GRP Records is an American jazz record company that was founded in New York by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen in 1982.
Previously, the duo had formed Grusin/Rosen Productions as a freelance production team in 1976, making records for labels such as RCA, Blue Note and CTI with artists like Jon Lucien, Noel Pointer, Earl Klugh and Patti Austin. Between 1978-1982, Grusin/Rosen Productions operated under a label agreement with Clive Davis at Arista, whi...
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GRP Records is an American jazz record company that was founded in New York by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen in 1982.
Previously, the duo had formed Grusin/Rosen Productions as a freelance production team in 1976, making records for labels such as RCA, Blue Note and CTI with artists like Jon Lucien, Noel Pointer, Earl Klugh and Patti Austin. Between 1978-1982, Grusin/Rosen Productions operated under a label agreement with Clive Davis at Arista, which was known as Arista/GRP. They achieved success with a number of artists during this period, most notably trumpeter Tom Browne and his jazz-funk hit 'Funkin' for Jamaica'. Embracing an all-digital recording philosophy, GRP made early use of Soundstream's digital recording technology, resulting in Dave Grusin's 'Mountain Dance' (1979), one of the earliest all-digital recordings outside of classical music. Dave Valentin was the first act signed to the label.
In 1982, GRP Records became an independent label. They quickly became one of the first...
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