GRP Records

GRP Records was an American jazz record company, which was founded in New York by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen in 1982. After years of going though different distributors, the label signed with MCA in 1987 which brought out the company three years later. For most of the 1990s, GRP was in charge of MCA's (soon to be renamed Universal Music Group) jazz operations. Founders Grusin and Rosen left in 1994 and was replaced by Tommy LiPuma who revived the Impulse! Records label and begin signing up modern jazz artists. After the mega merger with Polygram, GRP became part of the Verve Music Group and was regulated to being a smooth jazz label, at the same time incorporating the catalog from the deactivated Verve Forecast label that was a part of Polygram. (Verve Forecast was later revived but not as a smooth jazz label)

Related Topics:
American - Jazz - Record company - Dave Grusin - Larry Rosen - MCA - 1987 - 1990s - Universal Music Group - Tommy LiPuma - Impulse! Records - Polygram - Verve Music Group - Smooth jazz - Verve Forecast

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