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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 at age 73...
According to an announcement on his website www.georgewinston.com, confirmed by a spokesman, Winston died Sunday after a 10-year battle with cancer...
Throughout his cancer treatments, George continued to write and record new music, and he stayed true to his greatest passion: performing for live audiences while raising funds for Feeding America to help fight the national hunger crisis along with donating proceeds from each of his concerts to local food banks, a statement on his website reads...
He released more than a dozen solo piano albums, along with soundtracks for the TV miniseries This Is America, Charlie Brown and The Velveteen Rabbit, which featured Meryl Streeps narration of the childrens classic..
I came up with the melodic style that I play in 1971, and I have always called it Folk Piano, (or more accurately Rural Folk Piano), since it is melodic and not complicated in its approach, like folk guitar picking and folk songs, and has a rural sensibility, reads a quote from a Q & A section on his web site...
