100% Artist Royalties To Be Donated by Winston to Families of the Victims and Survivors of September 11th

Windham Hill Recording Features Six New Compositions
for Solo Piano, Guitar and Harmonica

George Winston will release REMEMBRANCE, a six-track CD on the Windham Hill label comprised of new solo compositions and arrangements for piano, guitar and harmonica. 100% of artist royalties will be donated to families of victims and survivors of the September 11th tragedy. Winston produced the album and wrote four of the six pieces. REMEMBRANCE is due to arrive in stores on November 6.

Tracks on REMEMBRANCE include two pieces for piano (Lament, Remembrance), three for guitar (Where Are You Now, Where the Sun Rises First written by Hawaiian slack key guitarists Moses & George Kahumoku, and Daughters and Sons by L. Ke'ala Kwan, Jr., eldest son of influential Slack Key master Leonard Kwan) and harmonica (a Farewell medley consisting of the Scottish air Farewell, the Winston original Kindness Emerging, America/My Country ‘Tis of Thee and Taps).

Winston will also play a solo benefit concert in New York in December (date and location tbd).

"I was totally shocked and saddened by the September 11 tragedies, and when driving home all night from my Bakersfield concert on September 14, this benefit album came to me and I immediately recorded it, "said George Winston. "It will benefit people affected by these events now, and its proceeds will continue to assist those in need forever."

The release of REMEMBRANCE comes on the heels of Windham Hill's special salute to the 20th anniversary of the release of Winston's multi-platinum solo recordings AUTUMN (1980) and its follow-up DECEMBER (1982). Windham Hill Records celebrated the impact of both recordings with special editions of each that include bonus tracks and sheet music. AUTUMN—20th Anniversary Edition was released on September 11, and partial proceeds from artists royalties will also benefit those affected by the September 11 tragedies. DECEMBER—20th Anniversary Edition is to be released on October 23.

In 1998, George Winston celebrated his 25th anniversary as a recording artist, world-renowned pianist, composer, and producer. In 1972 Winston released his first album, BALLANDS AND BLUES 1972, which remains very active in the catalog, as are all of Winston's many releases. Among his other platinum and gold albums are WINTER INTO SPRING (1982), SUMMER (1991), FOREST (1994 Grammy Award Winner), LINUS & LUCY - THE MUSIC OF VINCE GUARALDI (1996) and PLAINS (1999). His next solo piano album, to be released in September 2002 is THE NIGHT DIVIDES THE DAY - THE MUSIC OF THE DOORS. Winston also founded Dancing Cat Records in 1983, which is the foremost label recording the masters of the Hawaiian Slack Key guitar tradition. George has produced and released 33 recordings to date in the Hawaiian slack key guitar masters series.


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