''Piano Solos'' is the debut album by American pianist
George Winston
George Winston (born December 26, 1949) is an American pianist, guitarist, harmonicist, and record producer. He was born in Michigan and raised mainly in Montana ( Miles City and Billings), as well as Mississippi and Florida. He is best known fo ...
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[Keyboard - Volume 10 -1984 Page 51 For a while he composed stride and blues pieces, many of which appear on his first solo album, Piano Solos, released originally on the Takoma label, but now available ..."] It features his first compositions and covers.
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guitarist
John Fahey co-produced the album with Doug Decker, who engineered it.
First released in 1973 on
Takoma Records
Takoma Records was a small but influential record label founded by guitarist John Fahey in the late 1950s. , it was reissued in 1981 by
Windham Hill Records
Windham Hill Records was an independent record label that specialized in instrumental acoustic music. It was founded by guitarist William Ackerman and Anne Robinson (née McGilvray) in 1976 and was popular in the 1980s and 1990s.
The label was ...
as ''Ballads and Blues 1972''. It was released on CD in 1994 by Winston's
Dancing Cat label, with a remastered release on October 5, 2006, along with five bonus tracks.
Track listing
References
1972 debut albums
George Winston albums
Takoma Records albums
Albums produced by John Fahey (musician)
Windham Hill Records albums
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