Chris Grasso

Outstanding Jazz Ensemble—Many Rivers

Chris Grasso is a jazz pianist who specializes in working with vocalists. Many Rivers—his new release with vocalist Lauren Scales and saxophonist Mike Flanagan on the Grammy-winning label Truth Revolution Records—is winning raves from critics and climbing the jazz charts. Grasso serves as music director for internationally renowned vocalist Sharón Clark. They have appeared around the globe and received rave reviews from the The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and JazzTimes. 

Chris has also performed with Gene Bertoncini, Keter Betts, Carmen Bradford, Lea DeLaria, Kenny Garrett, Allan Harris, Nicole Henry, Buck Hill, Marlon and Stephanie Jordan, Lewis Nash, Nicki Parrott, Freda Payne, Ken Peplowski, Houston Person, Bucky Pizzarelli, Chuck Redd, Joshua Redman, Avery Sharpe, Janis Siegel, Suede, Denise Thimes, Frank Vignola, Bobby Watson, Cassandra Wilson, Matt Wilson, and more. He has appeared at leading venues, including Jazz at Lincoln Center, Birdland, the Kennedy Center, Blues Alley, Bohemian Caverns, the Iridium, and the Music Center at Strathmore, as well as festivals in the U.S. and overseas.