William Ackerman

William Ackerman - It Takes A Year {1977}



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01 - The Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter
02 - Balancing
03 - The Impending Death Of The Virgin Spirit
04 - It Takes A Year
05 - The Townsend Shuffle
06 - Tribute To The Philosophy Of James Estell Bradley
07 - The Search For The Turtle's Navel
08 - Rain Sequence {From The Townsend Shuffle}
09 - The Rediscovery Of Big Bug Creek, Arizona




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William Ackerman - Past Light {1983}



Guitarist William Ackerman was still writing the book on the new age genre when this album came to light in the '80s, back when he operated the Windham Hill record label. You can hear many of the distinct, far-flung elements of the meditative, often-derided music mingling here in a somewhat pre-commercial state: classical, funk, folk, and more. Ackerman's guitar playing is often light as air, but his technique suggests a formidable aesthetic at work, rendering softness with expert, crafty precision. The slurpy electric bass on the opening track, "Visiting," doesn't do the rest of the album justice, especially the intricate, Tangerine Dream-style minimalism of "Synopsis." Of additional interest: the track titled "Garden," a fairly straightforward Utopian nod to "Greensleeves," features Ackerman's neighbors, the San Francisco-based Kronos Quartet. Kronos cellist Joan Jeanrenaud also guests on "Three Observations of the Ocean," a duet.


Tracklist:

01 - Visiting
02 - Garden
03 - Three Obervations Of The Ocean
04 - Pacific 2
05 - Synopsis
06 - Ventana
07 - Threes
08 - Synopsis 2
09 - Rain To The River
10 - Night Slip

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William Ackerman - Returning Pieces For Guitar 1970-2004 {2004}



I am not being lazy here, but essentially what I wanted to do with Returning was to record my favourite solos over 35 years of composing. There was one duet with my long time friend David Cullen as well. So many of the pieces date back to a very early part of my career and listening to the original versions now I hear a very scared boy in the studio who is just trying to play the notes in right order. The emotional depth that I play them with today. The dynamics of volume and tempo are very even and unexpressive in the earlier versions and no where near what the pieces sound like today in concert. In the simplest terms, I wanted to record these songs from the perspective of many years of knowing them and knowing their potential. There are also the issues of the very guitars I'm playing and the quality of the technology I can now employ to record the pieces which makes a huge difference too. There is such a limited dynamic range in the early recordings by contrast to these new recordings and these issues too needed to be corrected on returning.


Tracklist:

01. The Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter
02. Anne's Song
03. The Impending Death Of The Virgin Spirit
04. Pictures
05. Hawk Circle
06. Barbara's Song
07. Unconditional
08. Visiting
09. Processional
10. In A Region Of Clouds
11. Last Day At The Beach

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