Evening with Windham Hill Live [Live]

Track Listings

1. Rickover's Dream - Michael Hedges

2. Turning: Turning Back - Alex de Grassi

3. Clockwork

4. Spare Change - George Winston

5. Visiing

6. Hawk Circle

7. Reflection/Lotus Feet

Evening with Windham Hill Live,Various Artists,Windham Hill Records,80's,Adult Alternative,Chamber Jazz,Contemporary Instrumental,Ethnic Fusion,Neo-Classical,New Acoustic,New Age / Meditation,Pop,Solo Instrumental

Tracks:

Rickover's Dream - Michael Hedges
Turning: Turning Back - Alex DeGrassi
Clockwork - Alex DeGrassi
Spare Change - Michael Hedges
Visiting - Will Ackerman
Hawk Circle - Will Ackerman
Reflections/Lotus Feet - George Winston

Customer Reviews:

"Rickover's Dream"...a career-best performance from Michael Hedges.......2007-03-27

First, there's not a bad note on the CD. In the years that followed, Windham Hill diversified in a number of different directions, but this was the "Wooden Music"....as Crosby, Stills & Nash might have labeled it...that put them on the map. It's this CD's performance of "Rickover's Dream" (by the late, tragically under-appreciated Michael Hedges) that best sums up what was at the heart of Windham Hill's "classic" sound. This CD is also notable because even though the term "New Age Music" later became synonymous with "garbage" as label after label after label lined up to clone Windham Hill's legacy, it was still young and innocent and fresh and vital here. Beautiful stuff...get it.

Nice, but I would like more.......2006-03-02

This was originally released on LP in 1982. It is 41 minutes long. Like all Windham Hill releases, the sound quality of the LP and the CD translation are excellent.

This is taken from 2 shows featuring performances by various Windham label recording artists. Much of the material is solo performances or different mixes of the performers. So, this disc comes off as a Windham Sampler. But, because of the choice of the material and the track order, it flows together pretty well.

The first two tracks are accoustic guitar solos and the last track is a piano solo. The remaining tracks are duets or trios, but with the author being the dominant player.

Only Clockwork is a real group effort. And, it turns out to be the weakest track on the album, simply because it is too long and repetitious. It has a beautiful sound with Daryl Angor on violin and especially Chuck Greenberg (formerly of Shadow Fax and now deceased) on lyricon.

It is just a very nice, pleasant CD with some very interesting parts. It makes a great a background music CD or something that you can sit down a listen to seriously....except for the cutesy little comments to introduce the music.

Now there is CD technology, it would be great if Windham Hill went back and released the whole concerts.

a classic.......2005-01-21

i've been poor as of late. to the point that i've sold most of my cd's. this is one that i've held on to. and now that i see i could sell my mint copy for over $20, i would still never do it knowing i could never get it back. this is one of those albums i continually go back to and lost myself in. i rediscovered my dad's old windham hill vinyls back in 96 and this is one of those albums i heard countless times as a child, so putting it back on as a young adult was like deja vu in the best possible way. the songs are all great, the recording is great. i agree with a previous poster that they should release a new version of this disc with new tracks because they must exist. but even if they did release it again, i'd never part with this original, just as i won't ditch my original copies of "december" "autumn" and "winter into spring" in favor of the 20th anniversary editions.

4.5 Stars... Where is the Remastered and Expanded Reissue?.......2004-12-22

The Christmas season is usually the time of the year that I dig out my collection of Windham Hill CDs. The Windham Hill "new age" label, founded by guitarist Will Ackerman, issued a bunch of truly classic albums in the 80s, and this particular compilation is one of the label's very best.

"An Evening with Windham Hill Live" (1982, 7 tracks, 41 min.) is a sampler of some of the label's biggest names. The album starts off with 2 great guitar pieces: first the (late) Michael Hedges brings his wizardry on "Rickover's Dream", then it's Alex DeGrassi's 9 min. epic "Turning: Turning Back" ("it's just about a trip to Philadelphia!"). "Spare Change" finds Hedges surrounded by pianist Liz Story and bassist Michael Manring, outstanding! But wait! There's lots more! Guitarist (and then-label CEO) Will Ackerman teams up with Chuck Greenberg (of Shadowfax) and brings a soaring "Visting". The last 2 songs feature George Winston, on "Hawk Circle" he is joined by Ackerman and Hedges, and on "Reflections/Lotus Feet' it's Winston solo. Great great stuff.

The CD I have is a straight transfer from the vinyl album I had. I don't understand why this CD is out of print. This album is nothing short of a "all-star" collection of Windham Hill's best artists. If nothing else, this album should be reissued with a remastered sound AND bonus tracks, which surely exist (the sleeve notes indicate the songs were recorded over two nights). In any event, in these cold winter months, what better than to light up the open fire and to have Windham Hill music in the background while reading a good book!

A long time ago.......2000-10-01

I was first turned on to this lp by a girlfriend of mine in college back in the early 80s. I find it says a lot about the music on this release in that even though I can hardly remember the girl's name, I still have and enjoy this music.

Average customer rating:

An Evening with Windham Hill Live

Manufacturer: Windham Hill
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000F2YN3I

Product Description

An Evening with Windham Hill Live // 1. Rickover's Dream - 4:30 Michael Hedges 2. Turning: Turning Back - 9:00 Alex DeGrassi 3. Clockwork - 6:23 Alex DeGrassi with Chuck Greenberg, Darol Anger, Michael Manring, Michael Spiro, 4. Spare Change - 5:29 Michael Hedges with Liz Story and Michael Manring 5. Visiting - 4:48 Will Ackerman with Chuck Greenberg, and Michael Manring 6. Hawk Circle - 5:10 Will Ackerman with George Winston, and Michael Hedges 7. Reflections/Lotus Feet - 6:25 George Winston

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