Keyboardist Don Grusin is the brother of pianist Dave Grusin who founded GRP in the eighties. This label took jazz fusion to a higher level with its extremely tight, but often smooth productions. It was also the cradle of smooth jazz. The Hang is Grusin's all-star band with the musicians of yesteryear who made GRP great. Since it is almost impossible for agenda-technical reasons to get this company
… on one stage, Grusin decided to give only one concert in the United States and to release it immediately on a CD with an accompanying DVD. Where many GRP productions came across as heavily artificial and were known as musicians-for-musicians music, The Hang knows how to avoid this pitfall. Music from all corners of the world is woven into one by musicians who are clearly in their element with this reunion, because the fun is splashing off. (AD)more
