In 1989 he won the Oscar for The Milagro Beanfield War. He has composed numerous film scores, and has been nominated for four Acadamy Awards: Heaven can Wait, The Champ, On Golden Pond, and Tootsie. During the time when he was involved with GRP, he was still a very active film composer. In 1994, Grusin retired from his executive position, although he has remained a consultant and performer. The label’s new sessions have involved great jazz musicians such as: Dizzy Gillespie, Chick Corea, Gerry Mulligan, Gary Burton, Michael Brecker, and Arturo Sandoval. In 1990 it became a part of MCA and took charge of all of MCA’s jazz material, including the Impulse! label and classic Decca Reissues. Until 1982, when the label housed such performers as Dave Valentin, Billy Cobham, Earl Klugh, and Lee Ritenour, it was distributed by Arista. He formed, along with Larry Rosen, in 1978, the GRP record label that specialized in fusion inspired jazz. Having become firmly established as an arranger, composer, and keyboardist, his musical career became an eclectic mix of recording, performing, composing, and producing. During this time he also recorded as a keyboardist with the Benny Goodman Quintet, Milt Hinton, Don Lamond, Thad Jones, and Frank Foster. Because of this appointment he was able to get into composing for television and film, and composed his first film score, Divorce American Style, in 1965. He withdrew from the school, however, because he was given the opportunity to work as a keyboardist and music director for the Andy Williams Show. Grusin moved to New York City to pursue graduate studies at the Manhattan School of Music.
He had planned on remaining in Colorado to work on graduate studies until Warner Imig, former dean of music at the University of Colorado at Boulder, convinced him to move to a city with more musical opportunities.
After graduating from Littleton High School in Denver, Colorado, he attended the University of Colorado at Boulder where he received a bachelor of music in piano performance. Volpe, Archivist September, 2003īIOGRAPHY OF DAVE GRUSIN Born in Littleton, Colorado on June 26, 1934, Dave Grusin has made a name for himself as a composer of film scores, record producer, and fusion keyboardist. Housed in the American Music Research Center University of Colorado Music LibraryĬompiled by: Chris Shannon, Student Assistant Cassandra M. University of Colorado at Boulder | University Libraries | AMRC Guide to the Dave Grusin Collection
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