One of a Kind (Dave Grusin album)

One of a Kind
Studio album by Dave Grusin
Released	1977
Recorded	1977
Studio	Electric Lady Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:03
Label	Polydor (1977) GRP (1984)
Producer	Dave Grusin & Larry Rosen
Dave Grusin chronology
Discovered Again! (1976) One of a Kind (1977) The Champ (1979)
1984 Reissue

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One of a Kind is an album by American pianist Dave Grusin released in 1977, recorded for the Polydor label. It was reissued in 1984 by GRP Records.

Track listing

1. "Modaji" (Dave Grusin) - 7:42
2. "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" (Grusin, Peggy Lee) - 6:13
3. "Catavento" (Milton Nascimento) - 4:04
4. "Montage" (Grusin) - 9:20
5. "Playera" (Enrique Granados) - 8:44

Personnel

• Dave Grusin – Fender Rhodes, acoustic piano (2, 4, 5), Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer (2, 4), Minimoog (2, 4), additional percussion (4), percussion (5), arrangements and conductor
• Ed Walsh – Oberheim Polyphonic synthesizer programming
• Francisco Centeno – electric bass (1, 3), additional electric bass (4)
• Anthony Jackson – electric bass (4)
• Ron Carter – double bass (2, 5)
• Steve Gadd – drums (1, 3-5)
• Ralph MacDonald – percussion (1, 3, 4)
• Larry Rosen – triangle (4)
• Grover Washington Jr. – soprano saxophone (1, 5)
• Don Elliot – mellophone (1), backing vocals (1)
• Dave Valentin – flute (3, 4)
• Paul Gershman – string concertmaster
• Gene Bianco – string contractor
• Seymour Barab, David Davis, Peter Dimitriades, Lewis Eley, Max Hollander, Regis Iandiorio, Theodore Israel, Raymond Kunicki, Richard Maximoff, Marvin Morgenstern, Ralph Oxman, Noel Pointer and Paul Winter – string players

Production

• Dave Grusin – producer
• Larry Rosen – producer, recording, mixing
• Michael Frondelli – assistant engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
• Donna Putney – production coordinator
• Gregory Heisler – cover and liner photograph

1984 CD Reissue

• Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
• Josiah Gluck – production supervisor
• Peter Lopez – production coordinator
• Mitchell Funk – photography
• Andy Baltimore – art direction, art design, black and white photography
• Dan Serrano – art design
• Larry Rosen – liner notes

Charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Billboard Jazz Albums	11

External links

• Dave Grusin-One Of A Kind at Discogs