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Eyving Kang – violin, tuba
Ron Miles – trumpet, piccolo trumpet
Curtis Fowlkes – trombone
Bill Frisell – electric and acoustic guitars

Produced by Lee Townsend

recording engineer: Oliver DiCicco
mixing engineer: Judy Clapp
mastering engineer: Greg Calbi

Nonesuch Records

All compositions by Bill Frisell

REVIEWS

Quartet may be his masterpiece.”
-The New York Times

“Quartet makes the most out of a variety of feelings. The composer has equal acumen in waxing forlorn and waxing frivolous…Frisell’s instrument is one of contemporary jazz’s utterly singular voices.”-Billboard

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Bill Frisell – acoustic and electric guitars
Jim Keltner – drums and percussion
Viktor Krauss – bass

Produced by Lee Townsend

recording and mixing engineer: Judy Clapp
mastering engineer: Greg Calbi

Nonesuch Records

Art by Jim Woodring
Package design by Gwen Terpstra
All compositions by Bill Frisell

REVIEWS

BILL FRISELL: Gone, Just Like A Train

Bill Frisell, electric & acoustic guitars
Viktor Krauss, bass;
JimKeltner, drums, percussion
Lee Townsend, prod.; Judy Clapp, eng.

Performance *****
Sonics *****

Bill Frisell is a soulful jazz minimalist with a sophisticated sense of harmony, a daring rhythmic approach, and an instantly recognizable, personal sound–as if Carl Perkins and Duane Eddy took on Otis Rush and Bill Evans in a bridge tournament. Every note is carefully sculpted, imbued with a bluesy, lightly Echoplexed halo, and elongated like taffy in a manner suggestive of the enigmatic Peter Green. Upon occasion, Bill will transmogrify into an 800-lb gorilla with a touch of distortion, but more often than not this affable galoot is content to make bricks with straw–a remarkable melodist who can transmute single notes into sapphire tears.

For those more impressed with the meat than the motion, Frisell’s floor routine may seem simplistic. Besides, why would someone who […]

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Bill Frisell – guitar
Fred Hersch – piano

Produced by Lee Townsend

recording and mixing engineer: Christian Jones
mastering engineer: Greg Calbi

Nonesuch Records

 
REVIEWS

“The delicate interplay … between pianist Hersch and guitarist Frisell … brings freshness and understated luster to it all.”
Entertainment Weekly

“These guys are too distinctive to clone the past. Their romanticism is edged with a contemporary tartness, a tangy irony that infuses canny arrangements and biting solos. And so they remap and reinvigorate … standards like “What is This Thing Called Love?” and “I Got Rhythm” in sly, appealing and often hilarious ways.”
N.Y. Daily News

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Bill Frisell – electric and acoustic guitars,
loops and music boxes
Greg Leisz – pedal steel, Dobro, lap steel,
Weissenborn, National steel guitar and mandolin
Wayne Horvitz – organ, piano, samples
Viktor Krauss – bass
Jim Keltner – drums & percussion

special guest on Shenandoah:
Ry Cooder – guitar

Produced by Lee Townsend

recording and mixing engineer: Judy Clapp
mastering engineer: Greg Calbi

Nonesuch Records

REVIEWS

“Bill Frisell makes such consistently great records that it would be easy to take the guitarist for granted. That would be sad, since no one refracts age-old Americana through a cutting-edge prism with the warm-hearted, fleet-minded individuality of Frisell. With “Good Dog, Happy Man,” he has crafted one of his earthiest essays yet – a sort of funky follow-up to his sublime “Nashville” album from 1997. Backed by an ultra-hip band – pedal-steel artisan Greg Leisz, bassist Viktor Krauss, organ grinder Wayne Horvitz, and drum legend Jim Keltner – Frisell has forged originals whose folky melodies and big-sky grooves make them seem like old friends in snazzy new clothes. Tellingly, the outfit channels the traditional “Shenandoah” with Ry Cooder in tow, and its sepia-toned melancholy pairs perfectly with Frisell’s dusty ballads, like the […]

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Carrie Rodriguez – vocals, tenor guitar, electric mandolin, strings, fiddle
Hans Holzen – electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin
Kyle Kegerreis – upright and electric basses
Eric Platz – drums, percussion

Special guests: Buddy Miller, Aoife O’Donovan, Greg Leisz, Bill Frisell and Doug Wamble

produced by Lee Townsend

Recording and Mixing Engineer: Jason Lehning
Mastering Engineer: Greg Calbi Recorded at Opus Studio, Berkeley, CA
Additional Recording at Eastcote Studio, London Mixed at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York
Additional Engineering by Adam Muñoz and Philip Bagenal

Ninth Street Opus

Song List

1. Big Love
(written by Ry Cooder, John Hiatt, Jim Keltner & Nick Lowe)

2. Wide River To Cross
(written by Julie Anne Miller & Steven P. “Buddy” Miller)

3. When I Heard Gypsy Davy Sing
(written by David Rodriguez)

4. Eyes On The Prize
(written by Matthew S. Ward)

5. Steal Your Love
(written by Lucinda Williams)

6. Waltzing’s For Dreamers
(written by Richard Thompson)

7. I’m Not For Love
(written by Sandrine Daniels)

8. I Made A Lover’s Prayer
(written by David Rawlings & Gillian Welch)

9. I Started Loving You Again
(written by Merle Haggard & Bonnie Owens)

10. Rex’s Blues
(written by Townes Van Zandt)

11. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
(written by Hank Williams)

12. La Puñalada Trapera
(written by Sosa Tomas Mendez)

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Carrie Rodriguez -lead vocals, tenor guitar, mandobird, fiddle
Luke Jacobs– acoustic and electric guitars, lap steel, pedal steel, vocals
Hans Holzen – acoustic and electric guitars, lap steel, mandolin, vocals
Erik Deutsch – keyboards
Kyle Kegerreis – acoustic and electric bass
Don Heffington – drums, percussion

produced by Lee Townsend

Recording and Mixing Engineer: Adam Muñoz
Mastering Engineer: Greg Calbi
Recorded and Mixed at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York
Additional Recording by John Ross Silva at Cedar Creek Studio – Austin, TX (Track 11)
Production Assistance: Adam Blomberg

Ninth Street Opus

Carrie Rodriguez – vocals, fiddle, tenor guitar
Luke Jacobs– vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, lap steel, harmonica

Recorded by: Cliff Hargrove at The Cactus Cafe in Austin, TX on June 19th & 20th, 2013

Mixed by: Adam Muños with Lee Townsend at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA
Mastered by: Ken Lee at Ken Lee Mastering

Produced by: Carrie Rodriguez, Luke Jacobs & Lee Townsend

Track 1: Written by Carrie Rodriguez Tracks 2, 6 & 8: Written by Chip Taylor Tracks 3 & 7: Written by Carrie Rodriguez and Chip Taylor Track 4: Written by Ben Kyle Track 9: Written by Tomas Mendez Sosa Track 10: Written by Luke Jacobs & Carrie Rodriguez

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The new songs of Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach
Arranged by Bill Frisell

Bill Frisell – electric and acoustic guitars
Brian Blade – drums and percussion
Don Byron – clarinet, bass clarinet
Billy Drewes – alto saxophone
Curtis Fowlkes – trombone
Viktor Krauss – bass
Ron Miles – trumpet

special guest on 2 & 10:
Elvis Costello – vocals
special guest on 5 & 10:
Cassandra Wilson – vocals

produced by Lee Townsend

recording and mixing engineers: Joe Ferla and Judy Clapp
mastering engineer: Greg Calbi

Decca

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Bill Frisell – electric and acoustic guitars,
6 string banjo, loops & bass

produced by Lee Townsend

recording and mixing engineer:
Christian Jones

mastering engineer: Greg Calbi

All paintings by Claude Utley.
Package design by Gwen Terpstra.

Nonesuch Records

All Compositions by Bill Frisell except Wildwood Flower (Carter Family), Follow Your Heart (John McLaughlin), I’m So Lonesome, I Could Cry (Hank Williams) and My Man’s Gone Now (Gershwin).

REVIEWS

Frisell (multi-tracked) builds moody spiraling guitar pieces and alone, where he explores spatial possibilites with a minimalist’s ear… a milestone in the career of a true innovator – enchanting as anything he has done and a clear window into his muse.
– CMJ

“Handling all the instruments on Ghost Town (guitars, 6-string banjo, bass, and loops), Bill Frisell merges his head-long dive into roots music with his trademark loops and sonic ingenuity – all to stunning effect. Frisell’s compositions run the gamut from pure Americana (“Fingers Snappin’ and Toes Tappin'”) to tweaked-out soundscapes (“Creep” and “Outlaw”). On the standard “When I Fall in Love,” he plays the tune’s melody on the 6-string banjo over beautifully comped chords that pulse with slow tremolo. Hank Williams’ “I’m So Lonely I […]

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Bill Frisell – electric and acoustic guitars, loops
Greg Leisz – pedal steel, lap steel, National steel guitar, Scheerhorn resonator guitar, mandolin
Ron Miles – trumpet
Billy Drewes – alto saxophone
David Piltch – bass
Kenny Wolleson – drums, percussion
Curtis Fowlkes – trombone

Produced by Lee Townsend

recording and mixing engineer: Judy Clapp

mastering by Greg Calbi

Nonesuch Records

 
REVIEWS

Sun is streaming in through the window on a fine spring morning, the Papers have just been delivered, fresh coffee is brewing and there’s a new Bill Frisell album on the CD player. It doesn’t get much better than this. Frisell is a wonderfully talented and skilled jazz guitarist, but his appeal goes deeper and wider than mere jazz brilliance. His tone infiltrates the environment and catches your ear; it’s a sound that can contain good humour, or melancholy, or nostalgia, yet still be utterly fresh and un-cliched, and it’s unquestionably an adult taste: complex, rich, full of layers. Even when he plays the simplest of tunes, such as “Pretty Flowers Were Made for Blooming or Where Do We Go?”, the touch and timbre adds a dimension of experience and authority that few musicians […]