Dave Grusin - Subways Are For Sleeping / Piano, Strings And Moonlight (2021)

Eighty-six years old at this writing, American composer, arranger, producer and pianist Dave Grusin has composed many scores for feature films and television, won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record work – including an Academy Award and ten Grammy Awards – and is the co-founder of GRP Records. Presented here in their entireties are Grusin’s first and second LPs as a leader, A Jazz Version of the Broadway Hit Subways Are for Sleeping (Epic LN- 3829) and Piano, Strings and Moonlight: The Many Moods of Dave Grusin (Epic BN-26023). The former, recorded in a trio format with bassist Milt Hinton and drummer Don Lamond, focuses on selections from the Broadway musical Subways Are for Sleeping. The latter is a collection of standards (plus the original tune “Sara Jane”) and features the trio (with Ossie Johnson on drums replacing Lamond) with the addition of strings arranged and conducted by Grusin himself.

Tracklist
01. I'm Just Taking Time
02. Ride Through The Night
03. Now I Have Someone
04. When You Help A Friend Out
05. Getting Married
06. How Can You Describe A Face
07. Who Knows What You Might Have Been
08. I Said It And I'm Glad
09. Come Once In A Lifetime
10. Love Is Here To Stay
11. Fly Me To The Moon
12. My Funny Valentine
13. What Is This Thing Called Love
14. The More I See You
15. Autumn Leaves
16. What Is There To Say
17. Sara Jane
18. The Party's Over
19. Here's That Rainy Day
20. You Don't Know What Love Is
21. When Your Lover Has Gone