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Forest is the seventh album of pianist George Winston and his sixth solo piano album, released in 1994. It was reissued on Dancing Cat Records in 2008. The album won the 1996 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. [2] The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on December 21, 1994. [3]
George Otis Winston III (February 11, 1949 – June 4, 2023) was an American pianist performing contemporary instrumental music. [1] Best known for his solo piano recordings, Winston released his first album in 1972, and came to prominence with his 1980 album Autumn , which was followed in 1982 by Winter into Spring and December .
The song forms the centrepiece of The Snowman, which has become a seasonal favourite on British and Finnish television. [2] The story relates the fleeting adventures of a young boy and a snowman who has come to life. In the second part of the story, the boy and the snowman fly to the North Pole. "Walking in the Air" is the theme for the journey.
George Winston, whose beloved Windham Hill Records solo piano recordings such as Autumn and December became synonymous with the then-emergent new age music genre in the 1980s, died on Sunday (June ...
George Winston, one of the bestselling instrumental pianists in the world during his heyday in the 1980s and ’90s, died Sunday at age 73. The announcement came through his social media and ...
George Winston, the Grammy-winning pianist who blended jazz, classical, folk and other stylings on such million-selling albums as “Autumn,” “Winter Into Spring" and “December,” has died ...
Dancing Cat Records is a record label founded in 1983 by pianist George Winston to publish both his music and music in the Hawaiian slack-key guitar style. Its mission later expanded to cover other Hawaiian musicians. Dancing Cat's albums were originally distributed by Windham Hill Records.
Plains is the 11th album of pianist George Winston and eighth solo piano album, released in 1999. It was his first studio album consisting of original compositions since 1994's Forest. According to Winston, "this album is inspired by the plains and its people. The four seasons there have always been my deepest source of inspiration." [2]