George Winston - Autumn (Windham Hill 20th Anniversary Edition)
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Artist: George WinstonBrand: WINSTON,GEORGE
Edition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced
CD Release Date: 2001-09-11
Music Label: RCA Victor
Soundtracks:
- Colors/Dance
- Woods
- Longing/Love
- Road
- Moon
- Sea
- Stars
- Too Much Between Us
Music reviews of Autumn (Windham Hill 20th Anniversary Edition)
Music Review: A Quiet Conversation; Unexpected Benefits
Rating: 5 Stars
The songs on this album suggest winding down, quiet conversations, and acceptance of life as it is. In other words, Autumn.
I hate to highlight notable compositions, because each of them is beautiful and satisfying to a certain mood. But in particular, "Colors-Dance," "Woods," "Moon," and the track laid down later, "Too Much Between Us," convey a sense of dialogue between two very old, very close friends.
I bought the vinyl version in my first apartment. My roommates and I would sit on our L-shaped couch and read to this music. Somehow, it has the ability to occupy the part of the mind that wants to wander while allowing the rest of your attention to focus on its task. (That may be true of Winston's music in general. )We found this to be true for my son as well, at night when the ADD meds were wearing off but the homework still had to get done.
But don't only listen to "Autumn" when you're doing something else. It is full of emotional content and lovely melody. Unlike many other reviewers, I favor this album over all others, even "December."
Description of Autumn (Windham Hill 20th Anniversary Edition)
No Description Available.Genre: Jazz Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 21-AUG-2001
The precursor to 1982's commercial breakthrough, December, George Winston's 1980 Windham Hill debut boasts all the lyrical power and poignancy of its follow-up. A simple, clear recording for solo piano, Autumn finds Winston developing simple melodic motifs with studied left-hand underpinning, on hypnotic pieces like "Woods," which moves from a brisk rhythmic figure to rubato minor-key runs. Leaving pauses and breaths in all the right places, Winston suggests the play of color and light, the comfortable melancholy, and the encroaching slow-down that characterizes the fall season. Full of memorable themes, sure pacing, and whiffs of classical grandeur, Autumn is a timeless album that belongs to the firmament of the new age canon. --James Rotondi
In 1980, Keith Jarrett was the best-known solo pianist, with his string of ECM albums including the K?ln Concerts and Facing You. George Winston took the lyricism and mood that made Jarrett's music so popular and refined them into what he called "folk piano" on his first Windham Hill album, Autumn. It launched a million solo pianists. As you listen to this 20th anniversary edition, it's easy to hear why. The opening "Colors/Dance" rings with the open clarity of the Montana plains, where Winston grew up. "Woods," with its quasi-classical arpeggios, seems to dance in the air. And so it goes throughout Autumn as the pianist unfolds his melodies in what sounds like spontaneous reverie. The anniversary edition includes illuminating liner notes from Winston, who cites everyone from the Doors to John Coltrane as influences on particular songs. The CD ends with a bonus track, a melancholy cover of Procol Harum's "Too Much Between Us." --John Diliberto
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