
The Ottawa Citizen's Peter Hum did an amazing feature on Jerry Granelli. It covers his early days in the San Francisco jazz scene right through to his latest album, Let Go . Check it out here: http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com /2011/10/09/bop-buddhism-and-l ooking-for-the-edge-the-jerry- granelli-interview/

Suspenseful work from a celebrated percussionist, if not altogether satisfying. Jerry Granelli's 1313 is an unsettling affair wrought from singular percussive solos. It has a momentous feel in a regard that is bolstered by the fact that Granelli, a veteran innovator in the free jazz movement, never crafted a solo record before this one. The compositions might be called "studies", usually in rhythm, but sometimes the emphasis is on mere sound or, more favorably, the contrast between sounds of varying hues and textures. The opener,...
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Jerry Granelli drummed in many prominent jazz outfits of the 50s-60s, including the Vince Guaraldi Trio and the Denny Zeitlin Trio. In the early '60s he led one of the first free jazz bands in America. They did a three month opening spot for Lenny Bruce and went with the Grateful Dead on their first tour of Europe in 1971. A few years later he joined Light Sound Dimension (LSD), later launching the first ever psychedelic light and sound event at the San Francisco Art Museum in 1967. Jerry has also played with legends like Bruce Frisell, Ornette Coleman, [...]