Theme to the Gaurdian is the debut album by American guitarist and composer Bill Connors

Bill Connors

Bill Connors is a jazz musician notable for being a legato technique master, adept at both the acoustic and electric guitar, and successfully played jazz-rock, free and fusion material in the '70s and '80s. His best early solos were in the jazz-rock genre, where his use of distortion and...

 recorded in 1974 and released on the ECM label.

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".

Track listing

All compositions by Bill Connors except as indicated

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