George Winston

George Otis Winston III (11 g*A* Fabrairu, 1949 - 4 ga Yuni, 2023) ɗan wasan piano ne na Amurka wanda ke yin kiɗa na zamani. An fi saninsa da rikodin piano na solo, Winston ya fitar da kundi na farko a 1972, kuma ya zama sananne tare da kundi na 1980 Autumn, wanda Winter ya biyo baya a 1982 zuwa Spring da *.*  Dukkanin uku sun zama kundin sayar da platinum, tare da Disamba ya zama Kundin platinum sau uku. An saki jimlar kundin solo 16, wanda ya tara fiye da miliyan 15 da aka sayar, tare da kundin 1994 Forest wanda ya sami Winston lambar yabo ta Grammy don Mafi kyawun Sabon Shekara. Winston ya sami wasu zabuka hudu na Grammy, ciki har da daya don Mafi Kyawun Kayan Kiɗa na Yara, wanda aka yi tare da 'yar wasan kwaikwayo Meryl Streep, da kuma wani don Mafi Kyawu na Kayan Kayan Kadan na zamani don fassarar ayyukan da ƙungiyar rock din Doors ta yi.

Winston ya buga a cikin nau'o'i uku: tsarin waƙoƙi wanda ya haɓaka kuma ya kira "piano na ƙauyuka"; Piano mai tsalle-tsalle, wanda Fats Waller da Teddy Wilson suka yi wahayi zuwa gare shi; da kuma sha'awarsa ta farko, piano na New Orleans rhythm da blues (R & B), wanda James Booker, Farfesa Longhair da Henry Butler suka rinjayi.[1] Duk da yake mafi yawan rikodin sa suna cikin salon piano na gargajiya, Winston galibi yana jin daɗin kunna piano na R & B.[2] An rarraba salon kiɗa a matsayin sabon zamani kuma wani lokacin na gargajiya, amma ya ƙi duka lakabi biyu.

Winston ya kuma buga guitar da harmonica. Sha'awarsa ga guitar din Hawaiian ya kai shi ga fara lakabin kansa na rikodin, Dancing Cat Records .

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
George Otis Winston III was born in Hart, Michigan, on February 11, 1949. He was raised mainly in Montana (Miles City and Billings), as well as Mississippi and Florida. As a youth, his musical interests included instrumentals of the R&amp;amp;B, rock, pop and jazz genres, especially those by organists. In 1965 at age 16, he became interested in Vince Guaraldi's music when the animated television special *A Charlie Brown Christmas* premiered, and he soon purchased the soundtrack album featuring Guaraldi's music. Over the next few years, Winston purchased all of Guaraldi's releases and watched each new *Peanuts* special to hear Guaraldi's newest music. After hearing the Doors in 1967, he was inspired to play the organ. In 1971, he switched to solo piano after hearing the stride pianists Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson and later Earl Hines, Donald Lambert and Cleo Brown.

Bayan kammala karatunsa daga makarantar sakandare ta Coral Gables a Coral Gable, Florida a 1967,  Winston ya halarci Jami'ar Stetson a DeLand, Florida, inda ya fi dacewa da ilimin zamantakewa.  Duk da yake bai kammala digiri na farko ba, bayan ya zama sananne, jami'ar ta ba shi digiri na girmamawa na fasaha.

## Ayyuka

### Ayyukan piano na solo
John Fahey ne ya fara rubuta Winston don Fahey's Takoma Records .  Kundin sa na farko *Piano Solos* ya ɓace ba tare da sanarwa ba,  kodayake daga baya aka sake bugawa a Windham Hill Records a ƙarƙashin taken Ballads and Blues 1972 .  A shekara ta 1979, Winston ya aika da faifan demo ga William Ackerman, wanda ya fara sabon lakabin rikodin sa, Windham Hill, a shekara ta 1976. Ackerman ya ba da gudummawa don samar da kundi na gaba, wanda ya zama Autumn; nan da nan ya zama rikodin da aka fi sayarwa a cikin kundin lakabin. Dukansu Autumn da kundi mai zuwa Winter into Spring sun tafi platinum, suna nuna jigilar miliyoyin a Amurka. Kundin Kirsimeti  ya zama nasara mafi girma, kuma an tabbatar da platinum sau uku don jigilar miliyan uku.

A kan sawun waƙoƙinsa guda uku masu nasara, Winston ya kirkiro ƙwallon don tafiya tare da labarin Meryl Streep a kan The Velveteen Rabbit a cikin 1984,  inda ya sami gabatarwa ta Grammy don Mafi Kyawun Kayan Kiɗa na Yara.  A buƙatar furodusa Lee Mendelson a cikin 1988, ya ba da kiɗa don miniseries na TV This Is America, Charlie Brown, wanda Winston ya ɗauki babban *Dajin* da ya faru a cikin aikinsa. A 38th Annual Grammy Awards a 1996, Winston ya lashe kyautar don Mafi kyawun Sabon Shekara na Forest. Biyu daga cikin sauran ayyukansa, Plains (1999) da Montana: A Love Story (2004), daga baya aka zaba su don mafi kyawun sabon zamani.

Winston ya fitar da kundi biyu na kiɗan Guaraldi. A shekara ta 1996, ya fitar da Linus da Lucy: The Music of Vince Guaraldi, wanda aka sadaukar da shi ga waƙoƙin taken da Guaraldi ya rubuta don zane-zane na *Peanuts*: fina-finai goma sha biyar na talabijin da fim guda ɗaya, daga 1965 har zuwa mutuwar Guaraldi a shekara ta 1976. "Ina son waƙoƙinsa da ci gabansa", in ji Winston game da Guaraldi. "Yana da wata hanyar kansa ta yin murya. "  Winston ya rubuta wani kundi na gaba a cikin 2010, Love Will Come: The Music of Vince Guaraldi, Volume 2.  A cikin 2022, yana shirin kundi na uku, Count the Ways: The Music of Vince Guaraldi Volume 3.

Baya ga aikinsa na piano, Winston ya buga solo harmonica (musamman waƙoƙin fiddle na Appalachian da ballads) da guitar na solo (musamman sauti na fiddle da sassaucin guitar). Ya samar da sauti na guitar ga Sadako da Thousand Paper Cranes a cikin 1995. Ana iya jin duka harmonica da guitar dinsa a cikin kundin amfanin Remembrance: A Memorial Benefit, wanda aka saki jim kadan bayan Hare-haren Satumba 11. A shekara ta 2006, ya rubuta wani kundin fa'ida, Gulf Coast Blues & Impressions: A Hurricane Relief Benefit, sannan Gulf Coast Blues and Impressions 2: A Louisiana Wetlands Benefit a shekarar 2012. 

Winston's Dancing Cat Records sun samar da rikodin masu ba da kide-kide, gami da masu zane-zane Keola Beamer, Sonny Chillingworth, Leonard Kwan, Dennis Kamakahi, Ray Kane, Cyril Pahinui, Bla Pahinui, Martin Pahinui, Ledward Kaapana, Georg Kuo, Ozzie Kotani, George Kahumoku Jr., Moses Kahumoku, Cindy Combs da sauransu.  Ya kuma yi aiki a kan yin rikodin mawaƙa na gargajiya na Amurka Sam Hinton, Rick Epping da Curt Bouterse.

## Hanyar kiɗa da wasan kwaikwayo
Winston ya yi ado ba tare da girman kai ba don nunawa, yana wasa a ƙafafun ƙafa, yana mai cewa ya kwantar da hankalinsa na hagu. Shekaru da yawa, Winston mai gemu zai fita a kan mataki a cikin rigar flannel da jeans, kuma masu sauraro za su yi tunanin cewa shi masanin fasaha ne, yana zuwa don saita ƙafa tara na New York Steinways waɗanda shine piano da ya zaɓa. A cewar *Austin American Statesman* a cikin 2015: "Game da wasan piano, Winston ya kasance mai kula da sauti da kirkirar abubuwa. Farawa da sautin bluesy da Farfesa Longhair ya yi wahayi zuwa gare shi - kundin Winston na baya-bayan nan sun haɗa da tarin Gulf Coast guda biyu - ya ci gaba ta hanyar abubuwan da ya fi so na yanayi "Rain" (daga 1982's Winter Into Spring) da "Woods" (daga 1980s Autumn).  A ƙarshen, ya 'ya ɓoye' sauti mai ban mamaki ga wasu bayanan ta hanyar isa cikin piano da kuma murmushi ɗaya".

## Rayuwa ta mutum
A rayuwarsa ta baya, Winston ya zauna a yankin San Francisco Bay .  Ya kasance mai aiki a cikin taimakon jama'a, akai-akai yana yin kide-kide don dalilai daban-daban na sadaka.

## Mutuwa
Winston ya sha wahala daga nau'ikan ciwon daji da yawa, gami da Ciwon daji na thyroid, ciwon daji, da kuma ciwon myelodysplastic, wanda aka warware na ƙarshe bayan an dasa kasusuwa a cikin 2013. Ya mutu daga ciwon daji a Williamsport, Pennsylvania, a ranar 4 ga Yuni, 2023, yana da shekaru 74. 'Yar'uwarsa, Nancy Kahumoku ce ta mutu.