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Jerry Granelli
Jerry Granelli at the Tales of Charlie Brown 2016<be />Spatz Theater in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Jerry Granelli at the Tales of Charlie Brown 2016<be />Spatz Theater in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Background information
Birth nameGerald John Granelli
Born(1940-12-30)December 30, 1940
San Francisco, California, U.S.
DiedJuly 20, 2021(2021-07-20) (aged 80)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentDrums

Gerald John "Jerry" Granelli (December 30, 1940 – July 20, 2021) was an American-born Canadian jazz drummer. He was best known for playing drums on the soundtrack A Charlie Brown Christmas with the Vince Guaraldi Trio.

Early life

Granelli was born in the Mission District of San Francisco[1] on December 30, 1940.[2] Both his father and uncle played the drums and were passionate about jazz. Granelli initially learned the violin for a year, before switching to drums.[1][3] He was consequently involved with the city's hard bop scene from a young age. A day spent with drummer Gene Krupa in 1948 informed his passion for percussion and eventually led to him studying with Joe Morello.[4][5]

Career

Granelli recorded and toured with the Vince Guaraldi trio during the 1960s,[4] appearing on Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete and Friends and A Charlie Brown Christmas. Granelli was only paid $120 for the recording session of A Charlie Brown Christmas, and never received any royalties from the television special or its soundtrack.[6] The soundtrack went on to become a triple-platinum award winning album.[7]

Granelli also acted as a session drummer during this period. Among his many sessions was the recording of the Sylvia Tyson penned "You Were On My Mind" by folk group We Five, which won a Grammy award in 1965 for Best Performance by a Vocal Group. Later in the decade, he joined the Denny Zeitlin trio with Charlie Haden.[8]

From the 1990s until his death, Granelli lived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, becoming a Canadian citizen in 1999. In 2010, he released his first solo album, 1313.[9] Granelli toured jazz festivals and holiday venues with his one-man show Tales of a Charlie Brown Christmas, which retells the three-hour recording session in 1965 that culminated in the timeless Christmas classic.[7]

Granelli taught master classes on jazz composition at Vancouver Community College.[10]

Personal life

Granelli suffered a fall in December 2020 that resulted in internal bleeding. He spent two months recuperating in an intensive care unit before being discharged. He died seven months later on the morning of July 20, 2021, at his home in Halifax. He was 80, and hosted a workshop for the Halifax Jazz Festival two days before his death.[11][12]

Discography

With the Vince Guaraldi Trio
With Jane Ira Bloom

Selected

  • Sound Songs (JMT/Winter & Winter, 1986)[15]
  • As Tears Go By & Some More Songs (Jazzwerkstatt, 1987)[15]
  • Koputai (ITM, 1988)[15]
  • One Day at a Time (Koch, 1990)[15]
  • A Song I Thought I Heard Buddy Sing (ITM, 1992)[15]
  • Another Place (Intuition, 1994)[15]
  • News from the Street (Intuition, 1995)[15]
  • Broken Circle (Intuition, 1996)[15]
  • Enter, a Dragon (Songlines, 1998)[15]
  • Forces of Flight (Select, 1999)[15]
  • Crowd Theory (Songlines, 1999)[15]
  • Iron Sky (Love Slave, 2001)[15]
  • The Only Juan (Love Slave, 2002)[15]
  • Sandhills Reunion (Songlines, 2005)[15]
  • 1313 (Divorce, 2010)[15]
  • Music Has Its Way with Me (Traumton, 2000)[15]
  • What I Hear Now (Addo, 2015)[15]
  • Dance Hall (Justin Time, 2017)[15]
  • Plays Vince Guaraldi & Mose Allison (RareNoiseRecords, 2020)[15]

References

  1. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "Jerry Granelli – Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  2. ^ "Jerry Granelli UFB – Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  3. ^ Bruyninckx, Walter (1980). 60 Years of Recorded Jazz 1917–1977. W. Bruynninckx. p. G-464.
  4. ^ a b Bang, Derrick (2012). Vince Guaraldi at the Piano. McFarland. p. 114. ISBN 9780786490745.
  5. ^ Bilawsky, Dan. "Jerry Granelli Honors Vince Guaraldi And Mose Allison". JazzTimes. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  6. ^ Robins, Marks (September 16, 2019) Jerry Granelli Tells Tales of a Charlie Brown Christmas.
  7. ^ a b Tales of a Charlie Brown Christmas. www.vancouverpresnts.com.
  8. ^ Wong, Herb; Fingerote, Paul Simeon (2016). Jazz on My Mind. McFarland. p. 177. ISBN 9780786496402.
  9. ^ Galloway, A. Scott. "Bio". Jerry Granelli. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  10. ^ "Jerry Granelli » Vancouver master class jazz Jerry Granelli". Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  11. ^ Lau, Rebecca (July 20, 2021). "Iconic jazz drummer Jerry Granelli passes away in Halifax, aged 80". Global News. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  12. ^ "Jazz drummer Jerry Granelli dies peacefully in Halifax at age 80". CTV News. July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  13. ^ a b c d e "Jerry Granelli – Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  14. ^ "From All Sides". Concord. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Jerry Granelli – Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 June 2021.


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