Oster’s playing forms the emotional core of this music and I am in awe of his achievement here. I’ve never heard anyone play a horn instrument quite like this, though I’ve heard Steve Roach play synthesizers with a similar type of undetectable attack, where a note builds up out of silence and you can’t be quite sure when the note began or when it ends. His notes are pure breath, they swell up and then they go away, like the sound of a breeze through the forest. He has perfected a style of playing on this record where his notes seem to appear out of nothing. The centerpiece here is Jeff Oster’s flugelhorn. Let me now talk about the music as music. I do not argue the music is sorrowful, as it is expressing very complex feelings, not just sorrow but also a bit of joy, and a fair measure of happiness, which comes through in the delightful way the three work together to create this deeply moving music. This music has pain and sorrow within it. I mean that it is heartfelt in the most sincere way. I cannot say if this was intentional on their part, but I can say these three men are true artists and this music is from the heart. Oster, Eaton and Ackerman, have done something no one has ever done before, they have put in music some of the feelings of that strange time. The pandemic of 2020 to 2022 is a unique event in world history, nothing like it had ever happened before. In my opinion, the reason why this music is without parallel is because it is an honest and deeply felt expression of the emotions many of us felt as the pandemic swept over the world. Listening to the music I feel a strange mix of sadness, longing, anticipation, and hope. These three artists have managed to express – in music – feelings which I have never felt before. As soon as I heard this record, I knew I was listening to something special, but now, after four months of careful listening, I’m convinced this is not just good, not just great, but a pinnacle of musical expression. A review by Colin Glassey – March, 4, 2022. Featuring: Will Ackerman (guitars), Jeff Oster (flugelhorn and trumpet), and Tom Eaton (piano, electric keyboards, bass, percussion). Review by Colin Glassey Brothers by Will Ackerman Jeff Oster Tom Eaton Brothers – Will Ackerman, Jeff Oster, and Tom Eaton. For donations in memory of George Winston, please visit: The family of George Winston will hold a private memorial service. George is pre-deceased by his parents, George and Mary Winston, and is survived by his sister, niece and nephew. George’s legacy includes his beloved catalog as well as an archive of his own acoustic guitar and harmonica recordings, and albums by an array of Hawaiian slack key artists on his own record label, Dancing Cat Records. With 16 solo piano albums to his name, George recorded brilliant piano music, which includes tribute recordings for Vince Guaraldi, The Doors, a Hurricane Katrina relief benefit, Gulf Coast and Louisiana Wetlands benefits, September 11 benefit, a cancer research benefit for City of Hope, the Peanuts episode “This Is America Charlie Brown: The Birth Of The Constitution,” among others. From his early days in Montana, Mississippi and Florida, to his later life living in the San Francisco Bay Area and touring to cities worldwide, America’s beautiful landscapes and natural seasons shaped his singular instrumental folk piano. George touched the hearts of generations with his acclaimed solo acoustic piano compositions. George’s recordings evolved with the times while garnering a GRAMMY Award for Forest (plus five GRAMMY nominations) and selling over 15 million albums. 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.Īcross an illustrious career spanning more than 50 years, George’s music first became known and loved by his fans with the release of his two most iconic albums, Autumn (1980) and December (1982). George courageously managed serious cancers, including having a successful bone marrow transplant for Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) in 2013 at City of Hope, in Duarte, California, that gratefully extended his life by 10 years. George quietly and painlessly left this world while asleep on Sunday, June 4, 2023. We are deeply saddened to share the news that George Winston has passed away after a 10-year battle with cancer. His Facebook page was updated today to report his passing with the following message: It is with great sadness that I must report on the passing of pianist, composer, producer and philanthropist George Winston.
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