Migration (Dave Grusin album)

Last updated

Migration
Dave Grusin Migration 1989 Album.png
Studio album by
Released1989 (1989)
Recorded1989
Studio
  • Sunset Sound (Hollywood, California)
  • Record Plant (Los Angeles, California)
  • Smoketree Ranch (Chatsworth, California)
  • Clinton Recording Studios (New York City, New York)
Genre Jazz
Length62:58
Label GRP
Producer Dave Grusin, Larry Rosen
Dave Grusin chronology
The Fabulous Baker Boys
(1989)
Migration
(1989)
Havana
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]

Migration is an album by American pianist Dave Grusin released in 1989, recorded for the GRP label. The album reached No. 1 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart. [2]

Contents

"The Suite from the Milagro Beanfield War" (tracks 10–14) received the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Arrangement of an Instrumental. [3] Grusin's music from the movie The Milagro Beanfield War was also a 1989 Academy Award winner, [4] and a 1988 Golden Globe nominee for Best Original Score. [5]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Dave Grusin; except where indicated

  1. "Punta Del Soul" – 5:51
  2. "Southwest Passage" – 5:49
  3. "First Time Love" (Harvey Mason, Dave Grusin) – 4:05
  4. "Western Women" (Don Grusin) – 4:58
  5. "Dancing in the Township" – 6:06
  6. "Old Bones" – 6:15
  7. "In the Middle of the Night" – 5:52
  8. "T.K.O." (Marcus Miller) – 5:47
  9. "Polina" (Hugh Masekela) – 6:55

Suite from the Milagro Beanfield War:

  1. "Lupita" – 1:08
  2. "Coyote Angel" – 3:29
  3. "Pistolero" – 1:47
  4. "Milagro" – 2:35
  5. "Fiesta" – 2:24

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums (Billboard) [2] 1

References

  1. Yanow, Scott. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Dave Grusin Chart History (Top Contemporary Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  3. "Dave Grusin US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
  4. "1989 Academy Awards". Oscars. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  5. "1989 Golden Globe Awards". Golden Globe. Retrieved September 5, 2020.