Results for "Bill Frisell"

Boubacar Traore CD Release: "Mali Danhou" June 14

May 24, 2011

Down Home in Bamako: Boubacar Traoré and the Mischievously Subtle Guitar Blues of Mali Denhou Boubacar Traoré took his guitar and strode out into the fields outside of Bamako, Mali. There, in the country quiet, he wrote a dozen new songs in a month. “Town is too noisy. And I didn't go to the bush, but ...

Jazzahead 2011: April 28 - May 1, 2011

by John Kelman
May 16, 2011

Jazzahead Bremen, Germany April 28-May 1, 2010 Jazz may be a marginalized genre with shrinking CD sales and, at least in North America, a painfully low profile in popular media, but just a few days at Jazzahead in Bremen, Germany, leave a much different impression. A trade show for all ...

Jazz This Week: Bill Frisell, Houston Person, Tower of Power, Steve Tyrell, Marvin Horne, Reptet, St. Louis Jazz Club Picnic, and More

May 12, 2011

It's going to be a busy few days for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, and time is short, so let's go to the highlights without further preamble... Tonight, tenor saxophonist Houston Person is back to open a four-night stand at Jazz at the Bistro. Equally adepts at blues, bop and ballads, Person has played ...

Terrence McManus / Mark Helias / Gerry Hemingway: Transcendental Numbers

by John Sharpe
May 11, 2011

Guitarist Terrence McManus helms a stellar trio on Transcendental Numbers, through six collective concoctions recorded in New York City's The Stone, straddling and blurring the line between textural improvisation and the more traditional sound of guitar and rhythm section. Brooklyn-born McManus is carving a niche for himself on the scene. Having worked with drummer/composer Tyshawn Sorey, ...

Kronomorfic: Micro Temporal Infundibula

by Robert Bush
May 5, 2011

KronomorficMicro Temporal InfundibulapfMentum2011 Kronomorfic, based in Southern California, is a group of virtuoso improvisers, all blending their individual talents toward a greater ensemble aesthetic. Co-led by Los Angeles drummer/hand percussionist Paul Pellegrin and San Diego saxophonist David Borgo, Kronomorfic synthesizes the ancient with the future--using very complex ...

Bill Frisell - The Intercontinentals (2003)

May 4, 2011

By Tom Johnson Bill Frisell has become one of the most easily recognizable guitarists in jazz, and it's not without an effort to incorporate himself into as many styles as one person could in a lifetime. Few guitarists in any genre could pull off the feat of having played in nearly every style imaginable—metal, ambient, acoustic, ...

Sub-Conscious Lee

Featuring the music of Bill Frisell
Duration: 09:52
April 29, 2011

Bill Frisell - Sign of Life (Savoy Jazz, 2011)

April 29, 2011

Guitarist and composer Bill Frisell is a polymath who works in many different contexts, but like fellow traveller Charlie Haden (have they ever recorded together?) the traditional vernacular music of the United States, namely country music, bluegrasss, folk and blues lie closest to his heart. This album of mostly short vignettes was recorded with his 858 ...

La La Means I Love You

Featuring the music of Bill Frisell
Duration: 09:59
April 28, 2011

1968

April 27, 2011

Album: Previously Unreleased AAJ Exclusive
By Bill Frisell
Label: Songlines/Tonefield
Released: 0
Duration: 11:04