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Dave Grusin

1934 - Today

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Robert David Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He has composed many scores for feature films and television and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record work, including an Academy Award and 10 Grammy Awards. Grusin was also a frequent collaborator with director Sydney Pollack, scoring many of his films like Three Days of the Condor (1975), Absence of Malice (1981), Tootsie (1982), The Firm (1993), and Random Hearts (1999). In 1978, Grusin founded GRP Records with Larry Rosen, and was an early pioneer of digital recording. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dave Grusin is the 758th most popular composer (down from 748th in 2019), the 4,091st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,574th in 2019) and the 44th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Dave Grusin ranks 758 out of 1,451. Before him are Manuel Cardoso, Josef Tal, Matthias Weckmann, Isaak Dunayevsky, Franz Lachner, and Nicolas Isouard. After him are Galina Ustvolskaya, Edison Denisov, Charles Tournemire, Goffredo Petrassi, Joseph Weigl, and Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Dave Grusin ranks 201. Before him are Ronald Inglehart, Waldo Machado, Alexandra Ripley, Shirley Jones, Enrique Collar, and Frans Brüggen. After him are Pat Boone, Mahbub ul Haq, Ralph Nader, Nicholas Liverpool, Bernard Chiarelli, and Frankie Valli.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dave Grusin ranks 4,091 out of 20,380. Before him are Marshall Bell (1942), Jackie Cooper (1922), Ty Cobb (1886), Jeannette Rankin (1880), Jo Van Fleet (1915), and Bob Pettit (1932). After him are Rob Lowe (1964), Charles Berlitz (1913), Adrienne Rich (1929), Marilyn Chambers (1952), James Mark Baldwin (1861), and Melissa Gilbert (1964).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Dave Grusin ranks 44. Before him are Jerome Kern (1885), Carmine Coppola (1910), Lee Konitz (1927), Sun Ra (1914), Stephen Sondheim (1930), and Edward MacDowell (1860). After him are Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884), Brian Tyler (1972), Thomas Newman (1955), Harold Arlen (1905), George Crumb (1929), and La Monte Young (1935).

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