Biting Cold doesn't faze Grapelli, Grisman

By William Johnson Times Tribune staff SARATOGA – At the opening concert of the Paul Masson Summer Series Thursday, master jazz Violinist Stephane Grappelli was delightful, but mandolinist David Grisman was sensational. Grappelli, the 78-year old Parisian, was as lyrical and nimble-fingered as ever, playing the great standards of George Gershwin, Cole...

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Mandolin player mixes jazz, bluegrass

By Peter Corbett His innovative synthesis of jazz and bluegrass may never make it big on Top 40 radio, but mandolinist David Grisman has made his mark and expanded the limits of both genres of American music. In 1974, Grisman took bluegrass music a two-step further when be produced the Old and in the Way album, which is one of the largest selling bluegrass...

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Modern Drummer

Here is an amazing article in Modern Drummer that George Marsh wrote detailing his experiences working with David Grisman and the Quartet when we first started to get together. It’s a fascinating read and shows George’s incredible attention to detail, musicality, and thoughtfulness.  He talks about how changing the dynamic level on his drums created...

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Acoustic Freedom

DAVID GRISMAN’S QUINTET TOOK THE STAGE IN 1976, AND STRINGED MUSIC HASN’T BEEN THE SAME SINCE By Mark Whittington Mercury News The revolution began quietly. No shouting. Just two mandolins, a fiddle, a guitar, a double bass. No singing. Then, wild applause. Music would never be quite the same. The start of this “new acoustic revolution”...

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News and Observer

Grisman’s band swings at Stewart The News and Observer Owen Cordle During the past 10 years, David Grisman has been a one-man crusade for the jazz mandolin. Besides his virtuosity, he also has a compelling sense of ensemble, as his quartet’s performance Saturday night at Stewart Theater showed. The quartet itself is Mr. Grisman’s instrument as...

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