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Hal Willner (06 Apr 1956 - 07 Apr 2020)

Male Person - United States

Releases (2)

Official

Album

  1. Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus 29 Sep 1992
  2. Whoops, I'm An Indian 1998

Recordings by (35)

  1. Canon (Part 1) 3:20 (29 Sep 1992)
  2. Meditations on Integration 3:45 (29 Sep 1992)
  3. Canon (Part 2) 3:17 (29 Sep 1992)
  4. Jump Monk 3:57 (29 Sep 1992)
  5. Weird Nightmare 3:02 (29 Sep 1992)
  6. Work Song 6:54 (29 Sep 1992)
  7. Self-Portrait in 3 Colors 3:29 (29 Sep 1992)
  8. Purple Heart 2:38 (29 Sep 1992)
  9. Tonight at Noon 5:36 (29 Sep 1992)
  10. Gunslinging Bird 1:42 (29 Sep 1992)
  11. Weird Nightmare (interlude) 0:57 (29 Sep 1992)
  12. Reincarnation of a Lovebird / Haitian Fight Song Montage 4:48 (29 Sep 1992)
  13. Open Letter to Duke 4:53 (29 Sep 1992)
  14. The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers 2:37 (29 Sep 1992)
  15. Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me 6:48 (29 Sep 1992)
  16. Eclipse 7:15 (29 Sep 1992)
  17. Pithecanthropus Erectus 5:43 (29 Sep 1992)
  18. Freedom 2:52 (29 Sep 1992)
  19. Weird Nightmare (reprise) 0:40 (29 Sep 1992)
  20. Jerry's Hymn of the Republic 1:12 (09 Jul 1996)
  21. Whoops, I'm an Indian 3:50 (1998)
  22. Nyack Oud Dance 4:14 (1998)
  23. Levinsky of the Spirits 3:53 (1998)
  24. Do You Hear Me? (No Pie) (feat. Jack Webb) 4:01 (1998)
  25. We Travel the Subways 2:27 (1998)
  26. A Night at the Playpen 5:35 (1998)
  27. Alamo Hellfire 6:30 (1998)
  28. Putz Rapper 4:55 (1998)
  29. King of the Jews 0:56 (1998)
  30. If I Had Known 3:15 (1998)
  31. Bercuse on Parade 5:44 (1998)
  32. Sango Montamaria 3:51 (1998)
  33. Hal Sings 'The Fatal Glass of Beer' While Ralph Honks 2:21 (1998)
  34. What a Friend We Have in Jesus Revisited 4:30 (1998)
  35. What A Friend We Have In Jesus (Revisited) 2:42 (31 Dec 2013)

On Recordings (50)

Vocals

  1. Alabama Song 4:26 Ralph Schuckett with Richard Butler (1985) additional
  2. Things I'd Like 4:40 Mark Bingham (1989)

Produced

  1. Amarcord 7:49 Jaki Byard (1981)
  2. La Dolce Vita Suite 7:22 Sharon Freeman, Muhal Richard Abrams & Chris Stein (1981)
  3. Roma 4:39 Steve Lacy (1981)
  4. Satyricon 5:28 The David Amram Quintet (1981)
  5. Interlude from Juliet of the Spirits 0:34 Dave Samuels (1981)
  6. Theme from La Dolce Vita and Juliet of the Spirits 2:20 Dave Samuels (1981)
  7. Juliet of the Spirits 4:44 Bill Frisell (1981)
  8. La Strada 3:07 Jaki Byard (1981)
  9. Medley: The White Sheik / I Vitelloni / Il Bidone / The Nights of Cabiria 8:49 Wynton Marsalis (1981)
  10. 8½ 11:36 The Carla Bley Band (1981)
  11. Gorée 17:27 The 360 Degree Music Experience (1984)
  12. Land Of The Pharoahs 5:34 The 360 Degree Music Experience (1984)
  13. Double Arc Jake 8:32 The 360 Degree Music Experience (1984)
  14. Well Kept Secret 7:50 The 360 Degree Music Experience (1984)
  15. Newcomer 6:42 The 360 Degree Music Experience (1984)
  16. Baby Mine 3:14 Bonnie Raitt & Was (Not Was) (18 Oct 1988)
  17. Ah Pook the Destroyer / Brion Gysin's All-Purpose Bedtime Story 2:45 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  18. The Sermon on the Mount 1 1:30 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  19. The Sermon on the Mount 2 1:21 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  20. Apocalypse 9:04 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  21. A Thanksgiving Prayer 2:21 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  22. Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe eingestellt 2:28 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  23. After-dinner Conversation / Where He Was Going 11:39 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  24. Scandal at the Jungle Hiltons 1:47 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  25. The Sermon on the Mount 3 1:16 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  26. William's Welcome 2:03 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  27. Kill the Badger! 2:45 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  28. Love Your Enemies 1:13 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  29. Naked Lunch Excerpts / Dinner Conversation 7:16 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  30. Dr. Benway's House 0:39 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  31. No More Stalins, No More Hitlers 0:59 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  32. The Lord's Prayer 0:45 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)

Edited

  1. A Thanksgiving Prayer 2:21 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  2. Apocalypse 9:04 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  3. William's Welcome 2:03 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  4. After-dinner Conversation / Where He Was Going 11:39 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  5. The Sermon on the Mount 2 1:21 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  6. Kill the Badger! 2:45 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  7. The Lord's Prayer 0:45 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  8. Scandal at the Jungle Hiltons 1:47 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  9. Love Your Enemies 1:13 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  10. Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe eingestellt 2:28 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  11. No More Stalins, No More Hitlers 0:59 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  12. The Sermon on the Mount 1 1:30 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  13. Ah Pook the Destroyer / Brion Gysin's All-Purpose Bedtime Story 2:45 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  14. The Sermon on the Mount 3 1:16 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  15. Dr. Benway's House 0:39 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)
  16. Naked Lunch Excerpts / Dinner Conversation 7:16 William S. Burroughs (31 Aug 1990)

Credited as (10)

  1. Hal Willner
  2. Hal Willner's Whoops I'm an Indian feat. The Kronos Quartet, Dr. John & Mocean Worker
  3. Hal Willner's Whoops I'm an Indian feat. Garth Hudson of The Band & Mocean Worker
  4. Hal Willner's Whoops I'm an Indian feat. Kronos Quartet, Dr. John & Mocean Worker
  5. William S. Burroughs feat. King Khan, Bill Frisell & Hal Willner
  6. Willner, Reynolds & Cunningham
  7. [dialogue] by Nick Cave, Hal Willner; song by Nick Cave
  8. [dialogue] by Leonard Cohen, The Edge, Nick Cave, Hal Willner, Bono
  9. [dialogue] by Hal Willner & Leonard Cohen
  10. [dialogue] by Perla Batalla, Julie Christensen, Hal Willner, Nick Cave & Bono

Works (24)

Wrote

  1. Del Close
  2. Gregory C.
  3. Stringbean
  4. Alias
  5. Who Was That Girl?
  6. Fields of Alfalfa
  7. Tony
  8. Old Sugar Bear
  9. White Fang
  10. Sundust

Composed

  1. The Last Words of Dutch Schultz
  2. Warning to Young Couples (Huntsman's Hounds)
  3. Mildred Pierce Reporting (Old Sarge)
  4. Spare Ass Annie
  5. Dr. Benway Operates
  6. Interlude 3: The Vultures Are Gone and Will Never Come Back
  7. Interlude 2: This Is Insane
  8. Interlude 1: Wrinkled Earlobes Are a Sign of Impending Heartattacks
  9. Words of Advice for Young People
  10. A One God Universe
  11. Did I Ever Tell You About the Man That Taught His Asshole to Talk?
  12. Last Words With Michael Franti
  13. The Junky's Christmas
  14. Interlude 4: Fletch Is Here

Links (15)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94040487
  2. https://d-nb.info/gnd/1052616224
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no94040487

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Hal+Willner

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/169062

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/21149

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000659210

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932561/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/56190739

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447509

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/3VRX2RB0mQ1vFBro0qibnZ
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/4422753

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/id4597111

Social Networking

  1. https://www.instagram.com/willnerh/
  2. https://twitter.com/WillnerHal