Migration (Dave Grusin album) explained

Migration
Type:	studio
Artist:	Dave Grusin
Cover:	Dave_Grusin_Migration_1989_Album.png
Recorded:	1989
Studio:	Sunset Sound (Hollywood, California) Record Plant (Los Angeles, California) Smoketree Ranch (Chatsworth, California) Clinton Recording Studios (New York City, New York)
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	GRP
Producer:	Dave Grusin, Larry Rosen
Prev Title:	The Fabulous Baker Boys
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	Havana
Next Year:	1990

Migration is an album by American pianist Dave Grusin released in 1989, recorded for the GRP label. The album reached No. 1 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart.

"The Suite from the Milagro Beanfield War" (tracks 10–14) received the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Arrangement of an Instrumental.^[1] Grusin's music from the movie The Milagro Beanfield War was also a 1989 Academy Award winner,^[2] and a 1988 Golden Globe nominee for Best Original Score.^[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Dave Grusin; except where indicated

1. "Punta Del Soul" – 5:51
2. "Southwest Passage" – 5:49
3. "First Time Love" (Harvey Mason, Dave Grusin) – 4:05
4. "Western Women" (Don Grusin) – 4:58
5. "Dancing in the Township" – 6:06
6. "Old Bones" – 6:15
7. "In the Middle of the Night" – 5:52
8. "T.K.O." (Marcus Miller) – 5:47
9. "Polina" (Hugh Masekela) – 6:55

Suite from the Milagro Beanfield War:

1. "Lupita" – 1:08
2. "Coyote Angel" – 3:29
3. "Pistolero" – 1:47
4. "Milagro" – 2:35
5. "Fiesta" – 2:24

Personnel

• Dave Grusin – keyboards, arrangements and conductor (10-14)
• Don Grusin – additional synthesizer programming
• Carlos Rios – guitars (6, 7)
• Marcus Miller – bass (1, 5, 8, 9)
• Abraham Laboriel – bass (2-4, 6, 10-14)
• Omar Hakim – drums (1, 5, 8, 9)
• Harvey Mason – drums (2-4, 6, 10-14)
• Michael Fisher – percussion (1-8, 10-14)
• Branford Marsalis – soprano saxophone (1), tenor saxophone (5, 8)
• Hugh Masekela – flugelhorn (5, 9)
• Gerald Vinci – concertmaster (10-14)

Production

• Larry Rosen – executive producer
• Dave Grusin – executive producer, producer, digital mixing
• Don Murray – recording, digital mixing
• Ed Rak – recording
• David Glover – additional recording
• Troy Haiderson – recording assistant
• Mike Kloster – recording assistant
• Dave Knight – recording assistant
• Jim Mitchell – recording assistant
• Tom Nellen – recording assistant
• BrIan Soucy – recording assistant
• Bob Salcedo – mix assistant
• Robert Vosigen – digital editing at CMS Digital (Pasadena, California)
• Wally Traugott – mastering at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California)
• Suzanne Sherman – production coordinator
• Andy Baltimore – creative director, graphic design
• Lee Corey – graphic design
• David Gibb – graphic design
• Andy Ruggirello – graphic design
• Dan Serrano – graphic design
• Eric Meoia – front cover photography
• Claudia Thompson – back cover photography

External links

• Dave Grusin-Migration at Discogs
• Dave Grusin-Migration at AllMusic

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=dave-grusin-mn0000684920/awards|pure_url=yes}} Dave Grusin US albums chart history]. allmusic.com. 2013-03-09.
2. Web site: 1989 Academy Awards . Oscars . 5 September 2020 .
3. Web site: 1989 Golden Globe Awards . Golden Globe . 5 September 2020 .