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Justin Grinnell

About Me

www.justingrinnell.com
Justin Grinnell is an acoustic and electric bassist, composer, and improviser. Based in San Diego, Justin performs regulary with some of the city's most well-known jazz artists. Justin is currently involved in a variety of projects, many of which can be seen performing on a regular basis around San Diego.
ARC Trio
pianist rick helzer, bassist justin grinnell, and drummer nathan hubbard strattle the worlds of post-bop and improvised music. in november 2006, the arc trio released their debut cd, triptych mirror, on the circumvention label.
Danny Green Trio/Quartet
pianist danny green, bassist justin grinnell, drummer dylan savage, and saxophonist tripp sprague, perform contemporary brazilian and latin jazz. the danny green trio/quartet recently finished recording their debut cd, with you in mind.
Monsoon
vocalist and trombonist dave scott, saxophonist bill shreeve, pianist irving flores, bassist justin grinnell, and drummer kevin koch specialize in creating original music with funky grooves. monsoon recently released their debut cd, global cool. monsoon performs at croce's jazz bar every monday night in downtown san diego.
Yavaz
percussionist and bandleader nelson ortiz, guitarist barry bedore, pianist jay jay lim, saxophonist bill shreeve, bassist justin grinnell, and drummer drew yantis perform latin jazz at croce's jazz bar every friday night in downtown san diego.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 22/04/2006
Band Website: www.justingrinnell.com
Band Members:

Panic Nap (Danny Green)
- Danny Green (pno)
- Tripp Sprague (ts)
- Justin Grinnell (eb)
- Dylan Savage (dr)

Circular Reasoning (Justin Grinnell)
- Jason Robinson (ts)
- Melonie Sacalamitao (pno)
- Justin Grinnell (cb)
- Nathan Hubbard (dr)

Moontrane (Woody Shaw)
- Scott Kyle (trb)
- Tripp Sprague (ts)
- Rick Helzer (pno)
- Justin Grinnell (cb)
- Duncan Moore (dr)

Song to John (Stanley Clarke)
- Jason Robinson (ts)
- Melonie Sacalamitao (pno)
- Justin Grinnell (eb)
- Nathan Hubbard (dr)

It's What You Do (Justin Grinnell)
- Rick Helzer (pno)
- Justin Grinnell (cb)
- Nathan Hubbard (dr)

justingrinnell.com
Influences:
cannonball adderley, ben allison, scott amendola, ray brown, ron carter, paul chambers, billy childs, stanley clarke, avishai cohen, ornette coleman, john coltrane, chick corea, miles davis quintet, mark dresser, bill evans, herbie hancock, roy haynes, rick helzer, joe henderson, fred hersch, dave holland, keith jarrett, scott lafaro, jason lindner, bob magnussen, christian mcbride, bobby mcferrin, brad mehldau, pat metheny, charles mingus, thelonious monk, moutin reunion quartet, jaco pastorius, oscar peterson, jean-michel pilc, sonny rollins, maria schneider, john scofield, wayne shorter, horace silver, bert turetzky, weather report, kenny werner

Sounds Like:

JUSTIN GRINNELL TRIO
When It Rains (B.Mehldau)

DANNY GREEN QUINTET
Tempestade (C.Pinheiro)

ARC TRIO
Manic! Manic!! Manic!!! (R.Helzer)

Type of Label: Major

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