Hometown: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Born in 1940, and now 74, drummer/composer/professor/sound painter, Jerry Granelli, has enjoyed an incomparable career in music from the inside out…way out! He ascended from playing with the great pianist, Vince Guaraldi, at the height of his popularity, while simultaneously exploring Free Jazz on San Francisco’s thriving after hours sets in the early 60s. A pioneer of 60s psychedelic sounds, a sideman on a top 5 pop hit and a session musician for Sly Stone, Granelli is a forward thinking master in the art of music. Since the late 80s, he has recorded over 20 albums as a leader and/or soloist…in jazz and the indefinable beyond. Says Jerry: “This latest recording, What I Hear Now, was me, hearing the sound of Mike Murley and Dani Oore together, two tenors. I began to write. I was playing sessions with a group including Andrew MacKelvie – alto sax, and Andrew Jackson – trombone. All this came two or three years after I formed my first trio with Simon Fisk, on bass, and Dani Oore. I realized that they/we, became the foundation. The trio allows me to create and write for this always-expanding orchestra that has been haunting me for almost 30 years.”