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George Gruntz
George Gruntz is credited on 347 releases across 88 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1958–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
347
Pressings credited
88
Albums
8
Decades active
15
In collections
Biography
George Gruntz (24 June 1932 – 10 January 2013) was a Swiss jazz pianist, organist, harpsichordist, keyboardist, and composer known for the George Gruntz Concert Big Band and his work with Phil Woods, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Don Cherry, Chet Baker, Art Farmer, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, and Mel Lewis. Gruntz, who was born in Basel, Switzerland, was also an accomplished arranger and composer, having been commissioned by many orchestras and symphonies. From 1972 to 1994, he served as artistic director of JazzFest Berlin. He died at the age of 80 in January 2013.
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Credited work
347 releases · 88 albums · active 1958–2025
- Performance · 820
- Other credits · 103
- Production · 11
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Tonstudio Bauer · Radio Studio DRS · MPS-Studio, Villingen · Clinton Recording Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Live At Montreux
1993
The Montreux / Berlin Concerts
1977
Jazz Waltz
1963
1986-1991 The Warner Years
2011
The Complete Miles Davis At Montreux 1973-1991
2002
Newport Jazz Festival: Live (Unreleased Highlights From 1956, 1958, 1963)
1982
Heart Bop
1981
Close Encounter
1979
Live At The Schauspielhaus
1976
More Than Meets The Ear
1968
New Sound From Italy
1960
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Franco Ambrosetti
- Jean-Luc Ponty
- Phil Woods And His European Rhythm Machine
- The Band (7)
- The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band
- Hanns Dieter Hüsch
- Gil Cuppini Quintet
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