Dawg Music at Jazz Alley

Sunday night’s secret location was Jazz Alley in Seattle where we saw the incredible mandolinist David Grisman. It was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. The inventor of the all-acoustic instrumental “dawg music” has been well-known in music circles since the 70’s when he came out with the first David Grisman Quintet album. This genre of music that combines jazz, swing and newgrass music is very much inspired by Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli, members of the Quintette of the Hot Club of France, as well as bluegrass music. The latest addition to the David Grisman Quintet is Frank Vignola one of the highest rated guitar players at this time. This band blew us away!
You can sample and purchase Grisman’s music at the Acoustic Disc web site. And... there is a free daily download available there, just to get you in the swingin’ mood...