Dave Grusin - The Many Moods of Dave Grusin. Piano, Strings and Moonlight (2015)

Tracklist

01. Love Is Here to Stay
02. Fly Me to the Moon
03. My Funny Valentine
04. What Is This Thing Called Love
05. The More I See You
06. Autumn Leaves
07. What Is There to Say
08. Sara Jane
09. The Party's Over
10. Here's That Rainy Day
11. You Don't Know What Love Is
12. When Your Lover Has Gone



One of the reasons for the success of this 1962 album is the excellence of Dave Grusins arrangements for eleven violins, two violas, two cellos, bass and drums. While making this album, Dave says, I saw no reason why nice harmonic changes could not be played by strings. I saw no reason why the string writing could not be a little more complicated than it usually is for albums of this type. And with the freedom Bob [Robert Mersey, the albums producer] gave me, I wrote and played exactly what I wanted. Mersey observes that with Daves arrangements, the strings simply become an extension of the piano. In this album Grusin showed that he has a deft, sensitive touch, inventiveness and exceptionally good taste.

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