George Winston piano concert Sept. 29 at Resort

Grammy Award-winning solo pianist George Winston returns next month to Coeur d’Alene.

George will perform Friday, Sept. 29 at 8 p.m. at The Coeur d’Alene Resort.

Winston grew up mainly in Montana, and also spent his later formative years in Mississippi and Florida. During this time, his favorite music was instrumental rock and instrumental R&B, including Floyd Cramer, the Ventures, Booker T & The MGs, Jimmy Smith, and many more. Inspired by R&B, jazz, Blues and rock, especially the Doors, Winston began playing organ in 1967. In 1971 he switched to the acoustic piano after hearing recordings from the 1920s and the 1930s by the legendary stride pianists Thomas “Fats” Waller and the late Teddy Wilson. In addition to working on stride piano, he also at this time came up with his own style of melodic instrumental music on solo piano, called folk piano. In 1972, he recorded his first solo piano album, BALLADS AND BLUES 1972, for the late guitarist John Fahey’s Takoma label.

Since 1972, Winston has released 12 more albums. His latest piano solo album “Spring Carousel — A Cancer Research Benefit” includes songs Winston composed in 2013 while recovering from a bone marrow transplant.

Tickets are $30 and can be purchased at cdaresort.com/discover/activities/concerts.