate, Unofficial Guide to Music's Highest Honor |url=https://archive.org/details/grammys0000onei/mode/1up |url-access=registration |edition=Revised |location=New York |publisher=Perigree |isbn=0399524770 |page=146 |access-date=December 18, 2022 |via=Internet Archive}}{{cite web |last=McPhate |first=Tim |date=May 15, 2017 |title='Mrs. Robinson,' 'The Graduate' Soundtrack: 3 GRAMMY facts |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/mrs-robinson-the-graduate-soundtrack-3-grammy-facts |website=Grammy Awards |access-date=December 18, 2022}}
• 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

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

• Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, 1991
• AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores (Best American Film Scores of all Time voted by the American Film Institute): #24 for On Golden Pond

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• Subways Are for Sleeping (Epic, 1962)
• Piano, Strings, and Moonlight (Epic, 1962){{cite magazine |date=December 1, 1962 |title=The Key is Versatility |magazine=Billboard |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1962/Billboard%201962-12-01.pdf |location=New York |volume=74 |number=48 |page=47 |access-date=December 18, 2022}}
• Kaleidoscope (Columbia, 1964)
• Divorce American Style (United Artists, 1967) – soundtrack
• The Graduate (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
• The Name of the Game (1968 - 1971) – TV series theme{{cite web | url=https://www.grusinfilm.com/bodyofwork | title=Dave Grusin Work Chronology }}
• Candy (Epic, 1969) – soundtrack
• Three Days of the Condor (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 (Varèse Sarabande, 1979) – soundtrack
• Mountain Dance (GRP, 1979) - AUS #100{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=130}}
• 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 (GRP, 1984)
• Racing with the Moon (Kritzerland, 1984) - soundtrack
• The Pope of Greenwich Village (Quartet Records, 1984) - soundtrack
• Harlequin (with Lee Ritenour) (GRP, 1985)
• The Goonies (Varèse Sarabande, 1985) - soundtrack
• Lucas (Varèse Sarabande, 1986)
• Cinemagic (GRP, 1987)
• GRP Live in Session (GRP, 1988)

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• Sticks and Stones (with Don Grusin) (GRP, 1988)
• Migration (GRP, 1989)
• The Fabulous Baker Boys (GRP, 1989) - soundtrack
• A Dry White Season (Kritzerland, 1989) - soundtrack
• The Bonfire of the Vanities (Atlantic, 1990) - soundtrack
• Havana (GRP, 1990) - soundtrack
• The Gershwin Connection (GRP, 1991)
• GRP Super Live in Concert (GRP, 1992)
• Homage to Duke (GRP , 1993)
• The Firm (MCA-GRP , 1993) - soundtrack
• Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Star Big Band Live! (GRP 97402, 1993)
• The Orchestral Album (GRP, 1994)
• The Cure (GRP, 1995) - soundtrack
• Two for the Road (GRP, 1996)
• Mulholland Falls (Cinerama, 1996) - soundtrack
• Selena (Angel, 1997) - soundtrack
• West Side Story (N-Coded, 1997)
• Hope Floats (RCA Victor, 1998) - soundtrack
• Random Hearts (Sony, 1999)
• Two Worlds (with Lee Ritenour) (Decca, 2000)
• Dinner with Friends (Jellybean, 2001) - soundtrack
• Portrait of Bill Evans (JVC, 2002) [2 tracks]
• Now Playing (GRP, 2004)
• Amparo (with Lee Ritenour) (Decca, 2008)
• The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (Varèse Sarabande, 2008) - soundtrack
• An Evening with Dave Grusin (Heads Up, 2010)
• One Night Only! (C.A.R.E./Intergroove, 2011){{cite web|title=Dave Grusin {{!}} Album Discography {{!}} AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dave-grusin-mn0000684920/discography|website=AllMusic|access-date=April 22, 2019}}
• Brasil (Candid, 2024){{cite web|title=Dave Grusin {{!}} Album Discography {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.discogs.com/es/release/30847839-Lee-Ritenour-Dave-Grusin-Brasil?srsltid=AfmBOoqGO3ebBfxLkQqizd_Re8Bj31ol4s-yGHT4C-B761EHY3hnDIFC|access-date=March 23, 2025}}

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With Patti Austin

• Havana Candy (CTI, 1977)
• Love Is Gonna Getcha (GRP, 1990) – rec. 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) – rec. 1979-80
• Magic (Arista, 1981)

With Don Grusin

• 10k-LA (JVC, 1981)
• Native Land (GRP, 1993)
• The Hang (Sovereign, 2004)

With Quincy Jones

• You've Got It Bad Girl (A&M, 1973)
• Body Heat (A&M, 1974)
• Mellow Madness (A&M, ,1975)
• I Heard That!! (A&M, 1976)
• Roots (A&M, 1977)

With John Klemmer

• Touch (ABC, 1975)
• Barefoot Ballet (ABC, 1976)

With Earl Klugh

• Earl Klugh (Blue Note, 1976)
• Living Inside Your Love (Blue Note, 1976)
• Finger Paintings (Blue Note, 1977)

With Jon Lucien

• Rashida (RCA, 1973)
• Mind's Eye (RCA, 1974)
• Song for My Lady (Columbia, 1975)

With Harvey Mason

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

With Carmen McRae

• 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 Gerry Mulligan

• Little Big Horn (GRP, 1983)
• Dragonfly (Telarc Jazz, 1995)

With Lee Ritenour

• First Course (Epic, 1976)
• Gentle Thoughts(JVC 1977)
• Captain Fingers (Epic, 1977)
• Friendship (Jasrac, 1978)
• The Captain's Journey (Elektra, 1978)
• Rio (JVC, 1979)
• Feel the Night (Discovery, 1979)
• On the Line (GRP, 1983)
• "Harlequin" (GRP, 1985)
• Earth Run (GRP, 1986)
• Festival (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 Diane Schuur

• Deedles (1985)
• Timeless (1986)

With James Taylor

• October Road (Columbia, 2002)
• A Christmas Album (Hallmark Cards, 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 Sarah Vaughan

• A Time in My Life (Mainstream, 1972)
• Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand (Mainstream, 1972)

With Sadao Watanabe

• My Dear Life (Flying Disk, 1977)
• California Shower (Flying Disk, 1978)
• Morning Island (Flying Disk, 1979)
• How's Everything (Columbia, 1980)[2LP] – live
• Orange Express (CBS/Sony, 1981)
• Encore! (Victor, 2016)

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With others

• George Benson, 20/20 (Warner Bros., 1985) – rec. 1984
• Angela Bofill, Angel of the Night (Arista, 1979)
• Ray Brown, Brown's Bag (Concord Jazz, 1976)
• Bobby Broom, Clean Sweep (Arista GRP, 1981)

• Judy Collins, Home Again (Elektra, 1984)
• Eddie Daniels, Blackwood (GRP, 1989)
• Kevin Eubanks, Face to Face (GRP, 1986)
• Art Farmer, Crawl Space (CTI, 1972)
• Eric Gale, Part of You (Columbia, 1979)
• Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, Act Your Age (Immergent, 2008)
• Lesley Gore, Love Me by Name (A&M, 1976)
• Jay Hoggard, Days Like These (GRP, 1979)
• Al Jarreau, We Got By (Reprise, 1975)
• Billy Joel, 52nd Street (Columbia, 1978)
• Chaka Khan, ck (Warner Bros., 1988)
• Peggy Lee, Let's Love (Atlantic, 1974)
• Bette Midler, For the Boys (Atlantic, 1991) – soundtrack
• Melba Moore, Peach Melba (Buddah, 1975)
• Alphonse Mouzon, The Man Incognito (Blue Note, 1976) – rec. 1975
• Noel Pointer, Phantazia (Blue Note, 1977)
• The Rippingtons, Curves Ahead (GRP, 1991)
• Howard Roberts, Equinox Express Elevator (Impulse!, 1972)
• Phoebe Snow, Against the Grain (CBS, 1978)
• Donna Summer, Donna Summer (Geffen, 1982) – rec. 1981–82
• Grover Washington Jr., A Secret Place (Kudu, 1976)
• Nancy Wilson, This Mother's Daughter (Capitol, 1976)
• Bill Withers, Making Music (Columbia, 1975){{cite web|title=Dave Grusin {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dave-grusin-mn0000684920/credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=April 22, 2019}}

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• {{IMDb name|6115|Dave Grusin}}
• Music video sampler: {{YouTube|takOVYOOucA|Mountain Dance}}
• [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000pm85 Dave Grusin on Sound of Cinema, interviewed by Matthew Sweet]. BBC Radio, 21 November 2020
• [https://www.americanpianomusic.com/post/dave-grusin Performances of Dave Grusin's piano music]

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