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Hal Willner (born 1957, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American music producer working in recording, films, TV and live events. He is best known for assembling tribute albums and events featuring a wide variety of artists and musical styles (jazz, classical, rock, Tin Pan Alley). His first tribute album was ''Amarcord Nino Rota'' in 1981.〔()〕 In the late 1970s he worked under record producer Joel Dorn, credited as Associate Producer on Leon Redbone's albums ''Double Time'' and ''Champagne Charlie'', and The Neville Brothers' ''Fiyo on the Bayou''. Willner was music supervisor of ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1981–1990, occasionally returning in subsequent years. He was also a producer of the TV program ''Sunday Night'' hosted by David Sanborn. Willner has produced albums for Marianne Faithfull, Lou Reed, Bill Frisell, William S. Burroughs, Gavin Friday, Lucinda Williams, Laurie Anderson and Allen Ginsberg, among others. He produced a live tribute concert to Tim Buckley, that ultimately launched the career of Tim's son Jeff. He has released one album under his own name: ''Whoops, I'm an Indian'', which featured audio samples from 78 rpm records from the early-mid 20th century. Following earlier stagings (see list below), in January 2010 Willner produced his pirate-themed concert event ''Rogue's Gallery'' for the Sydney Festival. The multinational cast included Marianne Faithfull, Todd Rundgren, Tim Robbins, Gavin Friday, Peter Garrett, Baby Gramps, David Thomas, Sarah Blasko, Katy Steele, Peaches, Glenn Richards, Liam Finn, Camille O'Sullivan, Kami Thompson and Marry Waterson.〔(Sydney Festival 2010 - ''Rogue's Gallery'' )〕 ==Tribute albums== *''Amarcord Nino Rota'' (1981) Willner's first tribute album salutes Italian composer Nino Rota, and features interpretation of his music for Federico Fellini films by jazz and pop musicians including: Wynton and Branford Marsalis; Carla Bley; Muhal Richard Abrams; Bill Frisell; Steve Lacy; Jaki Byard; and Deborah Harry *''That's The Way I Feel Now: A Tribute to Thelonious Monk'' (1984) features musicians ranging from John Zorn to Peter Frampton *''Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill'' (1985) features musicians ranging from Sting to Charlie Haden *''Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films'' (1988) features performances of songs from Walt Disney movies by a large cast of artists ranging from Sun Ra to Michael Stipe, Ringo Starr, Yma Sumac and Ken Nordine *''Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus'' (1992) is a tribute to Charles Mingus, featuring instruments designed and built by American composer Harry Partch, on loan from his estate. Performers include Bill Frisell, Vernon Reid, Henry Rollins, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Don Byron, Henry Threadgill, Gary Lucas, Bobby Previte, Robert Quine, Leonard Cohen, Diamanda Galás, Chuck D and Elvis Costello *''September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill'' (1995) re-creation of the previous Weill tribute as a Canadian TV special directed by Larry Weinstein. A CD was issued including performances by Nick Cave and P J Harvey. The list of performers on this recording is quite different from the list of performers on his previous Weill tribute. Some of those that are on both tributes, such as Lou Reed and Charlie Haden, provide new recordings of the pieces they contributed previously. Many of the songs included are the same, although the new recording tends toward more historical recordings (Lotte Lenya, Bertolt Brecht, and Weill himself), while the previous one tended toward more avant-garde tributes. *''Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen'' (2005) another Larry Weinstein TV program. The CD includes performances by Rufus Wainwright, Debbie Harry, David Johansen, Eric Mingus and Sandra Bernhard *''Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man'' (2006) soundtrack for Lian Lunson's documentary film about Willner's Leonard Cohen tribute event ''Came So Far for Beauty'' *''Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys'' (2006) 2x double CD includes performers ranging from Bono to Van Dyke Parks. *''The Harry Smith Project: Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited'' (2006). Recorded at Hal Willner's Harry Smith Project events in London (1999), Brooklyn (1999) and LA (2001), plus a DVD documentary. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hal Willner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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