"The vast majority of songs, about 90% I play, are in this style," he wrote. While his more pastoral and melodic music made him a star on records, he would often insert those pianists' songs, and his own originals inspired by them, into his albums and live performances. Winston spent much of the '70s studying New Orleans pianists Henry Butler, James Booker and Professor Longhair. He would record 13 more solo piano albums, with 1994's Forest winning a Grammy Award for best new age album. Together, the three recordings helped to launch the commercial success of what became known as new age - and made Windham Hill the genre's flagship label. It was a surprise hit, which Winston replicated with a sequel season-themed album Winter into Spring and the holiday record December. By the time Winston signed with Windham Hill and released Autumn in 1980, he had a glossier style that eliminated the folksy twang and incorporated the stride piano technique of left-hand bass patterns against right-hand melody. His 1973 debut album, Piano Solos (later re-released as Ballads and Blues), was recorded by folk guitarist John Fahey and had a more identifiable folk sound. His investigation of Doors organist Ray Manzarek's roots led him to jazz player Jimmy Smith, and in turn to the stride piano of Fats Waller - who inspired Winston to switch to piano in 1971. Born in Hart, Mich., in 1949 and raised in Montana, Winston was drawn to the organ after hearing the rock band The Doors in 1967. The Sex Pistols bass player was perpwalked from the NYPD 17th precinct in midtown.While many listeners heard classical foundations in his playing, Winston had neither training nor interest in classical music. Photographer Allan Tannenbaum stated on Instagram, “I took this photo after photographing the removal of her body from the Chelsea Hotel earlier in the day. That and The Sex Pistols are credited with bringing punk music to a more mainstream international audience. And while we may never know what actually happened on October 12, 1978, at the Chelsea Hotel in New York City, where Spungen’s body was found, we do know that Vicious was arrested, charged with her murder, pled not guilty, and died of a heroin overdose at 21.
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Over 40 years have passed since Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious (born: John Simon Ritchie) died unexpectedly in February 1979 while awaiting trial for the murder of his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. Columbia Records released an album comprised of various artists who performed on the program and a few who did not. Milt Hinton (1910-2000), a jazz bassist and photographer, shot fellow jazz greats Billie Holiday (1915-1959) and Count Basie (1904-1984) rehearsing in New York City for the live show. In December 1957, CBS aired "The Sound of Jazz," one of the first programs featuring jazz to air on American network television. Now, a new exhibition, Collecting New York's Stories: Stuyvesant to Sid Vicious, features highlights drawn from hundreds of additions to the Museum’s permanent collection over the past three years, including photographs which will intrigue anyone who appreciates music legends who have made their mark on the city throughout the years. We saw things " Through a Different Lens" with photographs by Stanley Kubrick, went " Cycling in the City" to discover New York’s rich bicycling heritage, looked back at fifty years of public art in the city, featured striking before-and-after images of Hurricane Sandy's impact on the New York region with Rising Waters, and countless other exhibitions have shared stories of the world’s most influential metropolis. The Museum of the City of New York has been collecting and telling New York's stories since 1923.
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