It has been an honor and a privilege to produce 4 CDs with Stanton Lanier prior to working together on his newest recording, Open Spaces. Stanton's music has always been blessed with brilliant melody and profound emotional resonance. In Open Spaces, Stanton has matured into a composer and performer whose music flows with a confidence and grace that is simply breathtaking to behold. The new work surprises and delights. It's not that Stanton has left behind the qualities that have made his music so popular… he simply took a new leap of faith in trusting what is at his core, both as an artist and as an empathetic human being. --Will Ackerman, Founder of Windham Hill Records