"Assembled from a body of work spanning eight albums, Will Ackerman's guitar music has become synonymous with the Windham Hill sound. This Retrospective features guest artists Shadowfax, George Winston, Michael hedges and others.
"The timeless quality of Windam Hill's most acclaimed artists is captured on the Retrospective Series. Featuring over one hour of music, each album traces the artists musical history and documents the performerâ•’s outstanding career highlights."
The best of eight previous recordings back as far as 1976:
All compositions written by Will Ackerman except "Santos and the Well-Traveled Bear" and "The Opening of Doors" written by Will Ackerman and Tim Story; "Lago de Montanas (Mountain Lake) written by Will Ackerman and Enrique Cruz.
All compositions published by Windham Hill Music (BMI) except "Santos and the Well-Traveled Bear" and "The Opening of Doors" published by Windham Hill Music (BMI)/Seventh Chance Music (BMI).
Compilation (p) 1993 Windham Hill Records
(c) 1993 Windham Hill Records All Rights Reserved
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The Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter
Will Ackerman - guitar
Produced by Scott Saxon
Engineered and mixed by Scott Saxon at Mantra Studios, San Mateo, CA
(p) 1977 Windham Hill Records
In many ways, a Retrospective of Will Ackerman's music is a retrospective of Windham Hill Records itself. As Ackerman says in the liner notes, "...What might have been a minor blip in my life turned into Windham Hill Records and by 1979 my business card read, 'Windham Hill Builders o Records o Music (BMI).' And always there was the guitar and the music...." Selected from Ackerman's second recording, IT TAKES A YEAR, The Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter is this Retrospective's first cut, and thus a fitting sample for this Nautilus preview.