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Bill Frisell: Ramping It Up

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JOHN KELMAN,
John Kelman

John Kelman

Senior Editor since 2004

With the realization that there will always be more music coming at him than he can keep up with, John wonders why anyone would think that jazz is dead or dying.

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Published: April 25, 2011

Bill Frisell, Sign of Life: Music for 858 Quartet (Savoy Jazz, 2011)
Bill Frisell/Vinicius Cantuaria, Lagrimas Mexicanas (E1 Entertainment, 2011)
Buddy Miller, Buddy Miller's The Majestic Strings (New West, 2011)
Bill Frisell, Live Download Series (Songline/Tonefield, 2011)
Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamers (Savoy Jazz, 2010)
Bill Frisell, Disfarmer (Nonesuch, 2009)
Jim Hall/Bill Frisell, Hemispheres (ArtistShare, 2009)
Bill Frisell, History, Mystery (Nonesuch, 2008)
Bill Frisell/Matt Chamberlain/Lee Townsend/Tucker Martine, Floratone (Blue Note, 2007)
Paul Motian, Time and Time Again (ECM, 2007)
Bill Frisell/Ron Carter/Paul Motian, Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian (Nonesuch, 2006)
David Binney, Out of Airplanes (Mythology, 2006)
Bill Frisell, East/West (Nonesuch, 2005)
Bill Frisell/Petra Haden, Petra Haden and Bill Frisell (True North, 2005)
Bill Frisell, Richter 858 (Songlines, 2005)
Bill Frisell, Unspeakable (Nonesuch, 2004)
Bill Frisell, Blues Dream (Nonesuch, 2001)
David Sylvian, Everything And Nothing (Virgin/EMI, 2000)
Bill Frisell, Good Dog, Happy Man (Nonesuch, 1999)
Kenny Wheeler, Angel Song (ECM, 1997)
Bill Frisell, Quartet (Nonesuch, 1996)
Bill Frisell This Land (Nonesuch, 1994)
Don Byron, Tuskegee Experiments (Nonesuch, 1992)
Bill Frisell, Where in the World? (Nonesuch, 1991)
Bill Frisell, Before We Were Born (Elektra/Nonesuch, 1989)

Photo Credits
Page 1: Jimmy Katz, Courtesy of Bill FrisellBill Frisell Bill Frisell
b.1951
guitar

Page 2: Juan-Carlos Hernandez
Page 3: Michael Wilson, Courtesy of Bill FrisellBill Frisell Bill Frisell
b.1951
guitar

Pages 4, 6: Monica Frisell, Courtesy of Bill FrisellBill Frisell Bill Frisell
b.1951
guitar

Page 5: John Kelman

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