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GRP Records

GRP Records, founded 1978: jazz artists and albums on the label.

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GRP Records (Grusin-Rosen Productions) is a jazz record label founded by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen in 1978. Distributed by Verve Records, GRP was originally known for its digital recordings that focuses on its jazz genre.

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Artists on GRP Records

Dr. John 1941–2019 · American singer-songwriter (1941-2019) Dave Grusin b. 1934 · American composer, arranger, producer, and pianist Arturo Sandoval b. 1949 · Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer Gary Burton b. 1943 · American vibraphonist Billy Cobham b. 1944 · Panamanian jazz drummer and composer (born 1944) Larry Carlton b. 1948 · American guitarist (born 1948) Tom Scott b. 1948 · American jazz musician (born 1948) John Patitucci b. 1959 · American jazz bassist and composer David Benoit b. 1953 · American jazz pianist, composer and producer (born 1953) Diane Schuur b. 1953 · American jazz musician Brian Culbertson b. 1973 · American musician Spyro Gyra 1974– · American jazz band Dave Weckl b. 1960 · American musician Richard Elliot b. 1960 · Scottish-born American saxophonist The Rippingtons band Omar Hakim b. 1959 · musician Angela Bofill 1954–2024 · American R&B singer (1954–2024) Eric Marienthal b. 1957 · American musician Bernie Williams b. 1968 · Puerto Rican baseball player Tom Browne b. 1954 · American jazz trumpeter Russ Freeman b. 1960 · American jazz guitarist; founder and leader of The… George Howard 1956–1998 · American jazz saxophonist (1956–1988)

Label profile

US label launched by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen as the successor to Arista GRP when their partnership with ended circa November 1982.
Label Code: LC 6713 / LC 06713.
The label's acts included Dave Valentin and jazz-funk trumpeter Tom Browne.

In February 1990, the label's parent company, GRP Records Inc. was sold to MCA and GRP became an MCA label although it had been distributed in the US by MCA from March 1987 onwards.
GRP became known early on for digital recordings and for being one of the first US labels to release its albums on CD, becoming known as .

GRP initially meant Grusin-Rosen Productions. After Grusin and Rosen left the company in 1995, the letters became shorthand for the marketing slogan Great Records Period.

GRP is currently part of the The Verve Music Group and is mostly used for reissues.

Profile from Discogs (CC0)

Albums on GRP Records

The Magic of Ju-Ju 1967 · GRP The Hawk 1979 · GRP Dave Grusin and the NY-LA Dream Band 1982 · Live · GRP Little Big Horn 1983 · GRP Flute Juice 1983 · GRP Night-Lines 1984 · GRP Deedles 1984 · GRP Sundance 1984 · GRP Kalahari 1984 · GRP New Faces 1985 · GRP GRP Live in session 1985 · Live · GRP Harlequin 1985 · GRP Warning 1985 · GRP American Flyers 1985 · GRP Schuur Thing 1985 · GRP Powerplay 1986 · GRP Earth Run 1986 · GRP Breakthrough 1986 · GRP Stéphane Grappelli Plays Jerome Kern 1987 · GRP Picture This 1987 · GRP Portrait 1987 · GRP Streamlines 1987 · GRP Freedom at Midnight 1987 · GRP To Bird With Love 1987 · GRP GRP Super Live in Concert 1988 · Live · GRP Sticks and Stones 1988 · GRP Times Like These 1988 · GRP Festival 1988 · GRP John Patitucci 1988 · GRP Talkin’ ’Bout You 1988 · GRP Flashpoint 1988 · GRP Steppin’ Out 1988 · GRP Every Step of the Way 1988 · GRP Memos From Paradise 1988 · GRP Migration 1989 · GRP Color Rit 1989 · GRP On the Corner 1989 · GRP Rhythm Deep 1989 · GRP Waiting for Spring 1989 · GRP Blackwood 1989 · GRP Love Is Gonna Getcha 1990 · GRP Reunion 1990 · GRP Stolen Moments 1990 · GRP Now You See It... (Now You Don't) 1990 · GRP Sketchbook 1990 · GRP Master Plan 1990 · GRP Them Changes 1990 · GRP Public Access 1990 · GRP Inner Motion 1990 · GRP Nepenthe 1990 · GRP Songs Without Words 1991 · GRP The Gershwin Connection 1991 · GRP After You've Gone 1991 · GRP Flight to Freedom 1991 · GRP Carry On 1991 · GRP Cool Nights 1991 · GRP Snowy Morning Blues 1991 · GRP Mirage 1991 · GRP Keep This Love Alive 1991 · GRP Greenhouse 1991 · GRP