Dawganova is a 1995 all-instrumental album by American

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 musician David Grisman

David Grisman

David Grisman is an American bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist and composer of acoustic music. In the early 1990s, he started the Acoustic Disc record label in an effort to preserve and spread acoustic or instrumental music.-Biography:Grisman grew up in Hackensack, New Jersey...

, recorded with his group The David Grisman Quintet. It's a unique collection of Latin rhythms and melodies inspired by the group's newest member, Argentine guitar virtuoso, Enrique Coria

Enrique Coria

Enrique "Quique" Coria is a guitarist from Dique Los Molinos, Argentina. He has appeared on over 400 recordings in South America and the US including with David Grisman's DGQ ....

. Five Grisman originals are accompanied by classical Latin standards: "El Cumbanchero", "Tico Tico", "Manha de Carnaval" and the Nat "King" Cole classic "Nature Boy".

In his Allmusic review, Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated "Grisman's distinctive blend of bluegrass, folk, jazz, and, in this case, latin music is energetic and very impressive."

Track listing

All songs by David Grisman unless otherwise noted.

1. "Dawganova" – 6:50
2. "Manha de Carnaval" (Luiz Bonfá
   Luiz Bonfá
   Luiz Floriano Bonfá was a Brazilian guitarist and composer best known for the compositions he penned for the film Black Orpheus.-Biography:...
   
   ) – 7:06
3. "Barkley´s Bug" – 5:37
4. "Nature Boy
   Nature Boy
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   " (eden ahbez
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   ) – 7:49
5. "El Cumbanchero" (Hernandez) – 4:38
6. "Brazilian Breeze" – 5:55
7. "Tico Tico" (Abreu, Drake, Oliveira) – 4:30
8. "April´s Wedding Bossa" – 6:43
9. "Caliente" – 6:11

Personnel

• David Grisman
  David Grisman
  David Grisman is an American bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist and composer of acoustic music. In the early 1990s, he started the Acoustic Disc record label in an effort to preserve and spread acoustic or instrumental music.-Biography:Grisman grew up in Hackensack, New Jersey...
  
   – mandolin, mandola
• Enrique Coria
  Enrique Coria
  Enrique "Quique" Coria is a guitarist from Dique Los Molinos, Argentina. He has appeared on over 400 recordings in South America and the US including with David Grisman's DGQ ....
  
   – guitar
• Matt Eakle
  Matt Eakle
  Matt Eakle has been the flutist for the David Grisman Quintet since 1989. He plays jazz, hot jazz, and blues.He has performed with Jerry Garcia, Stéphane Grappelli, Vassar Clements, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Rondstadt, Tony Rice, as well as with various symphony orchestras around the world...
  
   – flute, bass flute
• Jim Kerwin – bass
• Joe Craven
  Joe Craven
  Joe Craven is a Freestyle folk, world and roots music multi-instrumentalist, singer and award winning educator. Joe is the Director of RiverTunes Music Camp and a Co-Director of the Wintergrass Youth Academy...
  
  – percussion, violin, cover design