"Dave Grusin is a pianist, keyboardist, arranger, record producer, and cofounder of GRP Records who likes the title "solo artist" least. Winner of a Grammy Award for best instrumental arrangement on the album Harlequin in 1985 and an Oscar for the motion picture score The Milagro Beanfield War in 1989, he told Scott Yanow in Down Beat, "I still don't think of myself as a performer. I don't have a burning desire to go out and play before people. I do it occasionally to try to spread the word about my records, but basically I've never felt like a performer. I much prefer the creative process in the studio, the writing and the recording."" - Musician Guide, Marjorie Burgess