David Grisman Quintet:
DG- mandolin
Jim Kerwin- bass
Matt Eakle- flute
George Marsh- drums
Grant- guitar
Influences
Shakti (The first incarnation: John McLaughlin, L. Shankar, Zakir Hussain, T. H. Vinayakaram, and R. Raghavan) John Coltrane, Claude Debussy, Brad Mehldau, Ross Martin, Tony Rice, J.S. Bach, David Grisman, Andy Statman, Miles Davis, Earth, Wind, and Fire, Chris Thile, Bolivia Colonial Caranavi coffee beans, Sonny Rollins, Bird, Mike Marshall, Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Keith Jarrett, John Hartford, Charlie Provenza, Sam Bush, Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans, Joe Pass, Allison Krauss, Django Reinhardt, Bireli Lagrene, Shostakovich, Cannonball Adderly, Pat Metheny, Wayne Shorter, Ravi Shankar, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Mark O'Connor, Paul Kowert, Hamilton de Holanda, Jim Hall, Stephane Grappelli, Jerry Douglas, The Grateful Dead, Kurt Rosenwinkel, The Allman Brothers, Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Phish, Clarence White, Dexter Gordon, Jaco Pastorius, Eric Dolphy, Russ Barenberg, David Grier, Sly Stone, James Brown, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Clifford Brown, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Gershwin, Buddy Guy, Darol Anger, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Morgan, Paul Simon, Allan Holdsworth, Todd Phillips, Matt Raum, Duke Ellington, Gil Evans, Grupo Niche, Joe Lovano, Vee Device, Ali Akbar Khan, Badi Assad, Lenny Breau, Oscar Peterson, Nadja Solerno-Sonnenberg, Sergio & Odair Assad.
Grant Gordy took up the guitar at the age of 13 in his hometown of Portland, OR. He now calls Denver home and has been a part of the national acoustic music scene for the last several years. He cut his teeth as a working musician playing all kinds of music at all kinds of gigs around Colorado. In 2006 Grant auditioned and was selected for Edgar Meyer's "Porous Borders of Music" workshop in New York City, the culmination of which was a performance at Carnegie Hall, where Grant debuted a number of his compositions. He toured North America in 2008 with Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissoko and the "Africa to Appalachia Project", including dates at the Montreal Jazz Festival and Calgary Folk Festival, and a featured performance on NPR's All Things Considered. Their album won a Juno Award (Canadian Grammy) for Best World Music Record of the Year. Recently Grant has become the newest member of the legendary David Grisman Quintet, which has played all over the country at concert halls and festivals including Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in June 2009. He has shared the stage with such luminaries of the acoustic music world as Mike Marshall, Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck, Darol Anger and of course David Grisman. He is quickly becoming recognized for pushing and blurring the boundaries of acoustic music in his compositions and improvisation, his assimilation of jazz influences, and his exceptional facility with his instrument.
Grant! You have come such a long way! I want to come and see you soon. Cody is going to be in town on Monday I believe. I know he would love to see ya!
Grant, great to see & hear ya out there! Sounds like you're livin' large & lovin' life! Next time you're in Grants Pass, maybe we ALL can get together for some fun & jammin'... Stay healthy & Peace out... Alan
