Album Notes

Oliver Waitze, one of the most talented contemporary guitar and mandolin players, is revered for his exquisite taste, tone, and ability to play genres ranging from bluegrass to jazz to hot swing, New Age and beyond. In addition to his love of open tunings, Oliver developed an interest in swing and jazz through his exposure to the music of Django Reinhardt, David Grisman, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones and the Windham Hill family.
His warm, resonant tone, melodic sophistication and clean, strong execution have developed through the years from these many musical sources.

Special Guest is mandolin virtuoso David 'DAWG' Grisman.

Oliver's mastery of guitar, mandolin, violin and banjo and his ability to swing gracefully between Jazz, Dawg Music, New Age and Brazilian Choro is rare in the world of instrumentalists.
This CD was inspired by the Winter's Solstice albums by Windham Hill.

In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
in the bleak midwinter, long ago.

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