George Gruntz

He died at the age of 80 in January 2013.

• Name — George Gruntz • Born — 24 June 1932 • Birthplace — Basel, Switzerland • Died — 10 January 2013 • Place of death — Basel, Switzerland • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — Musician • Instrument — Piano, keyboards • Years Active — 1950s–2000s • Label — Enja, TCB

• Year recorded — Title — Label — Personnel/Notes • 1960 — Mental Cruelty: The 1960 Jazz soundtrack — Decca, Atavistic — released 1960, almost immediately withdrawn by the record company due to unresolved legal issues. Finally reissued in 2003 by Atavistic. • 1964 — Bach Humbug! Or Jazz Goes Baroque — Quintet • 1964 — Jazz Goes Baroque • 1965 — Jazz Goes Baroque 2 – The Music of Italy • 1967 — Noon in Tunisia • 1967 — Drums and Folklore: From Sticksland with Love • 1968 — Saint Peter Power • 1972? — The Band – The Alpine Power Plant • 1973? — 2001 Keys – Piano Conclave • 1974? — Monster Sticksland Meeting Two – Monster Jazz • 1974? — Eternal Baroque • 1976? — The Band (Recorded Live at the Zürich Schauspielhaus) • 1977? — For Flying out Proud • 1977? — Percussion Profiles • 1978? — The George Gruntz Concert Big Band with Elvin Jones • 1980? — Live at the "Quartier Latin" Berlin • 1983 — Theatre — ECM — With big band • 1986? — Living Transition. With Radio Big Band Leipzig • 1987 — Happening Now! — HatHut — With big band (Concert Jazz Band '87) • 1989 — First Prize — Enja — With big band • 1989 — Serious Fun — Enja — Most tracks trio, with Mike Richmond (bass), Adam Nussbaum (drums); one track quartet, with Franco Ambrosetti (flugelhorn) added • 1991? — Blues 'n Dues Et Cetera — Enja • 1992 — Beyond Another Wall — TCB — With big band; in concert • 1992? — Cosmopolitan Greetings — composition for big band, libretto by Allen Ginsberg • 1994 — Big Band Record — Gramavision — Co-led with Ray Anderson (trombone); with big band • 1995 — Mock-Lo-Motion — TCB — Some tracks trio, with Mike Richmond (bass), Adam Nussbaum (drums); some tracks quartet, with Franco Ambrosetti (flugelhorn) added; in concert • 1998 — Liebermann — TCB — With big band • 1998 — Merryteria — TCB — With big band • 1999? — Live at JazzFest Berlin • 2000? — Expo Triangle • 2001 — Global Excellence — TCB — With big band • 2004 — Ringing the Luminator — ACT — Solo piano • 2003? — The Magic of a Flute — With big band, eight singers • 2005 — Tiger by the Tail — TCB — With big band • 2007 — Pourquoi pas? Why Not? — With big band • 2010? — Matterhorn Matters • 2012? — Dig My Trane – Coltrane's Vanguard Years (1961–1962) — with the NDR Bigband and Tom Rainey Main sources: • Illustration — The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, 04.05.2011 in Vienna

• Sins'n Wins'n Funs – Left-cores and Hard-core En-cores, 1981–1990 (Compilation, released 1996) • The MPS Years, 1972–1981 (Compilation, released 1996) • Renaissance Man a.k.a. 30 + 70: The One Hundred Years of George Gruntz, 1961–2000 (Compilation, released 2002)

With Franco Ambrosetti • Close Encounter (Enja, 1979)