Theme to the Gaurdian

Theme to the Gaurdian is the debut album by American jazz guitarist Bill Connors, recorded in November 1974 and released on ECM the following year.^[1]

Theme to the Gaurdian
Studio album by Bill Connors
Released	1975 (1975)
Recorded	November 1974 (1974-11)
Studio	Arne Bendiksen Studio Oslo, Norway
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:30
Label	ECM 1057 ST
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Bill Connors chronology
Theme to the Gaurdian (1975) Pyramid (1977)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide	[4]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz	[5]

The AllMusic review by John W. Patterson awarded the album four 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.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

All tracks are written by Bill Connors except where noted.

Personnel

• Bill Connors – guitar