Justin Grinnell

Born: December 15

Justin Grinnell is a San Diego-based freelance jazz bassist and music educator. Justin frequently performs with his own groups and as a sideman. He can be heard performing his own compositions and arrangements on his 2013 debut album, Without You. The album features Justin alongside tenor saxophonist Robby Marshall, pianist Josh Nelson, and drummer Dan Schnelle. Justin is a long- standing member of the Danny Green Trio, a melodic and nimble piano trio featuring Green's original compositions and his creative combination of Modern Jazz, Brazilian Jazz, and Classical influences. Since its inception in 2008, the trio has released five albums: With You In Mind (2009), A Thousand Ways Home (2012), After The Calm (2014), Altered Narratives (2016), and One Day It Will (2018)

Glimpse

By Jennifer Lee

Label: SBE Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: I Caught a Glimpse of Your Soul; Farewell to Comfort; Dave Don't Mind the Rain; Vivid Technicolor Love; If I Only Had a Brain; Serendipity; Warrior, Drop Your Sword; Hold ON; Superhero; Here You Are; Strange and Beautiful

A Pair From Saxophonist David Borgo

by Dan McClenaghan
June 2, 2023

When saxophonist David Borgo is not attending to his teaching duties at UC San Diego (Integrated Studies and Jazz Music of the African Diaspora Programs) he immerses himself in the art of jazz, recording and performing. He has released twelve CDs and he performs regularly in his adopted hometown, San Diego. Writing for All About Jazz, ...

Heard And Seen

By LP And The Vinyl

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: The Lonely Band; Life On Mars; The Fool On The Hill; My One And Only Love; Wonderwall; Everybody Wants To Rule The World; I Can't Help It; Night Waltz; One Hundred Ways; Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise.

The Lonely Band

September 27, 2020

Album: Heard And Seen
By LP And The Vinyl
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2020
Duration: 5:32

LP And The Vinyl: Heard And Seen

by Dan McClenaghan
May 11, 2020

Vocalist Leonard Patton can be heard and seen often in the San Diego County, California area, making his joyful noise. Often, he appears in the company of the Danny Green Trio, one of the jazz world's premier piano trios. The live shows are exhilarating affairs, with Patton--covering everything from Stevie Wonder to Michael Jackson to David ...

LP And The Vinyl

After years of intensive recording projects and concerts for jazz aficionados throughout the U.S., four San Diego-based musicians came together with a purpose: explore the art of song in their own unique way! Renowned jazz, blues and gospel singer Leonard Patton teamed up with the critically acclaimed Danny Green Trio to form LP And The Vinyl. The band��s wide array of influences includes everything from jazz, R&B, and rock, to 80��s and 90��s hits, Brazilian music, and classical music. Blending these sounds together, LP And The Vinyl has created a highly unique and personal approach to music-making that leaves its audiences energized and craving more

Danny Green Trio Plus Strings at Heckscher Park

by Dan Bilawsky
August 6, 2018

Danny Green Trio Plus Strings Chapin Rainbow Stage, Heckscher Park Huntington Summer Arts Festival Huntington, NY August 3, 2018 While Long Island's Huntington Summer Arts Festival doesn't hold status as a jazz feast per se, the music most certainly plays a significant role on its calendar. The not-so-distant past ...

Danny Green Trio at the Lily Pad

by Doug Hall
June 23, 2018

Danny Green Trio The Lily Pad CD Release concert Cambridge, MA June 16, 2018 Acclaimed San Diego pianist and composer Danny Green and his trio, Justin Grinnell and Julien Cantelm performed a set supporting their CD release One Day It Will (2018), at the Lily Pad in Cambridge, Ma. Sat ...

Danny Green Trio Plus Strings: One Day It Will

by Dan McClenaghan
April 7, 2018

Charlie Parker, alto saxophonist/bebop pioneer, got the ball rolling on the adding of strings to jazz. This went down in the late 1947 through 1950, on a pair of releases on Mercury Records introducing the sound of the Yardbird backed by a symphony orchestra. These sets were later compiled by Verve Records and issued in 1995 ...