fans until leaving the label after 2005, where she has become a major star. Founder Dave Grusin did record a tribute album dedicated to the music of the legendary Henry Mancini entitled Two for the Road in 1996 and released in 1997. This would be the 2nd to last album for the label, with Now Playing, a solo piano album dedicated to his music from the films he had composed the music for recorded in 2003 and eventually released in 2004 being his last official release on the label. The label would change its name and moniker to Great Records Period after 1995 under LiPuma's direction since Grusin and Rosen had sold the company in 1990. In later years, the label would take a more commercial direction signing artists like Sarah McLachlan, Ledisi and others to the label which has gone away from its jazz roots. Discography GRP/Arista LP's GRP-5000: Angela Bofill: Angie GRP-5001: Dave Valentin: Legends GRP-5002: Urban Ensemble: The Music of Roland Vazquez GRP-5003: Tom Browne: Browne Sugar GRP-5004: Jay Hoggard: Days Like These GRP-5005: Angela Bofill: Angel of the Night GRP-5006: Dave Valentin: The Hawk GRP-5007: Scott Jarrett: Without Rhyme or Reason GRP-5008: Tom Browne: Love Approach GRP-5009: Dave Valentin: Land of the Third Eye GRP-5010: Dave Grusin: Mountain Dance GRP-5011: Bernard Wright: 'Nard GRP-5503: Tom Browne: Magic GRP-5504: Bobby Broom: Clean Sweep GRP-5505: Dave Valentin: Pied Piper GRP-5506: Dave Grusin and the GRP All-Stars in Japan GRP-5507: Tom Browne: Yours Truly GRP-5509: Don Blackman: Don Blackman GRP-5510: Dave Grusin: Out of the Shadows GRP-5511: Dave Valentin: In Love's Theme GRP-A-1004: Dave Valentin: Flute Juice GRP-A-1005: Homi & Jarvis: Friend of a Friend 1983-1996 The compact disc was vital to the label's existence and continued digital excellence throughout its history. After splitting from Arista Records to go on their own, Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen, the founders gambled on the format to bring out their spirited high quality recordings to life. From 1983 until 1987, all of their CD releases were pressed by JVC Japan which added impeccable sound and sonic clarity that made the CDs pretty much sell themselves even in audio stores that had to carry the discs to sell with the expensive CD players that were released during this time. The first official album produced and recorded for this purpose was In the Digital Mood featuring the music of the late big band jazz