Windham Hill Records

On November 1, 2026, Windhaming, the Windham Hill community, gathers at The Freight in Berkeley, California to celebrate 50 years of Windham Hill art and artists. The day begins with conversations and panels exploring the label’s history, artistry, and lasting influence, followed by an evening concert featuring artists from across the Windham Hill catalog.” We chose The Freight not only for its Bay Area location, but its excellent sound quality and sight lines – this event will be filmed as part of the upcoming documentary film “A Quiet Revolution.” November 1, 2026. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to celebrate Windham Hill on the 50th anniversary of the label. Details on tickets, schedule, and artist lineup are coming soon. Follow updates at windhamhillrecords.com and the Windham Hill Lovers community on Facebook. Filmmaker Tal Skloot has recently announced a campaign to fund the completion of a feature documentary on the history, achievements, and groundbreaking sounds of Windham Hill Records. Will Ackerman, Barbara Higbie, Michael Manring, Mike Marshall, Alex De Grassi and many others are participating and are interviewed on camera. The award-winning filmmaker has produced over 25 documentaries. He knows and loves the music and personalities who made it. If funded, the film will be available for streaming, download, and DVD. Additionally, funders can select posters and t-shirts, as well as special experiences like a visit to Will Ackerman’s Imaginary Road Studios, sessions with Alex De Grassi, a song by Phil Aaberg, and more. “Eastern Montana”, the first in a series of posthumous releases from acclaimed solo pianist George Winston, was inspired by the surroundings of his childhood growing up in Miles City and Billings during the 1950s. The single Dusk at the Fork in the Road is out today, with the full album scheduled for release on August 30, 2024. It is with great sadness that I must report on the passing of pianist, composer, producer and philanthropist George Winston. His Facebook page was updated today to report his passing with the following message: We are deeply saddened to share the news that George Winston has passed away after a 10-year battle with cancer. George quietly and painlessly left this world while asleep on Sunday, June 4, 2023. George courageously managed serious cancers, including having a successful bone marrow transplant for Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) in 2013 at City of Hope, in Duarte, California, that gratefully extended his life by 10 years. Throughout his cancer treatments, George continued to write and record new music, and he stayed true to his greatest passion: performing for live audiences while raising funds for Feeding America to help fight the national hunger crisis along with donating proceeds from each of his concerts to local food banks. George’s legacy includes his beloved catalog as well as an archive of his own acoustic guitar and harmonica recordings, and albums by an array of Hawaiian slack key artists on his own record label, Dancing Cat Records. George is pre-deceased by his parents, George and Mary Winston, and is survived by his sister, niece and nephew. The family of George Winston will hold a private memorial service. For donations in memory of George Winston, please visit: Brothers – Will Ackerman, Jeff Oster, and Tom Eaton. Featuring: Will Ackerman (guitars), Jeff Oster (flugelhorn and trumpet), and Tom Eaton (piano, electric keyboards, bass, percussion). Released in the fall of 2021. The pandemic of 2020 to 2022 is a unique event in world history, nothing like it had ever happened before. Oster, Eaton and Ackerman, have done something no one has ever done before, they have put in music some of the feelings of that strange time. I cannot say if this was intentional on their part, but I can say these three men are true artists and this music is from the heart. I mean that it is heartfelt in the most sincere way. This music has pain and sorrow withi