Home » Jazz Articles » George Winston

Jazz Articles about George Winston

817
Album Review

George Winston: Dirty, Dirty, Dirty... George Plays Jelly Roll

Read "Dirty, Dirty, Dirty... George Plays Jelly Roll" reviewed by Ken Dryden


Jazz critics have savaged George Winston's lightweight New Age solo piano recordings, especially the late Martin Williams, who once told a woman whom he just met, “Give me fifteen minutes and I'll teach you to play piano as well as George Winston... and I don't play piano... Likewise, Winston's recordings of Vince Guaraldi's beloved compositions for the Peanuts cartoon specials were hampered by his inability to do much more than vamp once he had played the theme to each song. ...


Engage

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.

Install All About Jazz

iOS Instructions:

To install this app, follow these steps:

All About Jazz would like to send you notifications

Notifications include timely alerts to content of interest, such as articles, reviews, new features, and more. These can be configured in Settings.