The David Grisman Quintet (US Release)

David Grisman | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: May 24, 2005
• Release Date: May 24, 2005
• Label: Rhino
• Copyright: 1977 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
• Total Length: 45:30
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• ASIN: B0012ELMXC
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,098 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So you don't have this album...? Please stop joking around., March 6, 2001

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Scott Anderson (Music City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The David Grisman Quintet (Audio CD)

Call it Dawg Music, Newgrass, or New Acoustic, but this is the stuff man. This was the first of its kind, nobody had ever put together music this unique and unbelievably cool before Grisman and his all star cast of players cut this album. It is sublime. It was the groundbreaking album that gave birth to a whole new genre, and inspired youngsters such as Bela and Mike Marshall as well as the other acoustic virtuosos (if you're reading this you know the guys I'm referring to)to branch off of straight up Bluegrass and mix other styles to create some of the best acoustic music ears can have the pleasure of listening to. This DGQ debut album is addicting. I listen to it over and over and never tire of it. If you want to have some incredible music and know that you are listening to an album that broke all the conventional rules of traditional acoustic music when it came out in 1977, DO NOT HESITATE TO GET THIS. Then explore the many different formations of the David Grisman Quintet that would exist as time went by. Also, if you ever get the chance to see Grisman live, go for it.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Listen with your ears, your brain and your heart..., December 8, 2001

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Mark J. Fowler "Let's Play Two!" (Jacksonville, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The David Grisman Quintet (Audio CD)

The excitement of this music is palpable. You can FEEL the gusto that Tony Rice, David Grisman, Darol Anger, Todd Phillips and Bill Amatneek pour into these vigorous arrangements of mainly original tunes. The playing is breath-taking. The compositions are stunning. The arrangements are both meticulous where they need to be and loose and fiery where they need to be. Tony Rice, a master of MANY musical genres, listened to David Grisman's tunes and told him it was the best music he had ever heard. Titles like "the best", "the greatest" have little meaning in music.... but this project is ground-breaking. Those who want to "see" where current acoustic masters like Mark O'Connor, Bela Fleck, Chris Thile got their inspiration - THIS album would be "the first". All of THESE musicians REMAIN among the "masters".

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE quintessential newgrass album, May 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The David Grisman Quintet (Audio CD)

alright, grisman would probably prefer the moniker "dawg music" to "newgrass," and "the telluride sessions" by the supergroup strength in numbers (bela fleck, jerry douglas, grisman alum mark oconnor, sam bush & edgar meyer) is on a plain with this one, but this is one came first, so it gets the nod. this album sings without vocals, it rocks though its entirely acoustic. if you have not heard the david grisman, do yourself a favor, buy this album. grisman later explored jazz, latin, & americana roots more deeply, but nowhere was his own vision of dawg music more fully realized than in this, his first album. features darol anger, todd phillips, & a startlingly young tony rice.