''The David Grisman Quintet'' is the debut album by the

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 Reinhard's 1 ...

, recorded in 1976 and released in 1977.

Cover

The instruments pictured on the cover are David's 1927 Gibson F-5 Mandolin, Darol's 1856 Guisepe Marconcine "Ferrara" Violin, Tony's 1935 Martin D-28 Guitar, Todd's 1924 Loar Gibson F-5 Mandolin, on loan, and Bill's 1875 Czech Flatback Bass.

Track listing

All songs by David Grisman unless otherwise noted. # "E.M.D." – 2:37 # "Swing 51" (

Tony Rice David Anthony Rice (June 8, 1951 – December 25, 2020), known professionally as Tony Rice, was an American guitarist and bluegrass musician. He was an influential acoustic guitar player in bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, newgrass and a ...

) – 4:25 # "Opus 57" – 2:56 # "Blue Midnite" – 3:40 # "Pneumonia" – 4:31 # "Fish Scale" (

Artie Traum Arthur Roy Traum (April 3, 1943 – July 20, 2008) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. Traum's work appeared on more than 35 albums. He produced and recorded with The Band, Arlen Roth, Warren Bernhardt, Pat Alger, Tony Levin, ...

) – 7:30 # "Richochet" (Grisman, Richard Somers) – 2:05 # "Dawg's Rag" – 9:04 added on CD # "Minor Swing" (

Stephane Grappelli Stephane may refer to: * Stéphane, a French given name * Stephane (Ancient Greece), a vestment in ancient Greece * Stephane (Paphlagonia) Stephane ( grc, Στεφάνη) was a small port town on the coast of ancient Paphlagonia, according to Arr ...

Django Reinhardt Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), known by his Romani nickname Django ( or ), was a Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe and has been hailed as one of its most ...

) – 2:59 # "16-16" - 5:35

Personnel

Band line-ups * David Grisman – mandolin, vocals *

– guitar, vocals *

Darol Anger Darol Anger is an American violinist and founding member of The David Grisman Quintet. Career Darol Anger entered popular music at the age of 21 as a founding member of The David Grisman Quintet. Anger played fiddle to David Grisman's mandol ...

– fiddle, mandolin, violectra, vocals *Bill Amatneek – bass *

Todd Phillips Todd Phillips (né Bunzl, born December 20, 1970) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He began his career in 1993 and directed films in the 2000s such as ''Road Trip (film), Road Trip'', ''Old School (film), Old School'', ...

– mandolin Production notes: *David Grisman – producer *Bill Wolf – engineer *Bob Shumaker – mixing *Ted Sharpe – design *Robert Schleifer - photography

References

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