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GRP Records was home to the greatest jazz records by some of jazz's greatest musicians, including Chick Corea, Dave Grusin and Stephane Grappelli

27/07/2025

Are you a fan of The Beatles?
Check out this brilliant uDiscover guide to jazz versions of famous tracks by the Fab Four.
The article includes an honourable mention for GRP founder Dave Grusin’s version of “Yesterday”.

A tribute to the breadth and depth of The Beatles’ work, there is no shortage of jazz covers taking the group’s songs into new territory.

17/07/2025

Mexican-American bassist Abraham Laboriel López, who was born on 17 July 1947, has played on over 4,000 recordings and soundtracks.
Among his contributions were to Dave Grusin's GRP Records' releases:
Harlequin (1985 ), Live in Session (1985) and Cinemagic (1987).
Read this uDiscover 'Session Musician Spotlight' on Abraham Laboriel.

A tribute to Abraham Laboriel, one of the great session musicians to ever do it. His bass playing can be heard on countless records.

05/07/2025

Remembering a GRP President!
The late Tommy LiPuma, who was born on 5 July 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio, was a celebrated music producer. He received 33 Grammy nominations, five Grammy wins, and his productions sold over 75 million albums.
LiPuma was a former President of GRP Records and later chairman of Verve Records Music.
See this tribute at the Universal Music website uDiscover

Born in Cleveland, he went on to become one of the most respected men in the music business and a brilliant record producer. Tommy LiPuma RIP

29/06/2025

Remembering

Enjoy this wonderful uDiscover tribute to Lalo Schifrin, by Martin Chilton ...

Lalo Schifrin, the prolific composer perhaps best known for the 'Mission: Impossible' theme, has passed away at the age of 93.

26/06/2025

Saluting Dave Grusin!

Happy 91st birthday to the amazing Dave Grusin, who was born on 26 June 1934 in Colorado.
Check out more about his fantastic work with GRP Records in this uDiscover article.

The story of GRP Records goes back to 1976 and the label went on to make an outstanding contribution to jazz over the coming decades.

25/06/2025

Congratulations to pianist Dave Grusin, co-founder of GRP Records.
On 25 June 2023, Grusin - along with saxophone star Charles Lloyd - was honored by the Jazz Foundation of America in a star-packed Hollywood event.
Find out more at uDiscover

Saxophonist Charles Lloyd, pianist Dave Grusin, and executive Clarence Avant have all been honored by the Jazz Foundation of America.

29/05/2025

A Horace Silver classic!
'A Prescription for the Blues', recorded on 29 and 30 May 1997, when Horace Silver was 68, reunited the great piano player with the Brecker brothers, with Randy playing trumpet and Michael Brecker on tenor saxophone.
All nine songs, including 'Doctor Jazz' and 'Brother John and Brother Gene' were composed by Silver. The album was released on the Impulse! Label and GRP Records.
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupBrother John And Brother Gene · Horace SilverA Prescription For The Blues℗ 1997 GRP Records Inc.Released on: 1997...

27/05/2025

Saluting Ramsey Lewis, a GRP artist!
Pianist Ramsey Lewis, who won three Grammy Awards during a distinguished career, died on this day in 2022, aged 87.
In 1992 he recorded the GRP album 'Ivory Pyramid' – and he also recorded five other albums for the label.
Find out more about Lewis in this uDiscover tribute

Jazz piano legend and Chicago icon Ramsey Lewis has died at the age of 87, according to a statement on his page.

25/05/2025

Remembering a GRP legend!
Saluting Larry Rosen, who was born in The Bronx, New York, on 25 May 1940.
The drummer went on to co-found GRP Records. The label was recognised as Billboard magazine's #1 Contemporary Jazz label for five consecutive years. Read more at uDiscover

The story of GRP Records goes back to 1976 and the label went on to make an outstanding contribution to jazz over the coming decades.

12/05/2025

Remembering a GRP artist!
RIP saxophonist David Sanborn, who died on 12 May 2024, aged 78.
As well as playing with pop and rock stars, including Stevie Wonder and David Bowie, he was also a respected jazz sideman.
He recorded regularly for GRP Records, including with the Brecker Brothers and on the 1984 album ‘Dave Grusin, Night-Lines’
Read this uDiscover tribute

Legendary saxophone player David Sanborn, who has played with Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, and more, has died at 78.

16/04/2025

RIP Ahmad Jamal, who died on 16 April 2023 at his home in Ashley Falls, Massachusetts, after succumbing to prostate cancer.
In 1998, Jamal released the GRP album 'Cross Country Tour 1958–1961'
Read this uDiscover tribute

Ahmad Jamal, the Pittsburgh-born jazz pianist known for introducing the world to a softer side of bebop, has passed away.

01/04/2025

‘Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Star Big Band Live!’ is a jazz album from 1993. It featured a version of Dizzy Gillespie’s ‘Manteca’.
Among the highlights is the playing of Michael Brecker’s brother Randy on George Gershwin’s ‘My Man's Gone Now’. This GRP classic is one of the albums that makes the uDiscover feature on the 50 best live albums:

Jazz played in a concert hall or a club is, for many, the pinnacle of the art form. Here are the 50 best live jazz albums of all time.

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