DGQ-20 (1996)

About this title: Back in 1976, mandolinist David Grisman was one of the pioneers of what would come to be called "new acoustic music," a groovy, swinging fusion of bluegrass, hot jazz, and pop played primarily by young virtuosos from California. It was a scene that gave rise to such giants as Tony Rice, Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, and Mark O'Connor, and brought established artists like fiddler Vassar Clements and French jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli to new prominence. But David Grisman's mandolin was the signature sound of the genre, and still is -- that's him you hear picking away between NPR news segments, ... read more

Tracks:

1. Introductions
2. Cedar Hill
3. Theme from Capone
4. Dawg Patch
5. Spain [Corea/Rodrigo]
6. Shasta Bull
7. Tipsy Gipsy
8. Waiting on Vassar
9. Key Signator [Anger]
10. Dawgma
11. Swing '39 [Grappelli/Reinhardt]
12. Ricochet [Grisman/Somers]
13. Pickin' in the Wind [OConnor]
14. Because [Lennon/McCartney]
15. Flatbush Waltz/Opus 57 [Grisman/Statman]
16. Albuquerque Turkey [Grisman]
17. Mondo Mando
18. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen [Traditional]
19. Dawg Funk
20. Dawggy Mountain Breakdown
21. Free Dawg Night
22. Syeeda's Song Flute [Coltrane]
23. Lonesome Moonlight Waltz [Monroe]
24. Steppin' With Stephane
25. Newmonia
26. Prelude in C Minor [Chopin]
27. Latin Lover [Vandellos]
28. Sativa
29. Svingin' With Svend
30. Opus 38
31. Telluride [Grisman]
32. E.M.D. [Grisman]
33. Blue Midnight
34. Jazzin' With Jazzbeaux [Collins/Grisman]
35. Rattlesnake
36. Dawgnation [Grisman]
37. 16/16 [Grisman]
38. Dawgology [Greene/Grisman]
39. Shalom Aleichem [Traditional]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.