NEW YORK (AP) — George Winston, the Grammy-winning pianist who combined jazz, classical, folks and different stylings on such million-selling albums as “Autumn,” “Wintry weather Into Spring” and “December,” has died at age 73.
In keeping with a press release on his website online www.georgewinston.com, showed through a spokesman, Winston died Sunday after a 10-year fight with most cancers.
“During his most cancers therapies, George endured to jot down and document new track, and he stayed true to his biggest pastime: appearing for reside audiences whilst elevating price range for Feeding The united states to lend a hand battle the nationwide starvation disaster at the side of donating proceeds from every of his live shows to native meals banks,” a observation on his website online reads.
His most up-to-date album, “Evening,” got here out remaining yr.
Winston was once a local of Hart, Michigan, who grew up in Montana, Florida and Mississippi and drew upon influences starting from Fat Waller to the Doorways. He launched greater than a dozen solo piano albums, at the side of soundtracks for the TV miniseries “This Is The united states, Charlie Brown” and “The Velveteen Rabbit,” which featured Meryl Streep’s narration of the kids’s vintage. His 1995 unlock “Woodland” received a Grammy for best possible New Age recording, whilst his Doorways tribute “Evening Divides the Day” won a Grammy nomination in 2004 for best possible recent instrumental album.
“I got here up with the melodic taste that I play in 1971, and I’ve all the time referred to as it ‘People Piano,’ (or extra appropriately ‘Rural People Piano’), since it’s melodic and no longer sophisticated in its manner, like folks guitar choosing and folks songs, and has a rural sensibility,” reads a quote from a “Q & A” phase on his internet website.
“I simply play the songs the most productive I will be able to, impressed through the seasons and the topographies and areas, and, now and again, through sociological parts, and check out to toughen as a participant over the years.”