The Orchestral Album

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The Orchestral Album
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Studio album by
Released1994
Recorded1994
Genre Jazz
Length63:37
Label GRP
Producer Dave Grusin & Larry Rosen
Dave Grusin chronology
Homage to Duke
(1993)
The Orchestral Album
(1994)
The Cure (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1995)

The Orchestral Album is an album by American pianist Dave Grusin released in 1994, recorded for GRP Records. It contains both original recordings and new arrangements of previously released material. The arrangement of Three Cowboy Songs won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement. [1]

Contents

The Orchestral Album reached No. 10 on Billboard's Jazz chart.

Track listing

All tracks written by Dave Grusin; except where noted

  1. "Cuba Libre" (from Havana ) - 3:30
  2. "Santa Clara Suite: Vayase" (from Havana) - 1:26
  3. "Santa Clara Suite: Miliocia Y Refugios" (from Havana) - 1:45
  4. "Santa Clara Suite Fuego Peligroso" (from Havana) - 0:59
  5. "Santa Clara Suite: Epilogue" (from Havana) - 0:54
  6. "Git Along, Little Doggies" - 4:38
  7. "The Colorado Trail" - 5:03
  8. "Cripple Creek Breakdown" - 5:01
  9. Medely: "Bess You is My Woman/I Loves You Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:50
  10. "Lupita" - 1:09
  11. "Coyote Angel" - 3:29
  12. "Pistolero" - 1:47
  13. "Milagro" - 2:36
  14. "Fiesta" - 2:26
  15. "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" - 4:45
  16. "Summer Sketches" - 12:34
  17. "Condor" (theme from Three Days of the Condor ) - 4:43
  18. "On Golden Pond" - 3:35

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Billboard Jazz Albums [2] 10

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References

  1. "Dave Grusin". GRAMMY.com. 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  2. "Dave Grusin US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.