Results for "Bill Frisell"

The Rambler

Featuring the music of Bill Frisell
Duration: 5:17
December 5, 2006

Jack DeJohnette - Bill Frisell: The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 13, 2006

Quando due artisti importanti, che portano ben in vista le stimmate della genialità, decidono di incontrarsi non ci si può aspettare meno che un capolavoro. E spesso si rimane delusi. Ma in questo caso la premessa non viene disattesa e il risultato è eccellente, una piccola gemma che meriterebbe una distribuzione in grande stile che speriamo ...

Bill Frisell: Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian

by Matthew Miller
October 15, 2006

It's fitting that the title of this disc contains only the names of its participants. After all, who needs a catchy title to sell a Bill Frisell album with Ron Carter and Paul Motian on it? More than anyone from his generation, Frisell has succeeded in cultivating a sound so distinct that it ...

Bill Frisell: Why So Stressed Out?

by Jason West
September 26, 2006

Bill Frisell is well suited to Seattle's leisurely pace. The Grammy-winning guitarist and composer moved here in 1989 and immediately took to the area. “I had been living in New York for ten years before I came here, Frisell said when I spoke to him last month. “I was sort of looking for an atmosphere where ...

Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian: Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian

by John Kelman
August 24, 2006

Despite his deep harmonic language and highly evolved personal sound, enigmatic guitarist Bill Frisell has often been criticized for musical choices that appear to ignore his jazz roots. But he treats jazz simply as one part of a larger musical continuum where Thelonious Monk and Hank Williams can harmoniously coexist. Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian ...

Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian: Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian

by Troy Collins
August 23, 2006

This self-titled debut by an all-star trio of acknowledged masters was recorded live in the studio with no rehearsal. Guitarist Bill Frisell has played with both bassist Ron Carter and drummer Paul Motian on numerous occasions, but never have all three joined forces before. Carter's rapport with Frisell was established years ago when the ...

Paul Simon: Surprise

by John Kelman
May 28, 2006

Paul Simon has been exploring and adapting his songwriting to the music of other cultures since the mid- 1980s, but strip away the arrangements from this material and you still have Paul Simon the singer/songwriter. The same can be said about Surprise. Instead of the world music stylings of Graceland (Warner Bros., 1986) or You're the ...

Bill Frisell: Further East/Further West

by Tom Greenland
May 14, 2006

Bill Frisell Further East/Further West Nonesuch Records 2005 Bill Frisell is an exceptional musician because he has the ability to mine the usual guitaristic textures without getting caught up in clichés, to unearth original ore in the same old vein. Further East/Further West (available only in download form) is a ...

Further East / Further West

By Bill Frisell

Label: Nonesuch Records
Released: 2005

Richter 858

By Bill Frisell

Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2005
Track listing: 858 1 Through 8