George Gruntz

Biography

George Gruntz (24 June 1932 – 10 January 2013) was a Swiss jazz pianist, organist, harpsichordist, keyboardist, and composer known for the George Gruntz Concert Big Band and his work with Phil Woods, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Don Cherry, Chet Baker, Art Farmer, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, and Mel Lewis. Gruntz, who was born in Basel, Switzerland, was also an accomplished arranger and composer, having been commissioned by many orchestras and symphonies. From 1972 to 1994, he served as artistic director of JazzFest Berlin. He died at the age of 80 in January 2013.

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Jazz Waltz

  1963

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  Newport Jazz Festival: Live (Unreleased Highlights From 1956, 1958, 1963)

  1982

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  Heart Bop

  1981

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  Close Encounter

  1979

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  The Montreux / Berlin Concerts

  1977

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  New Sound From Italy

  1960

Credited work

428 releases · 87 albums · active 1958–2026

• Performance · 951
• Other credits · 160
• Production · 13
• Engineering · 1

Studios: Montreux Jazz Festival · Tonstudio Bauer · Clinton Recording Studio · MPS-Studio, Villingen

Frequent collaborators

• Various
• Franco Ambrosetti
• Miles Davis
• Jean-Luc Ponty
• The Band (7)
• The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band
• Phil Woods And His European Rhythm Machine
• Hanns Dieter Hüsch

Around the web

• Wikipedia