Grant Geissman was born on April 13,1953 and is an American jazz guitarist and Emmy-nominated composer.
16 Facts About Grant Geissman
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Grant Geissman has recorded extensively for several labels since 1976 and played guitar on the theme for Monk and other TV series.
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When he was 11 years old, Grant Geissman began his first guitar lesson with his private teacher Mrs Allen.
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Since the Kenton band at that time had no guitar player, Patnoe recommended Grant Geissman to teach at Kenton's summer clinics in both Sacramento and in southern California.
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In 1973, Grant Geissman moved to Los Angeles and attended one semester at Cal State Fullerton, where he played in the band led by pianist and clarinetist Tom Ranier.
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Grant Geissman appeared on the album Feels So Good, which sold two million copies.
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On radio, the single "Feels So Good", featuring Grant Geissman's guitar solo, was an international hit.
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In 1978 Grant Geissman released his first solo album, Good Stuff, which featured fellow Northridge alumnus Gordon Goodwin on sax, Tom Ranier on piano, Bob Magnusson on bass guitar, and Steve Shaeffer on drums.
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Grant Geissman left Mangione's band in 1981 to pursue other endeavors, including his own albums, session work, and composing.
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Grant Geissman has been a regular member of Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band.
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Grant Geissman has recorded with Keiko Matsui, 3rd Force, David Benoit, Cheryl Bentyne, and Lorraine Feather and had a guitar solo as a separate track on the album Hold an Old Friend's Hand by Tiffany.
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Grant Geissman reunited with Mangione in 2000 when they recorded the album Everything for Love.
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Grant Geissman's playing has been heard on numerous television series, including Dawson's Creek, Family Affair, Boy Meets World, Touched by an Angel and Lizzie McGuire.
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Grant Geissman can be heard playing the Djangoesque acoustic guitar on the theme for the television series Monk, starring Tony Shalhoub.
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Dennis C Brown and Geissman collaborated on the underscore for the hit CBS-TV sitcom Two and a Half Men.
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In 2011, Grant Geissman teamed with Russ Cochran to launch a publishing company, GC Press, to continue the hardcover EC Archives series originally published by Gemstone.