Editing Hal Willner (section)

==Career==
In the late 1970s, Willner worked under record producer [[Joel Dorn]], credited as associate producer on [[Leon Redbone]]'s albums ''[[Double Time (Leon Redbone album)|Double Time]]'' and ''[[Champagne Charlie (album)|Champagne Charlie]]'',<ref>{{cite web |author=Hal Willner |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hal-willner-p138713/credits |title=Hal Willner - Credits |website=AllMusic |access-date=November 29, 2012 |archive-date=January 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110093143/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hal-willner-p138713/credits |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[The Neville Brothers]]' ''[[Fiyo on the Bayou]]''. In 1980, Willner became the sketch music producer of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', where he chose the music to be used in sketches. Willner held this job until his death in 2020.<ref name = NYT/> From 1988 to 1990 he produced the TV program ''[[Sunday Night (American TV program)|Sunday Night]]'' (later renamed ''Night Music''), which was hosted by [[David Sanborn]] and presented musicians from a wide variety of genres.

Willner produced albums for [[Marianne Faithfull]], [[Lou Reed]], [[Bill Frisell]], [[Spanish Fly (band)|Steven Bernstein]], [[William S. Burroughs]], [[Gavin Friday]], [[Lucinda Williams]], [[Laurie Anderson (performance artist)|Laurie Anderson]], and [[Allen Ginsberg]], among others. In 1991, he produced a live tribute concert to [[Tim Buckley]], a show that gave important exposure to Buckley's son [[Jeff Buckley|Jeff]] 18 months before Jeff Buckley signed with a record label. In 1998, Willner released his only album as a featured artist, ''Whoops, I'm an Indian''. The album mixed [[Drum and bass|drum and bass]] and [[Ambient music|ambient music]] recordings with [[audio sample]]s, including many sourced from [[78 rpm]] records from the early-mid 20th century.

Following earlier stagings, 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]], [[Richard Strange]], [[Gavin Friday]], [[Anohni]], [[Peter Garrett]], [[Baby Gramps]], [[David Thomas (musician)|David Thomas]], [[Sarah Blasko]], [[Katy Steele]], [[Peaches (musician)|Peaches]], [[Glenn Richards]], [[Liam Finn]], [[Camille O'Sullivan]], [[Kamila Thompson|Kami Thompson]], and [[Marry Waterson]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2010/Music/Rogues-Gallery/ |title=Sydney Festival 2010 - ''Rogue's Gallery'' |access-date=October 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112125942/http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2010/Music/Rogues-Gallery/ |archive-date=January 12, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>