Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Star Big Band Live!

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Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Star Big Band Live!
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Live album by
ReleasedOctober 5, 1993 (1993-10-05)
RecordedJanuary 31, 1993
Venue Gotanda Kan-i Hoken Hall, Tokyo
Genre Jazz, jazz fusion
Length63:51
Label GRP
Producer Dave Grusin, Larry Rosen, Michael Abene, Gretchen Hoffmann Abene
GRP All-Star Big Band chronology
GRP All-Star Big Band
(1992)
Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Star Big Band Live!
(1993)
All Blues
(1995)
Professional ratings
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Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Star Big Band Live! is a jazz album by the GRP All-Star Big Band.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Oleo" Sonny Rollins 7:39
2."My Man's Gone Now" George Gershwin 7:05
3."Sing, Sing, Sing" Louis Prima 6:58
4."Manteca" Dizzy Gillespie 7:33
5."Blues for Howard"Dave Grusin8:31
6."Cherokee" Ray Noble 5:10
7."Blue Train" John Coltrane 4:43
8."'S Wonderful"George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin 6:31
9."Sister Sadie" Horace Silver 7:00
10."GRP Band Introduction" 2:41

Personnel

Technical personnel

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