Migration is an album by American pianist Dave Grusin released in 1989, recorded for the GRP label. The album reached No. 1 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart.
"The Suite from the Milagro Beanfield War" (tracks 10–14) received the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Arrangement of an Instrumental. Grusin's music from the movie The Milagro Beanfield War was also a 1989 Academy Award winner, and a 1988 Golden Globe nominee for Best Original Score.
Contents
Track listing
All tracks composed by Dave Grusin; except where indicated
"Punta Del Soul" – 5:51
"Southwest Passage" – 5:49
"First Time Love" (Harvey Mason, Dave Grusin) – 4:05
"Western Women" (Don Grusin) – 4:58
"Dancing in the Township" – 6:06
"Old Bones" – 6:15
"In the Middle of the Night" – 5:52
"T.K.O." (Marcus Miller) – 5:47
"Polina" (Hugh Masekela) – 6:55
Suite from the Milagro Beanfield War:
"Lupita" – 1:08
"Coyote Angel" – 3:29
"Pistolero" – 1:47
"Milagro" – 2:35
"Fiesta" – 2:24
Personnel
Dave Grusin – keyboards, arrangements and conductor (10–14)
Don Grusin – additional synthesizer programming
Carlos Rios – guitars (6, 7)
Marcus Miller – bass (1, 5, 8, 9)
Abraham Laboriel – bass (2–4, 6, 10–14)
Omar Hakim – drums (1, 5, 8, 9)
Harvey Mason – drums (2–4, 6, 10–14)
Michael Fisher – percussion (1–8, 10–14)
Branford Marsalis – soprano saxophone (1), tenor saxophone (5, 8)
Hugh Masekela – flugelhorn (5, 9)
Gerald Vinci – concertmaster (10–14)
Production
Larry Rosen – executive producer
Dave Grusin – executive producer, producer, digital mixing
Don Murray – recording, digital mixing
Ed Rak – recording
David Glover – additional recording
Troy Haiderson – recording assistant
Mike Kloster – recording assistant
Dave Knight – recording assistant
Jim Mitchell – recording assistant
Tom Nellen – recording assistant
BrIan Soucy – recording assistant
Bob Salcedo – mix assistant
Robert Vosigen – digital editing at CMS Digital (Pasadena, California)
Wally Traugott – mastering at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California)
Suzanne Sherman – production coordinator
Andy Baltimore – creative director, graphic design
Lee Corey – graphic design
David Gibb – graphic design
Andy Ruggirello – graphic design
Dan Serrano – graphic design
Eric Meoia – front cover photography