Mandolin player David Grisman has a hybrid playing style that owes almost as much to jazz as it does to bluegrass and traditional American folk influences. Dubbing his highly intricate, harmonically advanced blend of sounds "dawg music", Grisman has been active since the 1960s and has branched out beyond the boundaries of any one scene. With roots deep in the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, Grisman's jazz sensibilities were strong enough to attract the admiration of the HCQ's Stéphane Grappelli, who toured and recorded with Grisman on occasion. His contributions to the Grat...