Mondo Mando

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Mondo Mando
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Studio album by
David Grisman Quintet
Released1981
Genre Americana, newgrass, jazz
Label Warner Bros.
Producer David Grisman
David Grisman chronology
Quintet '80
(1980)		Mondo Mando
(1981)		 Stephane Grappelli/David Grisman Live
(1981)
David Grisman Quintet chronology
Quintet '80
(1980)		Mondo Mando
(1981)		 Dawg '90
(1990)
Tony Rice chronology
Still Inside
(1981)		Mondo Mando
(1981)		 The Bluegrass Album
(1981)
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Mondo Mando is an all-instrumental album by American musician David Grisman, released in 1981. [1]

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David Grisman American mandolinist, composer, and record label owner

David Grisman is an American mandolinist. His music combines bluegrass, folk, and jazz in a genre he calls "Dawg music". He founded the record label Acoustic Disc, which issues his recordings and those of other acoustic musicians.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by David Grisman unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Cedar Hill" – 3:47
  2. "Dawg Funk" – 4:10
  3. "Japan (Op. 23)" – 3:37
  4. "Fanny Hill" – 3:09
  5. "Anouman" (Django Reinhardt) – 4:58
  6. "Caliente" – 7:29
  7. "Albuquerque Turkey" – 2:56
  8. "Mondo Mando" – 9:01

Personnel

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Darol Anger American musician

Darol Anger is an American violinist and founding member of The David Grisman Quintet.

Rob Wasserman was an American composer and bass player. A Grammy Award and NEA grant winner, he played and recorded with a wide variety of musicians including Bob Weir, Bruce Cockburn, Elvis Costello, Ani di Franco, Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Stéphane Grappelli, Rickie Lee Jones, Van Morrison, Aaron Neville, Lou Reed, Pete Seeger, Jules Shear, Brian Wilson, Chris Whitley, Neil Young, Jackson Browne, Laurie Anderson, Stephen Perkins, Banyan, Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, and Ratdog.

Mike Marshall (musician) American musician

Mike Marshall is a bluegrass mandolinist who has collaborated with David Grisman and Darol Anger.

Technical

John Haeny is an American born music producer recording and mixing engineer, sound designer and academic. From the late 1960s through the late 1980s he recorded, mixed and produced hundreds of albums. He worked with a variety of artists across multiple genres including Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Jim Morrison, Tom Jones, Warren Zevon and Linda Ronstadt to Weather Report, John Coltrane, Freddie Hubbard and Duke Ellington.

Gregory Fulginiti is an American recording and mastering engineer.

Chart positions

YearChartPosition
1981Billboard Jazz Albums12
The Billboard 200 174

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References

  1. 1 2 Allmusic entry for Mondo Mando Retrieved September 2009.
  2. ↑ Gary S. Hartman. "DGQ timeline". Classicwebs.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
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