George Winston released his first tribute to Vince Guaraldi, Linus & Lucy, in 1996 and it proved so enduring that he released a sequel called Love Will Come in 2010. Popularity is one reason for the pianist revisiting Guaraldi, but the other is that this inspiration provides fertile creative ground for the pianist, opening up and warming Winston￢ﾀﾙs sometimes chilly signatures. As the title indicates, this doesn￢ﾀﾙt rely quite so heavily on Guaraldi￢ﾀﾙs music for Peanuts but there￢ﾀﾙs still quite a bit here, including ￢ﾀﾜWoodstock,￢ﾀﾝ giving this a relaxed familiarity that￢ﾀﾙs friendly and welcoming. If Winston doesn￢ﾀﾙt reinvent these songs or Guaraldi￢ﾀﾙs overall feel, he nevertheless plays with gusto that￢ﾀﾙs surprisingly infectious, offering as convincing an argument as ever that he plays with soul. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
