Windham Hill Records
Windham Hill Records, founded 1982: jazz artists and albums on the label.
Windham Hill Records was an independent record label that specialized in instrumental acoustic music. It was founded by guitarist William Ackerman and Anne Robinson (née McGilvray) in 1976 and was popular in the 1980s and 1990s. The label was purchased by BMG through a series of buyouts from 1992 through 1996. It is now a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment, following Sony's acquisition of BMG Music in 2007. Private Music, also a subsidiary of BMG, has issued some back-catalog releases under the Windham Hill Records imprint. Since the Sony merger in 2007, Windham Hill has released no new material but reissues albums and compilations as part of Sony's Legacy Recordings brand.
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Artists on Windham Hill Records
Andy Narell
b. 1954 · American musician
Billy Childs
b. 1957 · American jazz pianist
Will Ackerman
b. 1949 · American guitarist, composer, and producer
Michael Manring
b. 1960 · American musician
Philip Aaberg
1949–2026 · pianist
Mitchel Forman
b. 1956 · American jazz and fusion keyboard player
Roy Nathanson
b. 1951 · American musician
Philippe Saisse
b. 1957 · French musician
Nightnoise
1984– · Irish musical group
Label profile
Windham Hill Records was originally an independent label founded in 1976 by William Ackerman and Anne Robinson (2), who were married soon thereafter. It was originally known for folk and acoustic music but became associated with new age music after the success of George Winston's "Autumn" in 1980. Ackerman sold his half of the company to BMG in 1992 and Robinson sold her half in 1996. Since the 2004 merger between BMG and Sony Music Entertainment the label has issued no new recordings. They continue to reissue the back catalog and issue compilations as part of Legacy Recordings.
Label Code: LC 9757 / LC 09757
There were at least two editions of nearly every record during the period when the label was distributed by A&M, from 1979 until 1992, a U.S. and a German and/or European release.
Catalog numbers from 1976 until 1992 always had a prefix, a dash, and four numbers: XXXX The original sequence of catalog numbers for LPs released in the United States was WHS C-1xxx which was used until 1984. From 1984 until 1992 the sequence for LPs was WH-1xxx, and it included reissues of earlier Windham Hill releases. The final release in that sequence was WH-1107. There were also WHS-
Profile from Discogs (CC0)