GRP Records is an American jazz record company that was founded in New York by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen in 1982. They had previously been making records (1978-82) under a production arrangement with Clive Davis at Arista known as Arista GRP. Embracing an all-digital recording philosophy, they became the first label to release all of their titles on compact disc. Dave Grusin's 'Mountain Dance' was the first digitally recorded album outside of classical music. For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... The record industry (or recording industry) is the industry that manufactures and distributes mechanical recordings of music. ... David Grusin (born June 26, 1934 in Littleton, Colorado) is a jazz pianist, composer, and arranger whose works in films and TV have garnered him numerous awards. ... Larry Rosen can refer to: Lawrence Rosen, lawyer, specialized in technology-related intellectual property issues. ...

Brief history

After years of going though different distributors, the label signed with MCA in 1987 who acquired the company three years later. For most of the 1990s, GRP was in charge of MCA's (soon to be renamed Universal Music Group) jazz operations. The Music Corporation of America was a United States based corporation in the music business. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry. ...

Founders Grusin and Rosen left in 1995 and were replaced by Tommy LiPuma who revived the Impulse! Records label and begin signing modern jazz artists. After the mega merger with PolyGram, Universal assigned GRP its own series of labels (commonly known as groups) amongst them Verve Records. GRP decided to keep the Verve name and called its group of compnaies the Verve Music Group and was relegated to being a smooth jazz label, at the same time incorporating the catalog from the deactivated Verve Forecast and Blue Thumb labels that was a part of PolyGram and ABC. (Verve Forecast was later revived but not as a smooth jazz label.) Tommy LiPuma is an American music producer. ... Impulse! Records is an American based jazz record label, originally launched in 1960 by Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records in New York City. ... PolyGram was the name from 1972 of the major label recording company started by Philips as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. ... Verve Records is an American Jazz record label, founded by Norman Granz in 1956, which absorbed the catalogues of his earlier labels: Norgran Records and Clef Records (founded 1953). ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Verve Records is an American Jazz record label, founded by Norman Granz in 1956, which absorbed the catalogues of his earlier labels: Norgran Records and Clef Records (founded 1953). ... Blue Thumb Records was an American record label founded in 1968 by Bob Krasnow, along with former A&M Records executives Tommy Lipuma and Don Graham. ...

Notable artists who recorded for GRP

• Mindi Abair
• Acoustic Alchemy
• Patti Austin
• David Benoit
• George Benson
• Angela Bofill
• Brecker Brothers
• Michael Brecker
• Tom Browne
• Gary Burton
• Larry Carlton
• Chick Corea
• The Crusaders
• Will Downing, early recordings with Verve Forecast
• Kevin Eubanks
• Dizzy Gillespie
• GRP All-Star Big Band
• Dave Grusin
• Don Grusin
• B.B. King
• Kenny Kirkland
• Earl Klugh
• Diana Krall, early recordings with GRP, later recorded with Impulse! and now Verve
• Ramsey Lewis
• The Rippingtons
• Lee Ritenour
• Arturo Sandoval
• Jerald Daemyon
• Sergio Salvatore
• Diane Schuur
• Spyro Gyra
• Dave Weckl
• Yellowjackets

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Meaning of GRP

The company's name has had different meanings. In its early days, it stood for "Grusin/Rosen Productions", after the founders. By the mid-1990s, after Grusin and Rosen left the company, GRP became "Great Records Period". Both are rarely used today, the company is now know as "GRP Records".

See also

• List of record labels

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External link

• Official GRP Records site