GRP All-Star Big Band is a jazz album by the big band of the same name.[1] The album was nominated for the Best Large Jazz Ensemble Recording at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards.[2]

The band was assembled in celebration for the tenth anniversary of GRP Records and featured the top musicians of the label.[3] The album itself was recorded and mixed over a two day session and filmed for the accompanying video directed by Ed Libonati.[4]

GRP All-Star Big Band
Studio album by
the GRP All-Star Big Band
Released1992
RecordedJanuary 12, 1992
StudioOcean Way Recording (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length71:56
LabelGRP
ProducerDave Grusin, Larry Rosen
GRP All-Star Big Band chronology
GRP All-Star Big Band
(1992) 		Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Star Big Band Live!
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Airegin"Sonny Rollins5:14
2."Blue Train"John Coltrane4:39
3."Donna Lee"Charlie Parker4:18
4."Maiden Voyage"Herbie Hancock6:37
5."Sister Sadie"Horace Silver6:54
6."The Sidewinder"Lee Morgan6:43
7."Seven Steps To Heaven"Miles Davis, Victor Feldman6:03
8."I Remember Clifford"Benny Golson5:36
9."Footprints" (CD bonus track)Wayne Shorter6:58
10."Manteca"Dizzy Gillespie7:00
11."'Round Midnight" (CD bonus track)Thelonious Monk7:04
12."Spain"Chick Corea, Joaquín Rodrigo5:19

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Yanow, Scott (1992). "GRP All-Star Big Band Review". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Grammy (1992). "1992 Grammy Winners: 35th Annual Grammy Awards". The Recording Academy.
  3. ^ Feather, Leonard (June 14, 1992). "Variable Results From GRP's Big-Band All-Stars". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  4. ^ Droney, Maureen (2003). Mix Masters: Platinum Engineers Reveal Their Secrets for Success. Berklee Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-876390-19-1. OCLC 52874766.
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