Theme to the Gaurdian

Theme to the Gaurdian
Studio album by Bill Connors
Released 1975
Recorded November 1974
Genre Jazz
Length 40:30
Label ECM
Producer Manfred Eicher
Bill Connors chronology
Theme to the Gaurdian
(1974)		 Pyramid
(1977)

Theme to the Gaurdian is the debut album by American guitarist and composer Bill Connors recorded in 1974 and released on the ECM label.[1]

Critical reception

The Allmusic review by John W. Patterson awarded the album 4 stars stating "this release of Connors is truly excellent acoustic guitar work with some of the most unique compositions and playing style you will find anywhere. Connors dubs one track as a sort of complex and exotic chordal progression base structure of strummed rhythms and/or a tapestry of finger roll picking. Over this landscape of dreamy, moody, surreal or frenetic design Connors solos and augments the original track of his playing. The effect is a ghostly dance of melancholy angst and passionate wailings".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Bill Connors unless noted.

  1. "Theme to the Gaurdian" - 5:20
  2. "Childs Eyes" - 4:26
  3. "Song for a Crow" - 4:16
  4. "Sad Hero" - 4:30
  5. "Sea Song" (Glenn Cronkhite) - 5:06
  6. "Frantic Desire" - 2:56
  7. "Folk Song" - 6:37
  8. "My Favorite Fantasy" - 4:26
  9. "The Highest Mountain" - 3:25
  • Recorded at Arne Bendiksen Studio in Oslo, Norway in November 1974

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ ECM discography accessed September 5, 2011
  2. 1 2 Patterson, J. W. Allmusic Review accessed September 5, 2011
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