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From 1972 to 1994, he served as artistic director of JazzFest Berlin.[1]He died at the age of 80 in January 2013.[2]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsDiscography[edit]As leader\/co-leader[edit]Compilations[edit]As sideman[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Discography[edit]As leader\/co-leader[edit]Year recordedTitleLabelPersonnel\/Notes1960Mental Cruelty: The 1960 Jazz soundtrackDecca RecordsAtavistic Recordsreleased 1960, almost immediately withdrawn by the record company due to unresolved legal issues. Finally reissued in 2003 by Atavistic.1964Bach Humbug! Or Jazz Goes BaroqueQuintet1964Jazz Goes Baroque1965Jazz Goes Baroque 2 \u2013 The Music of Italy1967Noon in Tunisia1967Drums and Folklore: From Sticksland with Love1968Saint Peter Power1972?The Band \u2013 The Alpine Power Plant1973?2001 Keys \u2013 Piano Conclave1974?Monster Sticksland Meeting Two \u2013 Monster Jazz1974?Eternal Baroque1976?The Band (Recorded Live at the Z\u00fcrich Schauspielhaus)1977?Percussion Profiles1978?The George Gruntz Concert Big Band with Elvin Jones1980?Live at the “Quartier Latin” Berlin1983TheatreECMWith big band1986?Living Transition. With Radio Big Band Leipzig1987Happening NowHatHut1989First PrizeEnjaWith big band1989Serious FunEnjaMost tracks trio, with Mike Richmond (bass), Adam Nussbaum (drums); one track quartet, with Franco Ambrosetti (flugelhorn) added1991?Blues ‘n Dues Et CeteraEnja1992Beyond Another WallTCBWith big band; in concert1992?Cosmopolitan Greetingscomposition for big band, libretto by Allen Ginsberg1994Big Band RecordGramavisionCo-led with Ray Anderson (trombone); with big band1995Mock-Lo-MotionTCBSome tracks trio, with Mike Richmond (bass), Adam Nussbaum (drums); some tracks quartet, with Franco Ambrosetti (flugelhorn) added; in concert1998LiebermannTCBWith big band1998MerryteriaTCBWith big band1999?Live at JazzFest Berlin2000?Expo Triangle2001Global ExcellenceTCBWith big band2004Ringing the LuminatorACTSolo piano2003?The Magic of a FluteWith big band, eight singers[4]2005Tiger by the TailTCBWith big band2007Pourquoi pas? Why Not?With big band[5]2010?Matterhorn Matters2012?Dig My Trane \u2013 Coltrane’s Vanguard Years (1961\u20131962)with the NDR Bigband and Tom RaineyMain sources:[6][7]Compilations[edit]Sins’n Wins’n Funs \u2013 Left-cores and Hard-core En-cores, 1981\u20131990 (Compilation, released 1996)The MPS Years, 1972\u20131981 (Compilation, released 1996)Renaissance Man a.k.a. 30 + 70: The One Hundred Years of George Gruntz, 1961\u20132000 (Compilation, released 2002)As sideman[edit]With Franco AmbrosettiSee also[edit]References[edit]^ a b c Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who’s Who of Jazz (First\u00a0ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp.\u00a0175\/6. ISBN\u00a00-85112-580-8.^ a b “George Gruntz obituary”. The Guardian. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2021.^ “George Gruntz ist tot \u2013 Jazz \u2013 Musik \u2013 Kultur \u2013 Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen”. Srf.ch (in German). 12 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-12.^ Yanow, Scott. “George Gruntz: Grunt, Chotjewitz \u2013 The Magic of a Flute”. AllMusic. Retrieved November 23, 2018.^ Henderson, Alex. “George Gruntz: Pourquoi Pas? Why Not?”. AllMusic. Retrieved November 23, 2018.^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2004). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (7th\u00a0ed.). Penguin. p.\u00a0677. ISBN\u00a0978-0-14-101416-6.^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th\u00a0ed.). Penguin. pp.\u00a0612\u2013613. ISBN\u00a0978-0-141-03401-0.External links[edit]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/george-gruntz-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"George Gruntz – Wikipedia"}}]}]