Princeton High School Band Director Release First Album on CD Baby and ITUNES

Scott Grimaldi, the Princeton High School's band director, released his first smooth jazz album on CD Baby and on iTunes on Nov. 28.  Grimaldi produced, arranged and played bass and woodwinds on all the tracks on the album. The album includes three original compositions by Grimaldi.

According to a news release, Grimaldi earned a B.M. degree from the Manhattan School of Music, NY, where he also did post graduate work, and is an alumnus of the Berklee College Of Music, Boston, MA.  Mr. Grimaldi was a faculty member of the music dept. at Cranbury School in Cranbury from 1997 to 2008 as director of bands and teaching woodwinds.  

In addition to teaching, Grimaldi is active in the music business as a woodwinds specialist, arranger, transcriber and music copyist.  He has performed with many well known stage acts including Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, The Manhattan Transfer, Vanessa Williams, Frank Sinatra Jr., Rosemary Clooney, Linda Eder, The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, The Temptations, Little Anthony & The Imperials and Etta James.  His resume also includes N.Y. Broadway musical performances with "Steel Pier", "Kiss Of The Spider Woman" and "Me And My Girl".

In the field of recording, Grimaldi has worked for Grammy award winning record and jingle producers Tony Camillo, Jimmy Wisner and Bill Giant. In addition to performing and writing, Grimaldi has worked on numerous music copyright infringement cases for Music Research Consultants, as a music transcriber.