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William Ackerman (16 Nov 1949 - )

Male Person - United States guitarist

 Also known as (2)

Releases (18)

Official

Album

  1. The Search for the Turtle's Navel 1976
  2. It Takes a Year 1977
  3. Birdsong 1978
  4. Childhood and Memory 1979
  5. Passage 1981
  6. Past Light 1983
  7. Conferring With the Moon Jun 1986
  8. Imaginary Roads 1988
  9. The Opening of Doors 1992 (as Will Ackerman)
  10. Sound of Wind Driven Rain 24 Feb 1998 (as Will Ackerman)
  11. Hearing Voices 09 Oct 2001 (as Will Ackerman)
  12. Returning: Pieces for Guitar 1970-2004 28 Sep 2004 (as Will Ackerman)
  13. Meditations 2008
  14. New England Roads 2010
  15. Was it This Lifetime 17 Dec 2018
  16. Positano Songs 04 Mar 2022

Album - Compilation

  1. A Windham Hill Retrospective 1993 (as Will Ackerman)
  2. Pure 2006 (as Will Ackerman)

Recordings by (176)

  1. Pink Chiffon Tricycle Queen 5:30 (1976)
  2. Ely 5:27 (1976)
  3. Windham Mary 4:25 (1976)
  4. Processional 3:40 (1976)
  5. Dance For The Death Of A Bird 3:27 (1976)
  6. The Second Great Torsion Bar Overland Of West Townshend, Vermont, Jose Pepsi Attending 3:10 (1976)
  7. What The Buzzard Told Suzanne 4:30 (1976)
  8. Barbara's Song 7:25 (1976)
  9. Gazos 4:33 (1976)
  10. Slow Motion Roast Beef Restaurant Seduction 3:33 (1976)
  11. Woman She Rides 2:43 (1976)
  12. The Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter 3:38 (1977)
  13. Balancing 3:35 (1977)
  14. The Impending Death of the Virgin Spirit 5:30 (1977)
  15. It Takes a Year 4:47 (1977)
  16. The Townsend Shuffle 4:30 (1977)
  17. Tribute to the Philosophy of James Estell Bradley 2:36 (1977)
  18. The Search for the Turtle's Navel 4:51 (1977)
  19. Rain Sequence (From the Townsend Shuffle) 1:29 (1977)
  20. The Rediscovery of Big Bug Creek, Arizona 3:03 (1977)
  21. The Pink Chiffon Tricycle Queen 5:31 (1978)
  22. Torsion Bar Overland 2:29 (1978)
  23. Slow Motion Seduction 3:30 (1978)
  24. Birdsong 3:23 (1978)
  25. Murray's Song 3:23 (1979)
  26. The Wall and the Wind 3:33 (1979)
  27. The Velvet Gentleman 3:23 (1979)
  28. Childhood and Memory 5:44 (1979)
  29. Sunday Rain 3:31 (1979)
  30. Seattle 3:30 (1979)
  31. Three Hesitant Themes 5:33 (1979)
  32. Bodie 4:34 (1979)
  33. Gideon 1:42 (1979)
  34. Anne's Song 3:38 (1979)
  35. Passage 4:31 (1981)
  36. Remedios 5:11 (1981)
  37. Processional, for guitar 3:53 (1981)
  38. The Impending Death of the Virgin Spirit 6:06 (1981)
  39. The Bricklayer’s Beautiful Daughter 3:55 (1981)
  40. Hawk Circle 5:06 (1981)
  41. Pacific I 2:18 (1981)
  42. Hawk Circle 5:10 (1983) live, 1982-10-09: Berklee Performance Center, Boston, MA, USA
  43. Visiting 6:11 (1983)
  44. Garden 4:24 (1983)
  45. Three Observations of One Ocean 3:34 (1983)
  46. Pacific II 3:14 (1983)
  47. Synopsis 5:10 (1983)
  48. Ventana 5:24 (1983)
  49. Threes 5:07 (1983)
  50. Synopsis II 4:20 (1983)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. The Townsend Shuffle 4:30 William Ackerman (1977) guitar

Produced

  1. Green River Suite 7:46 Robbie Basho (1978)
  2. Orphan’s Lament 3:47 Robbie Basho (1978)
  3. Leaf in the Wind 4:46 Robbie Basho (1978)
  4. Call on the Wind 3:04 Robbie Basho (1978)
  5. Blue Crystal Fire 4:49 Robbie Basho (1978)
  6. Variations on Easter 4:01 Robbie Basho (1978)
  7. Rodeo 2:32 Robbie Basho (1978)
  8. Elk Dreamer’s Lament 4:17 Robbie Basho (1978)
  9. Night Way 6:14 Robbie Basho (1978)
  10. Rocky Mountain Raga 7:39 Robbie Basho (1978)
  11. Avant-dernieres pensees 3:24 Bill Quist (1979)
  12. A Study for Steel String 2:59 Robbie Basho (1979)
  13. Scottish Rites 4:38 Robbie Basho (1979)
  14. 3 Nocturnes #1, 2 & 3 6:44 Bill Quist (1979)
  15. Prelude de la porte heroique du ciel 3:16 Bill Quist (1979)
  16. Childhood and Memory 5:44 William Ackerman (1979)
  17. Sunday Rain 3:31 William Ackerman (1979)
  18. Three Hesitant Themes 5:33 William Ackerman (1979)
  19. Bodie 4:34 William Ackerman (1979)
  20. Pasha II 6:33 Robbie Basho (1979)
  21. Ackerman Special 1:16 Robbie Basho (1979)
  22. Apres Midi American 1:56 Robbie Basho (1979)
  23. Variations on Grieg 5:02 Robbie Basho (1979)
  24. Pavan India 7:11 Robbie Basho (1979)
  25. Variations on Ezumi 4:03 Robbie Basho (1979)
  26. Variations on Clair de Lune 3:36 Robbie Basho (1979)
  27. 3 Gymnopedies 7:48 Bill Quist (1979)
  28. Les Trois Valses distinguees du precieux degoute 2:48 Bill Quist (1979)
  29. 3 Gnossienne #1, 2 & 3 6:08 Bill Quist (1979)
  30. Le Fils des Etoiles #1 & 2 6:15 Bill Quist (1979)
  31. Anne's Song 3:38 William Ackerman (1979)
  32. Seattle 3:30 William Ackerman (1979)
  33. Ogives #1 & 2 5:09 Bill Quist (1979)
  34. 3 Sarabande 10:06 Bill Quist (1979)
  35. 2 Preludes 4:41 Bill Quist (1979)
  36. The Wall and the Wind 3:33 William Ackerman (1979)
  37. The Velvet Gentleman 3:23 William Ackerman (1979)
  38. Gideon 1:42 William Ackerman (1979)
  39. Longing/Love 8:39 George Winston (1980)
  40. Slow Dance (piano reprise) 7:04 Philip Aaberg (1980)
  41. Woods 6:46 George Winston (1980)
  42. New Life, New Blues 1:53 Philip Aaberg (1980)
  43. Not Whot I Thot 3:37 Philip Aaberg (1980)
  44. Stars 5:28 George Winston (1980)
  45. As If We Didn't Know 4:33 Philip Aaberg (1980)
  46. Crying Smile 2:14 Philip Aaberg (1980)
  47. Colors/Dance 10:24 George Winston (1980)
  48. Upright 3:22 Philip Aaberg (1980)
  49. Welcome to the Church of St. Anytime 4:11 Philip Aaberg (1980)

Credited as (20)

  1. Will Ackerman
  2. Will Ackerman & Joan Jeanrenaud
  3. Will Ackerman & Chuck Greenberg
  4. Will Ackerman & Charlie Bisharat
  5. Will Ackerman & David Cullen
  6. Will Ackerman & Philip Aaberg
  7. Philip Aaberg, Will Ackerman & Michael Hedges
  8. William Ackerman
  9. Lawrence Blatt feat. Will Ackerman
  10. 押尾コータロー feat. William Ackerman
  11. William Ackerman, Fiona Joy, Lawrence Blatt & Jeff Oster
  12. Guy Buttery & William Ackerman
  13. William Ackerman, Jeff Oster & Tom Eaton
  14. Lynn Yew Evers, Will Ackerman
  15. William Ackerman feat. Charlie Bisharat, Noah Wilding & Tom Eaton
  16. William Ackerman feat. Eugene Friesen, Tom Eaton & Noah Wilding
  17. William Ackerman feat. Charlie Bisharat & Noah Wilding
  18. William Ackerman feat. Eugene Friesen & Tom Eaton
  19. William Ackerman feat. Charlie Bisharat, Jeff Oster & Tom Eaton
  20. William Ackerman feat. Charlie Bisharat & Tom Eaton

Works (27)

Wrote

  1. Beneath the Tree
  2. His Old Eyes
  3. As Stars Fell
  4. River
  5. From “The Song of Songs”
  6. Briars Above the Well
  7. Walk With Me
  8. In the Valley of Moses
  9. Somewhere in All This Green
  10. Illumina
  11. Before We Left This All Behind

Composed

  1. Just Before Dawn
  2. This Clearness of Light
  3. Happy Ending
  4. Floyd’s Ghost
  5. New England Morning
  6. For the Asking
  7. A Koan From Hugh
  8. The Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter
  9. Balancing
  10. The Impending Death of the Virgin Spirit
  11. It Takes a Year
  12. The Townsend Shuffle
  13. Tribute to the Philosophy of James Estell Bradley
  14. The Search for the Turtle's Navel
  15. Rain Sequence (From the Townsend Shuffle)
  16. The Rediscovery of Big Bug Creek, Arizona

Links (9)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.williamackerman.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/william_ackerman

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/224839

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0002981235
  2. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001431398

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q763812

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/76108
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/5MHSgzpt7607DgUgvOTlLd

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/26666