William Ackerman (Will Ackerman)

― アーティスト紹介? ―
Windham Hill Records の生みの親と聞きました。美しい音を奏でるギタリストです。アルバム “Imaginary Roads” までは William、それからは Will とクレジットされています。
公式サイト→www.williamackerman.com


IN SEARCH OF THE TURTLE'S NAVEL

この子は誰?

WINDHAM HILL RECORDS
WD-1001 (アメリカ盤)

# 1The Pink Chiffon Tricycle Queen(5:29)<5:30>
# 2Ely(5:26)<5:26>
# 3Windham Mary(4:26)<4:26>
# 4Processional(3:41)<3:42>
# 5The Second Great Tortion Bar Overland of West Townshend, Vermont, Jose Pepsi Attending(2:32)<2:33>
# 6What the Buzzard Told Suzanne(4:31)<4:31>
# 7Barbara's Song(7:25)<7:25>
# 8Gazas(4:34)<4:34>
# 9Slow Motion Roast Beef Restaurant Seduction(3:33)<3:34>
#10Dance for the Death of a Bird(3:27)<3:27>

Produced by Scott Saxon and William Ackerman.

All compositions by William Ackerman.
All compositions Windham Hill Music (BMI).

Recorded at Mantra Studios, San Mateo, CA.
Engineered and mixed by Scott Saxon.

©℗ 1976 Windham Hill Records

<― 感想・その他 ―

(ソロ・ギターのアルバムです。紹介文執筆中)


IT TAKES A YEAR

秋の日に大きな樹が一人

WINDHAM HILL RECORDS
WD-1003 (アメリカ盤)

# 1The Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter(3:37)<3:36>
# 2Balancing(3:36)<3:36>
# 3The Impending Death of the Virgin Spirit(5:29)<5:26>
# 4It Takes a Year(4:46)<4:46>
# 5The Townshend Shuffle(4:27)<4:26>
# 6A Tribute to the Philosophy of James Estell Bradley(2:37)<2:37>
# 7The Search for the Turtle's Navel(4:49)<4:48>
# 8Rain Sequence (From the Townshend Shuffle)(1:28)<1:27>
# 9The Rediscovery of Big Bug Creek Arizona(3:04)<3:04>

Produced by Scott Saxon.

All compositions by William Ackerman.
All compositions Windham Hill Music (BMI).

Engineered and mixed by Scott Saxon.
Recorded at Mantra Studios, San Mateo, CA.

©℗ 1977, 1986 Windham Hill Records

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(紹介文執筆中)


CHILDHOOD AND MEMORY

空には大きな雲。白い木の柵が見えます

WINDHAM HILL RECORDS
WD-1006 (アメリカ盤)

# 1The Wall and the Wind(3:33)<3:32>
# 2The Velvet Gentleman(3:24)<3:24>
# 3Anne's Song(3:38)<3:37>
# 4Childhood and Memory(5:42)<5:41>
# 5Sunday Rain(3:29)<3:28>
# 6Seattle(3:30)<3:30>
# 7Three Hesitant Themes(5:33)<5:32>
# 8Murray's Song(3:23)<3:22>
# 9Bodie(4:34)<4:34>
William Ackerman:guitar, banjo
Dave Ross:flute (#3)

Produced by William Ackerman.

All compositions by William Ackerman.
All compositions published by Windham Hill Music (BMI).

Recorded and mixed by Harn Soper at THE MUSIC ANNEX, Menlo Park, CA.

©℗ 1979 Windham Hill Records

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(紹介文執筆中)


PASSAGE

霧に煙る草原。まばらに樹が生えてます

WINDHAM HILL RECORDS
WD-1014 (アメリカ盤)

# 1Remedios(5:06)<5:09>
# 2Processional(3:46)<3:51>
# 3The Impending Death of the Virgin Spirit(6:02)<6:04>
# 4Pacific I(2:10)<2:15>
# 5The Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter(3:49)<3:51>
# 6Hawk Circle(5:03)<5:03>
# 7Anne's Song(3:31)<3:36>
# 8Passage(4:25)<4:29>
Darol Anger:violin
Robert Hubbard:english horn
Dan Reiter:cello
George Winston:piano

Produced by William Ackerman
All Compositions by William Ackerman.

Engineered by Harn Soper, The Music Annex, Menlo Park, CA

©℗ Windham Hill Records 1981.
All Selections Windham Hill Music BMI.

― 感想・その他 ―

(紹介文執筆中。アーティスト名の中に William Ackerman の名前がありませんが、これはライナーノーツに従った結果で、ちゃんとギター弾いてます)


PAST LIGHT

黄色に光っているのは、風に揺れるカーテンです

WINDHAM HILL RECORDS
WD-1028 (アメリカ盤)

# 1Visiting(6:02)<6:08>
# 2Garden(4:14)<4:20>
# 3Three Observations of One Ocean(3:30)<3:35>
# 4Pacific II(3:09)<3:13>
# 5Synopsis(5:00)<5:06>
# 6Ventana(5:18)<5:22>
# 7Threes(5:01)<5:07>
# 8Synopsis II(4:13)<4:18>
# 9Rain to River(6:19)<6:26>
#10Night Slip(2:10)<2:18>
Chuck Greenberg:lyricon (#1, #5)
Michael Manring:fretless bass (#1, #6, #7)
Kronos Quartet:string quartet Composed by Dawn Atkinson (#2)
Joan Jeanrenaud:cello (#3)
Mark Isham:synthesizer (#5)
Darol Anger:violin (#6)
Michael Hedges:guitar (#7, #10)
Ira Stein:piano (#8)
Russel Walder:oboe (#8), English Horn (#10)
Jamii Szmadzinski:violin (#9)

Produced by William Ackerman and Steven Miller

All compositions by William Ackerman
All selections Windham Hill Music (BMI)

Engineered and mixed by Steven Miller
Recorded at Mobius Music, San Francisco, assistant engineer Oliver DiCicco, and at Different Fur Studios, San Francisco, assistant engineer Don Mack
Mixed at Different Fur Studios, assistant engineer Dale Everingham

©℗ 1983 Windham Hill Records

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(紹介文執筆中)


CONFERRING WITH THE MOON

深い森の中。月の光に黒い木々

WINDHAM HILL RECORDS
WD-1050 (アメリカ盤)

# 1Conferring with the Moon(7:33)<7:32>
# 2Improv 2(3:30)<3:31>
# 3Lago de Montañas (Mountain Lake)(5:01)<5:01>
# 4Big Thing in the Sky (For Jess)(6:36)<6:36>
# 5Climbing in Geometry(6:08)<6:08>
# 6The Last Day at the Beach(6:56)<6:56>
# 7Singing Crocodile(3:21)<3:21>
# 8Processional(3:57)<3:57>
# 9Shape of the Land(3:26)<3:25>
#10Garage Planet(5:03)<5:02>
#11Conferring with the Moon (solo)(2:22)<2:22>
Chuck Greenberg:lyricon (#1, #8)
Charles Bisharat:violin (#1, #5, #9, #10)
Michael Manring:bass (#1, #5)
William Ackerman:charango (#3)
Enrique “Quique” Cruz:quena, zampoña, entara (#3)
Bob Hubbard:english horn (#4)
Ira Stein:piano (#5)
Philip Aaberg:piano (#6)
Eugene Friesen:cello (#6, #10)

Produced by William Ackerman and Elliot Mazer.

All compositions by William Ackerman except:
“Lago de Montañas,” by William Ackerman and Enrique Cruz;
“The Last Day at the Beach,” cello choir written and arranged by Eugene Friesen;
“Garage Planet,” by William Ackerman, Charles Bisharat and Eugene Friesen.

All compositions published by Windham Hill Music (BMI).

Engineered by Stephen Hart.
Recorded and mixed at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA.

©℗ 1986 Windham Hill Records

― 感想・その他 ―

(日本盤は「月に向かって」という邦題がつきました。紹介文執筆中)


IMAGINARY ROADS

実りの畑の中、ずっと続く道が

WINDHAM HILL RECORDS
WD-1078 (アメリカ盤)

# 1The Moment in Which You Must Finally Let Go of the Tether Which Has Held Your Hope Airborne(5:42)<5:42>
# 2A Region of Clouds(4:42)<4:45>
# 3If You Look(5:39)<5:43>
# 4Floyd's Ghost(6:18)<6:20>
# 5Wondering Again What's Behind the Eyes(5:50)<5:45>
# 6Dawn Treader(4:21)<4:21>
# 7The Prospect of Darrow's Barn and The Blossoms of an Apple Spring on Imaginary Road(3:03)<3:05>
# 8Brother A Teaches 7(2:57)<2:59>
# 9Innocent Moon(3:37)<3:39>
#10The Moment-Reprise(0:37)<0:40>
#11If You Look-Version II(5:27)<5:30>
#12Darrow's Barn-Version II(3:05)<3:05>
Will Ackerman:parlor guitar (#1, #5), guitar (#2, #3, #4, #6, #7, #12, #13), piano (#6), guitars (#8, #9)
Allaudin Mathieu:piano (#1)
Chuck Greenberg:lyricon, Yamaha WX-7 wind synthesizer and Yamaha DX-7 keyboard synthesizer (#3)
Michael Manring:fretless bass (#3, #8, #11)
Philip Aaberg:piano (#4, #12)
Kifu Mitsuhashi:shakuhachi flute (#5)
Jill Haley:oboe (#7)
Charles Bisharat:violin (#8, #11)

Produced by William Ackerman
except “Wondering Again” Produced by William Ackerman and Dawn Atkinson

All compositions by William Ackerman
except “The Moment” by Will Ackerman and Allaudin Mathieu,
“If You Look” by Will Ackerman and Chuck Greenberg,
“Floyd's Ghost” by Will Ackerman and Philip Aaberg,
“Wondering Again” by Will Ackerman and Kifu Mitsuhashi,
and “Darrow's Barn” by Will Ackerman and Jill Haley

All compositions published by Windham Hill Music (BMI) except
“If You Look” published by Windham Hill Music (BMI)/Greenshadow Music (BMI)
Administered by Windham Hill Music (BMI)

Recorded at Studio D in Sausalito, CA and Different Fur Recording, San Francisco, CA
Engineered by Bob Hodas, 2nd Engineer David Musgrove except
“Innocent Moon” and “Darrow's Barn” Engineered by Bob Hodas, 2nd Engineer Devon Bernardoni;
“Dawn Treader,” “The Moment,” and “Floyd's Ghost” Engineered by Stephen Hart, 2nd Engineer Mark Slagle
Mixed by Stephen Hart at Different Fur Recording

©℗ 1988 Windham Hill Records

― 感想・その他 ―

(紹介文執筆中。#6ではピアノの演奏も披露。お得意の「長い題名」も出てきます。#10と#12は、それぞれ#1と#7の別バージョンですが、オリジナルの曲名を全部書くのが鬱陶しいのか、省略形になってます)


THE OPENING OF DOORS

上に本人。下に開いているドア

WINDHAM HILL RECORDS
01934 11114-2 (アメリカ盤)

# 1The Opening of Doors(6:10)<6:10>
# 2The 1000 Mile Stare(3:26)<3:28>
# 3Bahia, Nebraska(4:54)<4:55>
# 4A Happy Home in Kathmandu(4:13)<4:14>
# 5Murray's Song(3:16)<3:18>
# 6A Movie of a Placid Lake on a Moonless Night in September(6:23)<6:24>
# 7Last Dance(3:08)<3:09>
# 8Santos and the Well-Traveled Bear(3:08)<3:10>
# 9Silver Gate(6:13)<6:14>
#10The Inexorable Drift of Tectonic Plates(5:32)<5:42>
#11A Movie of a Placid Lake on a Moonless Night in September-Reprise(3:13)<3:14>
Will Ackerman:martin parlor guitar (#1, #4, #7, #8), guitar (#2, #5, #6, #9, #11), 12-string guitar (#3, #10)
Tim Story:keyboards (#1, #4, #8)
Paul McCandless:english horn (#1, #8), Oboe (#1, #4, #8), Bass Clarinet (#8)
Michael Manring:fretless bass (#2, #6, #7, #8, #10)
Mark Summer:cello (#3)
Sapphron Obois:soprano sax (#6, #7)
Buckethead:electric guitar (#6, #10)
Phil Aaberg:piano (#9)
Michael Spiro:percussion (#10)
Steven Miller:vocal percussion (#10)

Produced by Steven Miller and William Ackerman

All compositions by William Ackerman except
“Santos and the Well-Traveled Bear,” “The Opening of Doors,” and “A Happy Home in Kathmandu” by Will Ackerman and Tim Story.

All compositions published by Windham Hill Music (BMI), except
“Santos and the Well-Traveled Bear,” “The Opening of Doors,” and “A Happy Home in Kathmandu” published by Windham Hill Music (BMI)/Seventh Chance Music (BMI),
administered by Windham Hill Music (BMI)

All songs recorded at Jim Reitzel Productions, Kentfield, CA, except
“The 1000 Mile Stare,” recorded at Bonneville Communications, Salt Lake City, UT on June 21st and 22nd, 1991

All songs engineered by Steven Miller, assisted by Jim Reitzel, Nancy Scharlau and Ron Rigler, except
“The 1000 Mile Stare,” engineered by Rick Starr, assisted by Loren Ashcraft

All songs mixed by Steven Miller at Different Fur Recording, San Francisco, CA; assisted by Matt Murman, except
“The 1000 Mile Stare,” mixed by Dawn Atkinson and Haward Johnston at Different Fur Recordings, San Francisco, CA, assisted by Nancy Scharlau

©℗ 1992 Windham Hill Records

― 感想・その他 ―

(紹介文執筆中。初めてディストーションのかかったエレクトリックギターが登場。これもまた、不思議な雰囲気です)


A WINDHAM HILL RETROSPECTIVE

ご本人の顔がこれだけ大写しになっているのは初めてです

WINDHAM HILL RECORDS
01934 11121-2 (アメリカ盤)

# 1The Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter(3:38)<3:36>
# 2Processional(3:57)<3:56>
# 3Ventana(5:22)<5:21>
# 4Santos and the Well-Traveled Bear(3:11)<3:09>
# 5Slow Motion Roast Beef Restaurant Seduction(3:34)<3:33>
# 6Visiting(6:10)<6:08>
# 7Anne's Song(3:37)<3:37>
# 8The Impending Death of the Virgin Spirit(6:06)<6:06>
# 9Climbing in Geometry(6:09)<6:09>
#10The Opening of Doors(6:12)<6:10>
#11Brother A Teaches 7(3:00)<2:59>
#12Seattle(3:31)<3:30>
#13Lago de Montañas (Mountain Lake)(5:01)<5:01>
#14Hawk Circle(4:25)<4:25>
#15Region of Clouds(4:46)<4:45>
Will Ackerman:guitar (#1, #2, #3, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #12, #14, #15), martin parlor guitar (#4, #10), guitars (#11), charango (#13)
Chuck Greenberg:lyricon (#2, #6)
Darol Anger:violin (#3)
Michael Manring:fretless bass (#3, #4, #6, #11), bass (#9)
Tim Story:keyboards (#4, #10)
Paul McCandless:oboe (#4, #10), bass clarinet (#4), english horn (#4, #10)
Dan Reiter:cello (#8)
Charles Bisharat:violin (#9, #11)
Ira Stein:piano (#9)
Enrique “Quique” Cruz:quena, zampoña, entara (#13)
George Winston:piano (#14)
Michael Hedges:guitar (#14)

Executive Producer: Dawn Atkinson

All compositions written by William Ackerman except
“Santos and the Well-Traveled Bear” and “The Opening of Doors” written by Will Ackerman and Tim Story;
“Lago de Montañas (Moutain 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 ℗ 1993 Windham Hill Records

― 感想・その他 ―

(紹介文執筆中。ベスト盤です。個々の曲のプロデューサーやエンジニアは省略しました。#2は数あるバージョンの中から Conferring with the Moon に収録されているものが選曲されています。#14は、オリジナルアルバムではなく An Evening with Windham Hill Live という企画アルバムからの選曲です)


SOUND OF WIND DRIVEN RAIN

どこか広い野原のように見えますが、よく分かりません

WINDHAM HILL RECORDS
01934-11250-2 (アメリカ盤)

# 1Shella's Pictures(5:19)<5:18>
# 2A Child's Song(4:00)<4:00>
# 3Driving(5:33)<5:33>
# 4Lion's in the Sky(6:35)<6:35>
# 5Unconditional(2:56)<2:49>
# 6Sound of Wind Driven Rain(8:14)<8:14>
# 7Wings on the Water(5:32)<5:32>
# 8Pontchartrain(3:06)<3:06>
# 9I Know This River(3:56)<3:55>
#10Hawk Circle(9:23)<9:22>
#11Mr. Jackson's Hat(2:41)<2:41>
Will Ackerman:Guitar (#1, #3, #4, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11), Parlour Guitar (#2, #5)
Samite:Vocals (#2, #6, #10)
Michael Manring:Fretless Bass (#3, #4, #8, #10), Bass (#8)
Charlie Bisharat:Violins (#3)
Philip Aaberg:Piano (#4)
Rob Eberhard Young:Guitar bass notes (#5)
Paul McCandless:English Horn (#8)
Marc Shulman:Ambient Guitar (#10)
Gerry James:Rainstick (#10)
Jackline Rago:Frame Drum (#10)

Produced by William Ackerman and Corin Nelsen

All songs written by William Ackerman except
A CHILD'S SONG which was written by Will Ackerman and Samite Mulondo.

All compositions published by Imaginary Road Music (BMI) except
A CHILD'S SONG which is co-published by Imaginary Road Music (BMI) and Samite Artistic Productions/Samite Music (BMI).
Administered by Imaginary Road Music (BMI).

Recorded and mixed by Corin Nelsen at Imaginary Road Studios, Windham County, VT.
Supplemental recordings at Different Fur, San Francisco, CA engeneered by Howard Johnston, assisted by Adam Munoz
Samite vocals; recorded by Corin Nelsen at Imaginary Road Studios. Supplemental vocals recorded by Arif Verner at Infinite Sound Studio, Ithaca, NY and by Samite at Samite Artistic Productions Studios, Ithaca, NY.

©℗ 1998 Windham Hill Records

― 感想・その他 ―

(紹介文執筆中。実に6年ぶりの新作でした。ギターだけでこんなにも厚みのある音を作り出す技巧は、まだまだ健在。初めてボーカルが使われています)


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