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b. 24 June 1932, Basel, Switzerland. Gruntz initial attracted attention on the 1958 Newport Jazz Event, where he made an appearance like a pianist using the Marshall Dark brown International Youth Music group (which also included Dusko Goykovich). In the first 60s he caused many leading American jazzmen, including Dexter …

George Gruntz’s Concert Jazz Music group, an orchestra that emphasized originals by bandmembers (both former and present) as well as the leader’s agreements, was perhaps one of the most stimulating of most jazz big rings, with a brief history spanning several decades. Gruntz, an excellent pianist, performed locally in Switzerland …