Hal Willner

One of the most unique and visionary producers in contemporary music, Hal Willner was more than capable of going into the studio to help an artist shape an album, and did so on many occasions. But he earned his reputation among musicians and fans for a number of multi-artist albums organized around the work of a particular composer or theme that would bring together a dizzying variety of musicians in unexpected but inspired fashion. On 1989's Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films, for example, Los Lobos, Tom Waits, Betty Carter, the Replacement...