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A Windham Hill Retrospective

A Windham Hill Retrospective
Will Ackerman

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Track Listing

  1. Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter
  2. Processional
  3. Ventana
  4. Santos and the Well-Traveled Bear
  5. Slow Motion Roast Beef Restaurant Seduction
  6. Visiting
  7. Anne's Song
  8. Impending Death of the Virgin Spirit
  9. Climbing in Geometry
  10. Opening of Doors
  11. Brother a Teaches 7
  12. Seattle
  13. Lago de Montañas (Mountain Lake)
  14. Hawk Circle
  15. Region of Clouds

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #158113 in Music
  • Brand: William
  • Released on: 1993-01-26
  • Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

"A Place of Escape and Discovery"5
If you're looking for a crash course in William Ackerman 101, this 1993 release is an excellent place to acquaint yourself with one of the finest guitarists of the past quarter century. Whether playing solo on pieces like the gorgeous "The Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter" or working with fellow labelmates like George Winston, Michael Hedges, Tim Story or Paul McCandless in a small ensemble setting, Ackermann is a gifted writer and performer. This is 69 minutes of absolute bliss with selections from his 1976 debut through 1992's The Opening of Doors. In his liner notes Ackerman refers to his music not as a business, but "a place of escape and discovery." This CD will help you discover the joys of this talented guitarist. HIGHLY RECOMMENDD

A great new age album5
William Ackerman is the guy who founded Windham Hill records and the whose sweet guitar lines make up many of the label's best songs. What elevates Ackerman's music beyond the usual new age background noise is his excellent songwriting ability. This album collects the best of those songs into one package. The real standouts are "The Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter," "Visiting," "Climbing in Geometry" and "Seattle," which can only be described as achingly pretty. There is not a single clunker on this fine retrspective of Ackerman's career.

Essential finger-style.5
Will Ackerman is not only the CEO of new age label, Windham Hill, but he also is one of its best artists...

Here is a career compilation of finger-style compositions that represent Will Ackerman's approach nicely. I noticed that Will Ackerman differentiates very nicely with dynamics, soft melodies and clean execution.

Its beautiful if your a casual new age fan, if your a guitarist, your missing the boat if you dont already have it. As I said, its essential!

I also reccomend his first album, "In Search of the Blue Turtle". This is one of the "icon" albums that helped to usher in the new age genre...