Danny Grissett

 ( Dannygrissett.com Official Website ) 

Danny Grissett (born 1975) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.

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Early life Grissett was born in Los Angeles in 1975. He first played the piano at the age of five, taking classical music lessons. He graduated with a B.A. in Music Education from California State University, Dominguez Hills, then completed a two-year master's degree in jazz performance in 2000 at the California Institute of the Arts followed by studies at the Thelonious Monk Institute at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music.

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Later life and career

After playing around Los Angeles he moved to New York City in 2003. He became trumpeter Nicholas Payton's keyboardist early the following year, and has been a regular member of trumpeter Tom Harrell's band since 2005. Grissett released his first album as a leader in 2006, on the Criss Cross label, for whom he has continued to record. Promise and his following album, Encounters, were trio recordings with Vicente Archer (bass) and Kendrick Scott (drums). His next album, Form, from 2008, added saxophonist Seamus Blake, trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, and trombonist Steve Davis to the trio.

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Playing style

A Down Beat reviewer in 2010 commented that Grissett employed "strategies drawn from Mulgrew Miller, Herbie Hancock and Sonny Clark to tell cogent stories that carry his own harmonic and rhythmic signature."

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Discography

An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.

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As leader/co-leader

2005	Promise	Criss Cross	Trio, with Vicente Archer (bass), Kendrick Scott (drums)
2007	Encounters	Criss Cross	Trio, with Vicente Archer (bass), Kendrick Scott (drums)
2008	Form	Criss Cross	Sextet, with Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet), Steve Davis (trombone), Seamus Blake (tenor sax), Vicente Archer (bass), Kendrick Scott (drums)
2011	Stride	Criss Cross	Trio, with Vicente Archer (bass), Marcus Gilmore (drums)
2015	The In-Between	Criss Cross	Quartet, with Walter Smith III (tenor sax), Vicente Archer (bass), Bill Stewart (drums)
2017?	Remembrance	Savant	Quartet, with Dayna Stephens (tenor sax, soprano sax), Vicente Archer (bass), Bill Stewart (drums)

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As sideman

2003		Mr. Wizard	HighNote Records
2006		Ends and Means	HighNote
2006		Gifts and Givers	Criss Cross
2006		Light On	HighNote
2006*		This Is My House	Okapi
2007		November	Max Jazz
2007		Early Songs	Criss Cross
2007		I'm Still Here	Atelier Sawano
2008		Generations	55
2008		Prana Dance	HighNote
2008*		Best of the West	Brooklyn Jazz Underground
2009		Roman Nights	HighNote
2009		Men of Honor	HighNote
2010		The Talented Mr. Pelt	HighNote
2010		The Time of the Sun	HighNote
2011		Number Five	HighNote
2011		Soul	HighNote
2011*		Milo Songs	Brooklyn Jazz Underground
2011*		40th Day	Equinox Music & Entertainment
2012*		Come a Little Closer	Universal
2014*		So Many Roads	Brooklyn Jazz Underground
2014*		Rush	Brooklyn Jazz Underground
2015*	Tom Harrell	First Impressions	HighNote
2015*		Dameronia With Strings	Equinox Music & Entertainment
2016*	Jeremy Pelt	#Jiveculture	HighNote
2016*	Anne Mette Iversen	Round Trip	Brooklyn Jazz Underground
2016*	Rale Micic	Night Music	Whaling City Sound
2017*	Tom Harrell	Moving Picture	HighNote
2018*	Pee Wee Ellis	In My Ellingtonian Mood	Minor Music
2019*		The Barcelona Sessions	Fresh Sound New Talent

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External links

• An extended analysis of a Grissett performance

Categories: Dannygrissett.com Official Website, 1975 Births, American Jazz Pianists, American Male Jazz Pianists, California Institute Of The Arts Alumni, California State University, Dominguez Hills Alumni, Jazz Musicians From California, Living People, 21st-century American Pianists, 21st-century American Male Musicians, The New Jazz Composers Octet Members, Criss Cross Jazz Artists

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