The David Grisman Quintet is an 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 David Grisman Quintet and released in 1977.

Cover

The instruments pictured on the cover are David's 1927 Gibson F-5 Mandolin, Darol's 1856 Guisepe Marconcine "Ferrara" Violin, Tony's 1934 Martin D-28 Guitar, Todd's 1924 Loar Gibson F-5 Mandolin, on loan, and Bill's 1875 Czech Flatback Bass.

Track listing

All songs by David Grisman unless otherwise noted.

1. "E.M.D." – 2:37
2. "Swing 51" (Tony Rice
   Tony Rice
   Tony Rice is an American acoustic guitarist and bluegrass musician. He is considered one of the most influential acoustic guitar players in bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, newgrass and acoustic jazz.Rice spans the range of acoustic music, from traditional bluegrass to jazz-influenced New...
   
   ) – 4:25
3. "Opus 57" – 2:56
4. "Blue Midnite" – 3:40
5. "Pneumonia" – 4:31
6. "Fish Scale" (Artie Traum
   Artie Traum
   Artie Traum was a New Age Voice Award-winning guitarist, producer and songwriter. Traum's work appeared on more than 35 albums...
   
   ) – 7:30
7. "Richochet" (Grisman, R. Somers) – 2:05
8. "Dawg's Rag" – 9:04

added on CD

1. "Minor Swing" (Stephane Grappelli
   Stéphane Grappelli
   Stéphane Grappelli was a French jazz violinist who founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the first all-string jazz bands....
   
   , Django Reinhardt
   Django Reinhardt
   Django Reinhardt was a pioneering virtuoso jazz guitarist and composer who invented an entirely new style of jazz guitar technique that has since become a living musical tradition within French gypsy culture...
   
   ) – 2:59
2. "16-16" - 5:35

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, vocals
• Tony Rice
  Tony Rice
  Tony Rice is an American acoustic guitarist and bluegrass musician. He is considered one of the most influential acoustic guitar players in bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, newgrass and acoustic jazz.Rice spans the range of acoustic music, from traditional bluegrass to jazz-influenced New...
  
   – guitar, vocals
• Darol Anger
  Darol Anger
  -Career:Darol Anger entered popular music at the age of 21 as a founding member of The David Grisman Quintet. Anger played fiddle to David Grisman's mandolin in The David Grisman Quintet's 1977 debut. He co-founded the Turtle Island String Quartet with David Balakrishnan in 1985 and performed,...
  
   – fiddle, mandolin, violectra, vocals
• Bill Amatneek – bass
• Todd Phillips
  Todd Phillips (musician)
  Todd Phillips is an American double bassist. He is the bassist of choice for many of the most innovative, as well as traditional, acoustic instrumental and bluegrass recordings made since the mid-1970s...
  
  – mandolin

Production notes:

• David Grisman – producer
• Bill Wolf – engineer
• Bob Shumaker – mixing
• Ted Sharpe – design