格罗菲是第一个把欧洲管弦乐创作技巧同美国本土音乐结合在一起的编曲配器家,曾被尊称为“爵士乐首相”和“管弦乐编曲之父”。他出生在音乐世家,有着丰厚的古典音乐底蕴,却因为复杂的工作经历而邂逅了当时盛行的爵士乐,从而成为一个行走于“严肃”与“通俗”之间的作曲家。 Grove was the first home to combine European orchestral writing skills with American native music and has been revered as the “father of the jazz” and “the father of orchestral arrangements.” He was born into a family of musicians and has a wealth of classical music. However, he encounters the then popular jazz because of his complicated work experience, thus becoming a composer walking between “serious” and “popular”.