Music:
Member Since: 02/05/2006
Band Website: (see "Influences" below)
Band Members:
GLENN GROSSMAN GREW UP IN NYC ROCKING OUT TO RECORDS AT AGE 3 AND LEARNING HOW TO READ AT AGE 8. AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE FAMED FIORELLO LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND ART IN NYC,HE THEN ATTENDED FIVE TOWNS MUSIC CONSERVATORY IN SEAFORD LONG ISLAND WHERE HE GRADUATED RECIEVING AN HONORS DEGREE IN PERFORMANCE AND JAZZ/COMMERCIAL MUSIC HARMONY PROGRAM. WHILE AT SCHOOL, HE WAS HIRED BY HIS TEACHERS FOR RECORDING SESSIONS, OFF BROADWAY PITWORK AND LOCAL GIGS. HE ALSO STUDIED AT THE DRUMMERS COLLECTIVE DURING THIS PERIOD WITH KENNWOOD DENNARD,CHARLES PERRY AND BEFRIENDED STEVE GADD AT A MASTER CLASS WHICH LED TO A CONTINUING RELATIONSHIP. HIS CAREER IN NYC LED TO GIGS WITH TALL STORIES( EPIC ), GORDON GAINES, DAVE KIKOWSKI OF STEPS AHEAD AND MANY MANY OTHERS WHILE HONING IN ON HIS RECORDING, WRITING AND PRODUCING SKILLS. AFTER SHOWS WITH BO DIDDLEY, SESSIONS WITH BOB DYLAN, GIGS WITH CHUCK BERRY AND MANY OTHERS, HE HAS CONTINUED TO WORK WITH HIP HOP GREAT BLACKSHEEP, RECORDING AND GIGGING WITH DAVE ARRON (SONY), CO-WRITING AND PRODUCING THE SOON TO BE RELEASED ALBUM BY NAOMI LESS, RECORDING AND GIGGING WITH EMMY AWARD WINNING WRITER FRED SHEHADI, WORKING WITH ROCK BAND MAHAVATAR WHO IS FINISHING THEIR NEXT ALBUM AND HEADLINED THE WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL IN POLAND LAST YEAR. GLENN HAS ALSO RECENTLY RECORDED WITH FAMED KEITH RICHARDS, U2, AND STING ENGINEER DAN GRIGSBY AND ARTIST DAVID BIGLIN ( STEVE HOWE, ART GARFUNKEL), AND HAS GIGGED WITH "THE ROOTS" SINGER RASHEEDA WALLACE WITH PRODUCER/MUSICAL DIRECTOR FATON MACULA AND HE CAN ALSO BE HEARD ON ISRAELI POP STAR SHIRI MAIMON'S LATEST RELEASE ON TWO TRACKS. "ALONE" AND "SIMON".
CHECK THE VID ON MY PAGE. THE TRACK WAS WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY DANNY PIERRE WRITER/PRODUCER FOR JOSS STONE AND ENGINEERED BY THE FAMED STEVE GREENWELL.
GLENN HAS ALSO JUST STARTED A JAZZ THANG FEATURING ANDY GALORE, ANN KLEIN, KAREL RUZICKA AND MAX HAYMER.
GLENN IS CURRENTLY DOING RECORDING SESSIONS AND GIGS IN NYC.
Influences:INFLUENCES:
STEVE GADD, BERNARD PURDIE, DAVE GARIBALDI, TONY WILLIAMS,WAYNE SHORTER,MILES DAVIS, PERRY STREET AL, DJ SHADOW, EARTH WIND AND FIRE, JO JO MAYER, THE BEATLES, CHEAP TRICK,TIMBALAND,STRAVINSKY, CAGE, BACH, MARY J. BLIGE, STEVE WOLF, MARK SCHULMAN, JACO PASTORIOUS,GARY CHAFFEE,SLY STONE,CHICK COREA,MIKE STERN,PHIL AND GRANT STEWART, PINK, BOB MINTZER, JAMES TAYLOR, JAY Z AND A TON OF OTHER EXTREMELY GIFTED PEOPLE. AS LONG AS ITS REAL, I'M WITH IT.
Sounds Like: I HAVE TOURED, PLAYED AND/OR RECORDED WITH:
TALL STORIES (EPIC), THE DRIFTERS, BOB DYLAN, DAVE KIKOWSKI (STEPS AHEAD), CLUREL HENDERSON,JACO PASTORIOUS, BLACK SHEEP, DAVE FIELDS (NYC), MIKE STERN, NIKI JEAN,DEAR LIZA, CHUCK BERRY, BO DIDDLEY, DAVE AARON, MIX KING STEVE SOLA AND JOSS STONE WRITER AND PRODUCER DANNY PIERRE. I HAVE ALSO WRITTEN AND/OR PLAYED ON VARIOUS JINGLES.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FOR PMG PRODUCTIONS
NYC
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie
