Connors recorded Step It with Tom Kennedy on bass, Dave Weckl on drums and Steve Khan on guitar (on "Twinkle" track only). His next album, Double Up (1986), included bassist Kennedy and drummer Kim Plainfield. The same trio (Connors, Kennedy, Plainfield) recorded Assembler in 1987. Connors has been giving private lessons while continuing his studies. He plays plectrum style on a classical jazz guitar and a Gibson L-5 CES archtop electric. Other guitars are a Gibson Les Paul Custom and an Ovation guitar (electro-acoustic model). Discography As leader Theme to the Gaurdian (ECM, 1975) Pyramid with Paul Bley, Lee Konitz, (Improvising Artists, 1977) IAI Festival with Paul Bley, Lee Konitz, Jimmy Giuffre (Improvising Artists, 1978) Of Mist and Melting (ECM, 1978) Swimming with a Hole in My Body (ECM, 1980) Step It (Pathfinder, 1984 [1985]) Double Up (Pathfinder, 1986) Assembler (Pathfinder, 1987) Return (Tone Center, 2004) As sideman Return to Forever, Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (Polydor, 1973) Julian Priester, Love, Love (ECM, 1974) Stanley Clarke, Stanley Clarke (Nemperor, 1974) Paul Bley, Quiet Song (Improvising Artists, 1974 [1975]) Jan Garbarek, Places (ECM, 1977 [1978]) Jan Garbarek, Photo with Blue Sky, White Cloud, Wires, Windows and a Red Roof (ECM, 1978 [1979]) Tom van der Geld, Path (ECM, 1979) Chick Corea, Chick Corea Compact Jazz (Polydor, 1987) Compilation with one track from "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy" Kim Plainfield & Lincoln Goines, Night and Day (Metalimbo, 2002) Corea, Clarke & White, Forever (Concord, 2011) References External links Bill Connors ECM Records discography Bill Connors discography, album releases & credits at Discogs Bill Connors biography by Scott Yanow, discography and album reviews, credits & releases at AllMusic Bill Connors - Return (2004) album review by John Kelman at All About Jazz Bill Connors - Return (2004) album review at Guitar Nine Bill Connors - Return (2004) album review by Jim Newsom at Portfolio Weekly Bill Connors - Return (2004) album review at Smooth Jazz 1949 births Living people 20th-century American guitarists 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American guitarists 21st-century American male musicians American jazz guitarists American male guitarists Jazz fusion guitarists Jazz-rock guitarists American male jazz musicians Return to Forever members ECM Records artists Improvising Artists Records artists