Will Ackerman
An accomplished guitarist and producer, Will Ackerman is best known as the founder of Windham Hill Records, a hugely successful label dealing in acoustic, folk, and ambient music that helped launch the career of George Winston, among others. Debuting in 1976 with The Search for the Turtle's Navel, Ackerman has issued dozens of albums over the years, including 1998's Imaginary Roads, 2008's Meditations, and 2011's New England Roads, that deftly combine elements of jazz, new acoustic, and pop.
Though Ackerman had played guitar since the age of 12, when he dropped out of college it was to become a carpenter, and his first company was called Windham Hill Builders. The Palo Alto native composed guitar music for Stanford University theater productions, and the encouragement of friends led him to record an album of his tunes, In Search of the Turtle's Navel, in 1976. The first release on his newly minted independent record label, Windham Hill, the album was surprisingly successful, and Ackerman soon found himself in the music business.
Since then, Ackerman has continued to record his own albums, to produce Windham Hill albums for such influential artists as George Winston, Shadowfax, Michael Hedges, Alex de Grassi, and Liz Story, and to serve in various capacities in the record company.
After selling Windham Hill in 1992, Ackerman relocated to Vermont and built his own studio, Imaginary Road, where he has continued to both produce and to record and release his own music. In 2018 he released the mid- to late-career retrospective Was It This Lifetime: Pieces for Guitar 1995-2011.
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A Windham Hill Retrospective
New age - Released by Windham Hill Records on 25 jan. 1993
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Conferring With the Moon
New age - Released by Will Ackerman on 3 sep. 2023
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Imaginary Roads
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Imaginary Roads
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In Search Of The Turtle's Navel
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Sound Of Wind Driven Rain
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It Takes A Year
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Meditations
New age - Released by Compass Productions on 10 jan. 2022
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Conferring With The Moon
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The Opening Of Doors
Klassiek - Released by Windham Hill Records on 12 mei 1992
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Hearing Voices
Klassiek - Released by Windham Hill Records on 4 okt. 2001
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Brothers
Will Ackerman, Jeff Oster, Tom Eaton
Divers - Released by Retso Records on 30 jul. 2021
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New England Roads
New age - Released by Will Ackerman on 24 feb. 2023
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Pure Will Ackerman
New age - Released by Windham Hill - Legacy on 23 mei 2006
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Imaginary Roads
New age - Released by Windham Hill Records on 3 sep. 2023
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It Takes A Year
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Conferring With The Moon
New age - Released by Windham Hill Records on 1 jan. 1986
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Three Trees
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Divers - Released by Retso Records on 28 mei 2021
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