Danny Grissett
Piano (Jazz & Popular Music)
Artistic & Pedagogical Education
- Certificate of Completion, Thelonius Monk Institute, 2001
- Master of Fine Arts Jazz Keyboard Performance, California Institute for the Arts, 2000
- Bachelor of Arts Music Education, California State University Dominguez Hills, 1998
Teaching Experience
- Teacher at the JAM MUSIC LAB Private University for Jazz and Popular Music & at the Friedrich Gulda School of Music since 2014.
- Prince Claus Conservatory, Groningen, Netherlands, Artist in Residence, jazz piano lessons, ensemble coaching, masterclasses in composition and improvisation 2020, 2021, 2022
- Paekche Institute for the Arts, Seoul Korea, improvisation workshop, 2015
- JazzInty International Music Workshop, Slovenia, jazz piano teaching, R&B/soul ensemble conducting, Rhythm Section Master Class, 2012 & 2014.
- New School University, New York, adjunct professor, jazz piano instruction, 2005 - 2012.
- Eastman School of Music, New York, artist in residence, jazz piano instruction, ensemble supervision, 2011
- California State University Dominguez Hills, jazz ensemble director, 2001 - 2003
Discography
- Lukas Oravec Quartet, Moving Spirit, 2021
- Anne Mette Iversen, Racing a Butterfly, BJU Records, 2020
- Pee Wee Ellis, In My Ellingtonian Mood, Minor Music Records, 2018
- Anne Mette Iversen, Roundtrip, BJU Records, 2017
- Danny Grissett, Remembrance, Savant, 2017
- Tom Harrell Quartet, Moving Picture, Highnote, 2017
- Steve Nelson, Brothers Under the Sun, Highnote, 2016
- Danny Grissett, The In Between, Criss Cross, 2015
- Danny Grissett, Stride, Criss Cross, 2011
- Danny Grissett, Form, Criss Cross, 2009
- Danny Grissett, Encounters, Criss Cross, 2007
- Danny Grissett, Promise, Criss Cross, 2005
Miscellaneous
- Member of the band, featured soloist/Big Band RTS, Belgrade Serbia, 2018
- Member of the band, piano/Tom Harrell, 2004 - 2022
- Member of the band, piano/Vanessa Rubin 2003 - 2023