Successful film music is designed to enhance rather than dominate a scene, and thus many soundtrack albums, when removed from the context of the movie, are little more than nice background music.

Brothers Dave Grusin and Don Grusin played a piano duet at Macky Auditorium on Wednesday as part of the Conference on World Affairs. Dave Grusin has composed scores for films and television and has ...

Oscar-winning composer, Grammy-winning arranger, jazz pianist and bandleader, pioneer in the digital recording world: Dave Grusin could retire on his laurels. But at 86, he’s itching to get back on ...

Pianist Dave Grusin built much of his reputation composing and playing scores for movies like On Golden Pond during the 1970s and '80s. His latest album is, depending on your point of view, either a ...

The title of the just-completed documentary “Dave Grusin: Not Enough Time” reflects the subject’s lament that there aren’t enough hours in the day or days in the year for all the music that needs to ...

Keyboardist and composer Dave Grusin remembered his first encounter with guitarist Lee Ritenour. “I met Lee when he was nineteen, playing guitar with Sérgio Mendes,” he told Pasatiempo in a phone call ...

Film composer Dave Grusin performs selections from his vast library of original scores. Legendary Grammy and Oscar winning film composer Dave Grusin performs selections from his vast library of ...

Oscar-winning composer, Grammy-winning arranger, jazz pianist and bandleader, pioneer in the digital recording world: Dave Grusin could retire on his laurels. But at 86, he’s itching to get back on ...