An evening with Dave Grusin by Jazz Backstage

Featuring: Jon Secada . Patti Austin . Monica Mancini . Gary Burton. Arturo Sandoval . Nestor Torres . Sammy Figueroa . Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra

An Evening with Dave Grusin is available on CD, Blu-ray video discs, and on ROBA Interactive iPad Apps

An Evening with Dave Grusin If you’ve spent any time at all in a movie theater or in front of a TV set during prime time over the past four decades, chances are good you’ve encountered Dave Grusin along the way. In addition to a formidable body of work as a jazz recording artist, this pianist, composer, arranger, and winner of 10 Grammys, an Oscar, has scored some of the most entertaining and enduring films of the past half-century including, The Graduate, Three Days of the Condor, On Golden Pond, Tootsie, The Champ, Milagro Beanfield War, The Firm, and many others. On the small screen, Grusin composed scores and themes for It Takes a Thief, The Bold Ones, Maude, Baretta, St. Elsewhere, and other popular TV series. His jazz recordings have topped the charts for the past three decades. Grusin steps out from behind the scenes of film and television production to take center stage on An Eve ning with Dave Grusin, a groundbreaking live recording that captures him conducting and performing with a host of stars, and backed by the 75-piece Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, Florida, in December 2009. The historic concert features guest performers; Jon Secada, Patti Austin, Monica Mancini, Gary Burton, Arturo Sandoval, Nestor Torres and Sammy Figueroa. An Evening with Dave Grusin is available on CD, Blu-ray Disc and iPad App, and is the latest installment in producer Larry Rosen’s ongoing JAZZ ROOTS Series, a nation-wide program in major performing arts centers that includes educational and outreach programs designed to connect with local community groups and local school districts. For more info see www.jazzroots.net (http://www.jazzroots.net). But there’s more to An Evening with Dave Grusin than meets the ear. Grusin and Rosen, partners in innovation since the days of GRP Records in the 1980s, when they pioneered the launch of CDs in America, once again embrace cutting-edge technology with a new iPad app that connects the user to this historic performance in an exciting, interactive, and unprecedented way. The App is filled with rich multimedia content, including in-depth interviews, music and video clips, producers’ comments, background history, alternate camera angles, and more. The CD, Blu-ray, and photo book, in conjunction with the iPad App gives you the complete Dave Grusin experience – the monumental performance with a brilliant 75-piece orchestra, and an in-depth look at the long and prolific career leading up to it. Now you can touch the music.

“This recording was a great opportunity to revisit some of my previous film work,” says Grusin, “as well as performing music by George Gershwin, and some material from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein, two giants among American composers. And I’m especially fond of the Henry Mancini songs. Hank was a friend of mine, and a mentor who helped so many of us get into the business of film scoring.” This groundbreaking project, which is the first music performance to be simultaneously released on CD, Blu-ray, and iPad App brings together a team of world class experts. The team includes award winning producers Larry Rosen and the legendary Phil Ramone; multi-Grammy winning recording engineers Eric Shilling and Frank Filipetti; Photographer Daniel Azoulay; the Capsule Media video production team; and the cutting edge iPad App development team from ROBA Interactive. For more info see www.robainteractive.com (http://www.robainteractive.com) … as Producer Phil Ramone said, “Welcome to the future of the music biz!” For more information about An Evening with Dave Grusin please visit: www.jazzroots.net (http://www.jazzroots.net/) www.robainteractive.com (http://www.robainteractive.com/) www.miami.edu/frost/index.php/frost (http://www.miami.edu/frost/index.php/frost) www.concordmusicgroup.com/ (http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/) www.wpbt.org (http://www.wpbt.org/) www.jazzbackstage.com (http://www.jazzbackstage.com/)

DAVE GRUSIN

COMPOSER - ARRANGER- PIANIST

ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST TREASURED MUSICIANS

" When I was in college, I knew I wanted to write music. I used to listen to film scores, and I was fascinated by what they did for the picture."

Dave Grusin

"I happen to feel the concert situation is something that will never ever stop. People just crave live music."

Dave Grusin

REHEARSAL AT UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC

Dave Grusin and Shelly Bergg

Larry Rosen & Shelly Berg

"If a kid is trying to play an instrument, it's such a thrill for them to come and hear somebody that they might admire..."

Dave Grusin

REHEARSAL AT THE ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER

Larry Rosen & Dave Grusin

Larry Rosen & Phil Ramone

“ He’s one of the masters.” Jon Secada

“ Dave has an effect on anything he does, because he’s Dave Grusin.” Patti Austin

“ This man is truly an icon.” Nestor Torres

“ How do you describe genius ? ” Monica Mancini

Jon Secada

Patti Austin & Jon Secada

Patti Austin

Gary Burton

Arturo Sandoval

Sammy Figueroaa

Nestor Torres

Carl Griffin & Monica Mancini