''Dawgwood'' is a 1993 all-instrumental album by
American
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musician
David Grisman
David Jay Grisman (born March 23, 1945) is an American mandolinist. His music combines bluegrass, folk, and jazz in a genre he calls "Dawg music". He founded the record label Acoustic Disc, which issues his recordings and those of other acousti ...
, recorded with his group
David Grisman Quintet
The David Grisman Quintet is a self-styled alternative bluegrass/acoustic jazz band founded by David Grisman in 1975 in San Francisco, California, US. The quintet draws from genres including Bill Monroe's bluegrass legacy and Django Reinhardt's ...
. It is the second album recorded under Grisman's own label, Acoustic Disc. Grisman's self-named "Dawg" music was well established when this album was recorded — it is influenced by traditional bluegrass, jazz, gypsy music, Latin and more. Most of the songs are composed by Grisman, the two covers being
Django Reinhardt's "Bolero de Django" — a gypsy song which Matt Eakle's flute gives a more modern flavour and "Asanhado" by
Jacob do Bandolim
Jacob do Bandolim (born Jacob Pick Bittencourt; February 14, 1918 – August 13, 1969) was a Brazilian composer and musician. Born to a Brazilian-Jewish mother and a gentile father in Rio de Janeiro, his stage name means "Mandolin Jacob", after t ...
. The last piece on the album, "New Dawg´s Rag" is a song previously released on album
The David Grisman Quintet
The David Grisman Quintet is a self-styled progressive bluegrass, alternative bluegrass/acoustic jazz band founded by David Grisman in 1975 in San Francisco, California, US. The quintet draws from genres including Bill Monroe's bluegrass legacy ...
, but with "updated" arrangement.
Dawgnet.com entry for ''Dawgwood''.
Retrieved November 2009.
Track listing
All songs by David Grisman unless otherwise noted.
# "Dawgwood" – 3:36
# "Dawgmatism" – 6:39
# "Jazzin'" (with Joe-Bob) – 5:33
# "Sea of Cortez" – 6:20
# "Steppin' With Stephane" – 6:42
# "Bolero de Django" (Django Reinhardt
Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), known by his Romani people, Romani nickname Django ( or ), was a Belgium, Belgian-born Romani jazz guitarist and composer in France. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe ...
) – 5:58
# "Asanhado" (Jacob do Bandolim
Jacob do Bandolim (born Jacob Pick Bittencourt; February 14, 1918 – August 13, 1969) was a Brazilian composer and musician. Born to a Brazilian-Jewish mother and a gentile father in Rio de Janeiro, his stage name means "Mandolin Jacob", after t ...
) – 6:17
# "New Dawg's Rag"
Personnel
*David Grisman
David Jay Grisman (born March 23, 1945) is an American mandolinist. His music combines bluegrass, folk, and jazz in a genre he calls "Dawg music". He founded the record label Acoustic Disc, which issues his recordings and those of other acousti ...
– mandolin
* Rick Montgomery – guitar
* Matt Eakle – flute
*Jim Kerwin – bass
*Joe Craven
Joe Craven is an American freestyle folk, world and roots music multi-instrumentalist, singer and educator. He is the Director of RiverTunes Music Camp and a Co-Director of the Wintergrass Youth Academy. He plays a wide variety of string instr ...
– percussion, violin
References
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1993 albums
David Grisman albums
Acoustic Disc albums