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This is part of Windham Hill Records' Essential Windham Hill series.
William Ackerman's genre-defining fourth studio album is quintessential New Age guitar bliss. Included on PASSAGE are four brand new compositions, and, like a poet who never feels his work is complete, Ackerman has reworked four pieces from his previous three albums, IN SEARCH OF THE TURTLE'S NAVEL, IT TAKES A YEAR, and CHILDHOOD AND MEMORY. Originally released in 1981, PASSAGE was among the earliest New Age digital recordings. An enchanting journey of sound, the album also benefits from the contributions of genre innovators George Winston, Darol Anger (Bela Fleck, David Grisman), and Dan Reiter (Kitaro, Ali Akbar Khan).
William Ackerman's fourth album, 1981's PASSAGE, is the first on which he fully integrates other players with his inimitable guitar style. Interestingly, Ackerman chooses to revisit items from his earlier albums in this new musical context alongside his new material. It's testament to the singularity of his vision that if you did not know that "The Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter," "Anne's Song" or "Impending Death of the Virgin Spirit" had originally been recorded as solo guitar compositions, you would never guess they were not.
They fit in beautifully next to the newer, fuller pieces. George Winston's piano is typically impressionistic, as it is on his solo albums, and Robert Hubbard's English horn is a surprising and interesting new texture. The cello and violin of Dan Reiter and Darol Anger are the most welcome additions to Ackerman's palette, adding richness and grace to several of these relatively brief tracks.
Recorded at The Music Annex, Menlo Park, California.
Personnel: William Ackerman (guitar); Darol Anger (violin); Dan Reiter (cello); Robert Hubbard (English horn); George Winston (piano).
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