childs's solo jazz recording career began in 1988, when he released "take for example, this...", the first of four critically acclaimed albums on windham hill jazz. he followed that album with "twilight is upon us" (1989), "his april touch" (1992), and "portrait of a player" (1993). chick corea asked childs to join his label, stretch records. childs's next album, "i've known rivers" appeared on stretch/grp (now stretch/concord) in 1995. this was followed by "the child within" on shanachie records in 1996.