A Windham Hill Retrospective: William Ackerman (1993)

Happy 2013! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas holiday with your families and ringing in the new year together. But now it's time to get back to business. This week I'll be covering the Will Ackerman album: "A Windham Hill Retrospective: William Ackerman" from 1993.




This is pretty much a "greatest hits" album if you will. Many of the artists under this label had their own "Windham Hill Retrospective" release, including those of Montreux, Mark Isham, and Alex de Grassi to name a few. This one in particular, however features many of Ackerman's earlier hits (15 tracks to be exact) and it's worth buying if you don't have, never had, and/or can't afford all of his records that were released earlier than this one. It makes it easier on one's music collection, in my opinion. Just check out this site if you wish to read the overview.

http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-windham-hill-retrospective-mw0000093326


Here is your weekly track list, not that I need to include it this time:


1. The Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter
2. Processional
3. Ventana
4. Santos and the Well-Traveled Bear
5. Slow Motion Roast Beef Restaurant Seduction
6. Visiting
7. Anne's Song
8. The Impending Death of the Virgin Spirit
9. Climbing in Geometry
10.The Opening of Doors
11.Brother A Teaches 7
12.Seattle
13.Lago De Montañas
14.Hawk Circle
15.Region of Clouds


Click here to hear samples and order your own copy of this:

http://www.amazon.com/Windham-Hill-Retrospective-William-Ackerman/dp/B000000NJJ

See you next week!

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