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George Winston is a pianist who was born in
Michigan, United States in 1949, but who grew up
in Montana, United States.  He is considered to
perform in the new age (music)|new age genre, and
many of his pieces reflect natural landscapes.  He
is one of the best-selling artists on the Windham
Hill label. Although he is widely recognized as a
"new age" artist, Winston's virtuoso piano is not
classified by his fans in the same genre as
easy-listening muzak along the lines of Yanni. He
refers to himself as playing "Rural Folk Piano."
Winston is often heralded as one of the greatest
atmospheric piano composers of non-classical
music. His album December is meant to capture the
essence of the season, and his debut, Ballads and
Blues 1972 - The Early Recordings, is an essential
sample of 20th century American piano music.
Winston's reputation has often been hindered by
his label as a "new age" artist, similarly to how
the 1970s progressive rock bands came to be.
However, as there were many great progressive rock
bands, there are also many great new age artists,
and to many, perhaps none better than George
Winston.

His 1994 album Forest won a 1996 Grammy Award for
"Best New Age Album".

Winston's 2002 album Night Divides the Day: The
Music of the Doors takes the music of legendary
1960s band The Doors and turns it into solo piano.
 Winston tries to adapt the music to a more
peaceful medium, without losing any of its
creative ingenuity. The album has been a great hit
with Winston fans and Doors fans alike.  (The
title of Winston's album is a lyric from "Break On
Through", the first track of the Doors' The Doors
(album)|self-titled first album.  Winston wrote in
his liner notes that when he listened to the song
for the first time as a teen, "... to me it was
the greatest piece of music I had ever heard ... I
had never heard anything like this.")

==External links==
*http://www.georgewinston.com/ George Winston
official website