Marty Grosz
One of jazz music's great comedians (his spontaneous monologues are often hilarious), Marty Grosz is a brilliant acoustic guitarist whose chordal solos bring back the sound of Carl Kress and Dick McDonough of the 1930s, while his vocals are very much in the Fats Waller tradition. It took Grosz a long time to get some visibility. He grew up in New York, attended Columbia University, and in 1951 led a Dixieland band with Dick Wellstood that was unrecorded. Based in Chicago, Grosz did record with Dave Remington, Art Hodes, and Albert Nicholas in the 1950s; led sessions of his own in 1957 and 1959 for Riverside and Audio Fidelity; and tried his best to coax Jabbo Smith out of retirement (some of their rehearsals were later released on LP), but was pretty obscure until he joined Soprano Summit (1975-1979). After that association ended, Grosz became a busy freelancer on the classic jazz scene, playing with Dick Sudhalter, Joe Muryani, and Dick Wellstood in the Classic Jazz Quartet, and later heading the Orphan Newsboys, a superb quartet that also includes Peter Ecklund, Bobby Gordon, and bassist Greg Cohen. Marty Grosz, a unique personality, has recorded several delightful sets for Jazzology and Stomp Off.
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Discography
15 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Art Hodes Quintet and Don Ewell Quartet
Jazz - Released by Audiophile on Mar 5, 2016
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The Classic Sessions
Jazz - Released by Arbors Records on Aug 7, 2009
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Soprano Summit
Jazz - Released by Storyville Records on Nov 7, 1976
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Unsaturated Fats
Marty Grosz, Keith Ingham, Paswonky Serenaders
Jazz - Released by Stomp Off Records on Jun 12, 1990
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Donaldson Redux
Keith Ingham, Marty Grosz, Their Hot Cosmopolites
Jazz - Released by Stomp Off Records on Mar 11, 2016
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Left to His Own Devices
Jazz - Released by Jazzology on Dec 15, 2014
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Thanks
Marty Grosz, The Collectors' Item Cats
Jazz - Released by Jazzology on Dec 15, 2014
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Rhythm Is Our Business
Jazz - Released by Sackville on Oct 21, 2003
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Hooray For Bix!
Jazz - Released by Good Time Jazz on Nov 1, 1958
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Keep a Song in Your Soul
Jazz - Released by Jazzology on Dec 15, 2014
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Ring Dem Bells (Remastered & Extended)
Jazz - Released by nagel heyer records on Feb 18, 2021
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