Artist description The music of Jerry Grant,13 great musicians plus pre-recorded digital audio. Coming full circle from jazz & recording musician to pop-rock composes/arranger to concert composer and composer for television and film, Jerry Grant's new direction in Alternat ive Jazz is a blend of dramatic music,funk,rock and legit techniques to create exciting and dramatic music with energy from the heart and soul.N

Music Style Alternative Jazz (dramatic,symphonic jazz fusion)

Musical Influences Gil Evans, Brecker Bros., Ravel, Bartok, Stravinsky and Barber

Similar Artists TOTO with a big horn section and no vocals, Dave Grusin

Artist History Jerry Grant has scored and supervised or conducted over 500 episodes of television film, contributing scoring to hit series including THE SECRET WORLD OF ALEX MACK, QUANTUM LEAP and HUNTER as well as the feature films HIRED TO KILL, THE NAKED TRUTH and IN THE COLD OF THE NIGHT. Now he is back on the scene with new directions in Alternative Jazz.@ˇˇˇ

Group Members Jerry Grant-composer & conductor, sequencer programming and performance,Indian flute. Phil Feather- alto sax, flute,piccolo, Eng.horn. Glen Garrett- soporano & tenor sax, flute. Jay Mason-baritone sax,flute or John Mitchell-baritone sax,flute,bassoon. Wayne Bergeron- trumpet & flugelhorn.Rick Baptist or John Fumo- trumpet & flugelhorn. Alan Kaplan- trombone. Jim Self or Ross Deroche- tuba,bass trombone, fluba. Alan Steinberger- keyboards. John Goux or Mitch Holder-guitars. Karl Vincent- electric bass. Willie Ornelas- drums. Brad Dutz- percussion. ˇ@t

Instruments 3 saxes, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba/bass trombone, guitar,keyboard,bass,drums, percussion

Albums RUSH HOUR Jerry Grant and L.A.Nujazz Alternative

Press Reviews LALO SCHIFRIN " Truely a fresh voice in jazz composition" PAT WILLIAMS "....every color of the musical rainbow is on display here, the results are highly inventive""Lyôã

Location Los Angeles, CA - USA

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