cannonball adderley, ben allison, scott amendola, ray brown, ron carter, paul chambers, billy childs, stanley clarke, avishai cohen, ornette coleman, john coltrane, chick corea, miles davis quintet, mark dresser, bill evans, herbie hancock, roy haynes, rick helzer, joe henderson, fred hersch, dave holland, keith jarrett, scott lafaro, jason lindner, bob magnussen, christian mcbride, bobby mcferrin, brad mehldau, pat metheny, charles mingus, thelonious monk, moutin reunion quartet, jaco pastorius, oscar peterson, jean-michel pilc, sonny rollins, maria schneider, john scofield, wayne shorter, horace silver, bert turetzky, weather report, kenny werner
Justin Grinnell is an acoustic and electric bassist, composer, and improviser. Based in San Diego, Justin performs regulary with some of the city's most well-known jazz artists. Justin is currently involved in a variety of projects, many of which can be seen performing on a regular basis around San Diego.
ARC Trio
pianist rick helzer, bassist justin grinnell, and drummer nathan hubbard strattle the worlds of post-bop and improvised music. in november 2006, the arc trio released their debut cd, triptych mirror, on the circumvention label.
Danny Green Trio/Quartet
pianist danny green, bassist justin grinnell, drummer dylan savage, and saxophonist tripp sprague, perform contemporary brazilian and latin jazz. the danny green trio/quartet recently finished recording their debut cd, with you in mind.
Monsoon
vocalist and trombonist dave scott, saxophonist bill shreeve, pianist irving flores, bassist justin grinnell, and drummer kevin koch specialize in creating original music with funky grooves. monsoon recently released their debut cd, global cool. monsoon performs at croce's jazz bar every monday night in downtown san diego.
Yavaz
percussionist and bandleader nelson ortiz, guitarist barry bedore, pianist jay jay lim, saxophonist bill shreeve, bassist justin grinnell, and drummer drew yantis perform latin jazz at croce's jazz bar every friday night in downtown san diego.
Justin, Stoppin' by to say thanks for the myspace hook up. always great to work with you, and I like the music you have featured here.... keep pullin'! see you soon. All the best. Russell
Hey Justin, awesome playing with you the last couple days. You somehow manage to hold that shit down and take it in some- well, "unexpected" places. Let's jam out soon
Hey Justin, I finally got to checking out the ARC Trio samples, and man, that's some great music, congrats! Sorry I am so bad at keeping in touch, and happy new year!
