![]() ![]() ![]() Although I had listened to these songs hundreds of times, it wasn’t until I heard Dave’s arrangements that I truly heard them. I remember the first time that I heard his arrangement to The Water is Wide and Shenandoah from his Two Worlds album. Year after year along with whatever endeavor he might be involved with, he has continued to add his unique touch to classic songs. The crafting of the unique rhythm arrangements, which worked so seamlessly with the rich strings, on songs such as So Many Stars and The Look of Love guaranteed that those records were going to be grooved out in a very short time at my house. The first time I personally became aware of Dave’s talent was listening to those great Sergio Mendes records like Crystal Illusion and Fool on the Hill. Through his career he has added his touch to Quincy’s albums such as Body Heat and I Heard That. During this time he began to record his own albums for Columbia and Epic and many are considered classics such as Subways are for Sleeping, Piano, Strings and Moonlight and Kaleidoscope, and at the same time he started doing work with our Advisory Board member, Quincy Jones. He soon moved to Los Angeles and one of his earliest associations was with Andy Williams for whom he acted as music director for his series and pianist for many of his top hits. He has since received honorary degrees from both his Alma madder and also Berkeley. Those honorees have been Earle Hagen, Ray Evans, Ray Charles, Vic Mizzy.Van Alexander, The Sherman Brothers, David Shire and Johnny Mandel.ĭave Grusin has mastered every facet of our profession over the course of his amazing career: consummate arranger and orchestrator, crated songwriter, world-class pianist, gifted composer and even a successful businessman to top it off.ĭave was born into a musical family in Littleton, Colorado, and stayed in his home state to graduate as a piano major from the University of Colorado, before moving to New York to begin graduate work at the Manhattan School of Music. Their achievements will be used as the ultimate standard for future generations of film composers and songwriters. The SCL created the Ambassodor Program five years ago to recognize and acknowledge a select group of composers and lyricists without whose valuable contributions our profession would be less than it is without whose creativity our artistic community would be lacking and without whose gift, our society would be deprived of wonderful music and song expressed by their genius. 2007 SCL Ambassador Presentation to Dave Grusin, excerpted from Dan Foliart’s introductory remarks.
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