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Personalities of Switzerland - Detail
GRUNTZ, George
Place of birth
Basle
Date of birth
24.06.1932
Place of death
Allschwil
Date of death
10.01.2013
Citizenship
Switzerland
Link to biography
http://www.fonoteca.ch/cgi-bin/oecgi3.exe/inet_jazzbionamedetail?NAME_ID=673.011
Member of the group
FLAVIO AMBROSETTI ALL STARS; FRANCO AMBROSETTI QUARTET; FRANCO AMBROSETTI QUINTET; GEORGE GRUNTZ JAZZ ENSEMBLE; FRANCIS NOTZ SEPTET; KURT WEIL SEXTET; HELEN MERRILL-GEORGE GRUNTZ; SWISS ALL STARS; FRANCO AMBROSETTI QUINTET; BASEL JAZZ ALL STARS; UMBERTO ARLATI QUARTET; THE BAND; FLAVIO AMBROSETTI JAZZ STARS; TRUMPET MACHINE; PHIL WOODS AND HIS EUROPEAN RHYTHM MACHINE; PIANO CONCLAVE; FRANCIS NOTZ SEXTET
Head of the department of winds instruments
THE GEORGE GRUNTZ CONCERT JAZZ BAND; THE GEORGE GRUNTZ CONCERT JAZZ BAND 1983; THE GEORGE GRUNTZ CONCERT JAZZ BAND 1987
Founder of the ensemble
GEORGE GRUNTZ QUINTET; GEORGE GRUNTZ SWISS TRIO; GEORGE GRUNTZ JAZZ GROUP; GEORGE GRUNTZ PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE; GEORGE GRUNTZ DREAM GROUP; GEORGE GRUNTZ AND HIS BOUNCING BILLYS
Activity
Composer; Text writer; Arrangement; Head of the department of winds instruments; Director of the ensemble; Producer; Sound engineer
Musical instrument
Piano; Electric piano; Prepared piano; Fender-Rhodes electric piano; Vibraphone; Synthesizer; Keyboard; Organ; Harpsichord; Accordion
Musical genre
Jazz; Swing; New Jazz; Improvisation; Cool jazz
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