Grant Geissman

Guitarist Grant Geissman is a leading jazz, fusion, and instrumental pop musician who first came to the public's attention in the 1970s as a member of flügelhornist Chuck Mangione's band. Born in Berkeley, California in 1953, Geissman grew up in the San Jose area, where he became interested in music at a young age, listening to a diverse range of artists from surf bands to the Beatles, Cream, Wes Montgomery, and B.B. King. As an adolescent, he began studying guitar and learning jazz standards, eventually exploring the work of Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Orn...