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Bill Frisell – electric and acoustic guitars, loops
Dave Holland – bass
Elvin Jones – drums

Produced by Lee Townsend & Michael Shrieve

recording engineers: Joe Ferla, Adam Munoz & Rory Romano
mixing engineer: Joe Ferla
edited by Adam Munoz

mastering by Greg Calbi

Nonesuch Records

Art by Jim Woodring
All Compositions by Bill Frisell (Friz-Tone Music/BMI) except “Moon River” by Henry Mancini and “Hard Times” by Stephen Foster

REVIEWS

Ever prolific avant-Americana guitarist Bill Frisell continues his Nonesuch odyssey with this trio that includes two jazz heavyweights: bassist Dave Holland (former Miles Davis band member and current ECM recording artist) and drum legend Elvin Jones (one-quarter of the classic John Coltrane Quartet of the ’60s and still an indefatigable rhythmist). Frisell leads the threesome through a book of his own highly individual, atmospherically compelling tunes, including such recent favorites as “Strange Meeting” and “Blues Dream”; the trio also essays two vintage numbers that do a good job of bookending Frisell’s own brand of rootsy lyricism – Henry Mancini’s “Moon River” and Stephen Foster’s “Hard Times.” Hardly obvious candidates as Frisell collaborators, Holland and Jones warm well to the folk-inflected material, complementing the guitarist’s offbeat charm […]

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Bill Frisell – electric and acoustic guitars, loops
Danny Barnes – banjo, acoustic guitar, bass harmonica, pump organ
Keith Lowe – bass

produced by Lee Townsend

recording and mixing engineer: Tucker Martine
assistant engineer Adam Munoz

mastering by Greg Calbi

Nonesuch Records

Cover Art by Bill Frisell
Design by Gwen Terpstra
All Compositions by Bill Frisell (Friz-Tone Music/BMI) except “Sittin’ On Top of the World”, “Chuck Old Hen”, “Sugar Baby” and “Blackberry Blossom” (Traditional);” John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man” and “Single Girl, Married Girl”by A.P. Carter (Perr International Corp./BMI); “Goodnight Irene” by Huddie Ledbetter and John A. Lomax (Ludlow Music/BMI) Henry Mancini and “Hard Times” by Stephen Foster

REVIEWS

With every new release now, Bill Frisell seems to delve deeper and farther back into the historical recesses of the American musical psyche, discovering there forgotten or half remembered sounds or archetypal phrasings that resonate deep within the human experience. This is music that you feel you have always known and yet have never heard before, like some treasured memory of an event that hasn’t happened yet.

And yet within this given framework of familiar old country, blues and folk melodies it is the sheer brilliance of […]

SPOTIFY ITUNES AMAZON (2004 Grammy nominee for Best World Music Album)

Bill Frisell – electric and acoustic guitars, loops, bass
Sidiki Camara – calabash, djembe, congas, percussion, vocals
Vinicius Cantuaria – electric and acoustic guitars, vocals, drums, percussion
Christos Govetas – oud, vocals, bouzouki
Greg Leisz – slide guitars, pedal steel guitar
Jenny Scheinman – violin

Produced by Lee Townsend

recording and mixing engineer: Tucker Martine
recorded at Studio Litho, Seattle
mixed at Different Fur Recording, San Francisco

mastering by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, New York City

Nonesuch Records

All Compositions by Bill Frisell (Friz-Tone Music/BMI) except: “Baba Drame” by Boubacar Traore, published by Labei Bleu (SACEM); “Procissao” by Gilberto Gil, published by BMG Arabella (BMI); “The Young Monk,” traditional; “Yala” by Christos Govetas, published by Govetas Music (ASCAP); “Perritos” by Vinicius Cantuaria, published by Tucuma Publishing (BMI).

REVIEWS

“A remarkable achievement – a hybrid that somehow both respects and transcends the styles involved….. with a sort of earthy, relaxed feeling – it’s country music from the global village.” – Washington Post

“Perhaps what’s called for is a new kind of world music, one that truly represents an openhearted meeting of the minds from radically disparate cultures…. The experiment […]

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Petra Haden – vocals, violin
Bill Frisell – electric and acoustic guitars, loops

produced by Lee Townsend

engineered by: Tucker Martine

mastering by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, New York City

recorded and mixed at Trillium Lane Studios
Bainbridge Island, Washington
assistant and editing engineer: Chadwick Dahlquist

True North Records

REVIEWS

“The duo date of vocalist/violinist Petra Haden and guitarist Bill Frisell is a delicate flower with deep roots. Quiet, intimate and softly floating, this album is an eclectic mix of mild-mannered pop tunes that matter. There’s chemistry between Haden and Frisell ‹ the former a founder of the hip, now-defunct ’90s Los Angeles pop band that dog and daughter of jazz bassist Charlie Haden, and the latter a musical omnivore who loves folk-based tunes, even though he can tastefully shred strings in the right jazz setting. In addition to noteworthy covers of Coldplay’s “Yellow” and Stevie Wonder’s “I Believe,” Haden & Frisell shine on their moody crawl through “Moon River” and their exploration of the traditional Tuvan song “Bai-la Taigam.” – Dan Ouellette, Billboard

The Washington Post
By Geoffrey Himes
“The dozen tracks on “Petra Haden and Bill Frisell” include songs from Stevie Wonder, the Foo […]

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WEST
Bill Frisell – guitar, loops
Viktor Krauss – bass
Kenny Wolleson – drums

Recorded Live At Yoshi’s
Oakland, California
May 8 – 11, 2004

EAST
Bill Frisell – electric and acoustic guitars, loops
Tony Scherr – bass, acoustic guitar
Kenny Wolleson – drums, percussion

Recorded Live At The Village Vanguard
New York, New York
December 9 – 12, 2003

Produced by Lee Townsend

‘West’ recorded live direct to 2-track by Claudia Engelhart
Edited by Jon Evans and Lee Townsend at San Pablo Recorders, Berkeley, CA
‘East’ recorded and mixed by Tucker Martine
Assistant engineer: Mantis Evar
Mixed at In the Pocket Studio, Forestville, CA
Assistant enginner: Jonathan Chi

mastering by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, New York City
production assistance: Martin Lane, Adam Blomberg

design by Barbara DeWilde

Nonesuch Records

REVIEWS

“Some artists, as they grow older, have a tendency to retreat into a safety zone that displays their skill but doesn’t expand their repertoire or provide impetus for keeping up. Not so guitarist Bill Frisell … [H]e’s been refining and expanding his palette with every release…. The whole album stands as yet another testament to the man’s place at the very epicenter of modern American music. Yes, he’s done it again.” – Chris Jones, […]

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– FURTHER WEST – DISC ONE –
1. Lookout for Hope (9:47)
2. Monroe (7:02)
3. Big Shoe (7:50)
4. Egg Radio (11:10)

total time: (36:06)

Bill Frisell – guitar, loops
Viktor Krauss – bass
Kenny Wollesen – drums

All songs written by Bill Frisell (Friz-Tone Music/BMI)

Produced by Lee Townsend

Recorded live in concert direct to 2 track by Claudia Engelhart at Yoshi’s, Oakland, CA 5/8-11/04. Edited by Jon Evans and Lee Townsend at San Pablo Recorders, Berkeley, CA. Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, New York. Production assistance: Martin Lane, Adam Blomberg

– FURTHER EAST – DISC TWO –
1. Lost Highway (10:48)
2. Masters of War (9:00)
3. What The World Needs Now (5:21)
4. Somewhere Over The Rainbow (4:03)
5. Prelude/Body and Soul (3:04)
6. Paradox (6:33)
7. Cluck Old Hen (2:16)

total time: (41:10)

Bill Frisell – electric & acoustic guitars, loops
Tony Scherr – bass, acoustic guitar
Kenny Wollesen – drums, percussion

Produced by Lee Townsend

Recorded live at the Village Vanguard, New York City 12/9-12/03. Produced by Lee Townsend. Recording and Mixing Engineer: Tucker Martine. Mixed at In the Pocket Studio, Forestville, CA (assistant engineer: Jonathan Chi). Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC. Production assistance: Adam Blomberg, Martin Lane […]

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Bill Frisell – guitar
Ron Carter – bass
Paul Motian – drums

Produced by Lee Townsend

Recorded February 14-15, 2005, at Avatar Studios, New York, NY
Recorded and mixed by James Farber
Assistant Engineer: Ross Peterson

Mixed at In the Pocket Studio, Forestville, CA
Assistant Engineer: John Paul McLean
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, New York, NY

Production Assistance: Adam Blomberg

Design by John Gall
Photography by Ralph Gibson

Nonesuch

 
REVIEWS

As a departure from his forays into twisted Americana and world music, the inventive guitarist delivers a bona-fide jazz album. The all-star threesome performs like a seasoned band, and Frisell remains the only six-string poet of his generation. – Steve Futterman, The New Yorker Best of 2006

Guitarist Bill Frisell is a master of reflective, quiet but subtly quirky lines that flow from the lyrical to the angular. He can also sling arrows into the mix, but here in the company of two of jazz’s greatest rhythm players, Frisell steers away from sudden blasts and settles into the fluidity of cliché-free improvisation. What’s remarkable is how untethered the leader and trio play. Ron Carter steers with his unpredictable bass runs, countermelodies and motifs as Paul […]

Song List:

x.mp3  1. Lazy       3:23
x.mp3  2. Mandeville 3:48
x.mp3  3. Little Waltz    6:55
x.mp3  4. Mood       4:44

Bill Frisell – guitar
Ron Carter – bass
Paul Motian – drums

Produced by Lee Townsend PURCHASE DIGITAL

Recorded February 14-15, 2005, at Avatar Studios, New York, NY
Recorded and mixed by James Farber
Assistant Engineer: Ross Peterson

Mixed at In the Pocket Studio, Forestville, CA
Assistant Engineer: John Paul McLean
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, New York, NY

Production Assistance: Adam Blomberg

Photography by Ralph Gibson

Nonesuch

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BILL FRISELL electric & acoustic guitars, loops
MATT CHAMBERLAIN drums, percussion, loop
TUCKER MARTINE production
LEE TOWNSEND production

with guests:
Viktor Krauss acoustic & electric bass
Ron Miles cornet (tracks 1-3,7,8)
Eyvind Kang violin, viola (tracks 1-3,7,8)

All songs by Chamberlain-Frisell-Martine-Townsend
except tracks 9-11 by Chamberlain-Frisell-Martine-Townsend-Krauss
Horn and string arrangements by Bill Frisell
Engineered by Tucker Martine

Blue Note Records

REVIEWS

The Decade In Review: Jazz And The Mash-Up

It’s difficult to frame the last 10 years in jazz around its “most important” recordings: What strikes me as most important about this decade is that musically, anything went. In the age of the mash-up and the iPod shuffle — where musically different artists can sit comfortably against each other — jazz’s continual flexibility to incorporate any number of sounds and distill them within a jazz framework is what’s made this decade so refreshing.

So what defines “importance?” The musician in me wants to say that the most important albums were the ones that we believe to be the most musically skillful or adventurous, or those which introduce us to a new exciting voice in jazz — Jason Moran, The Bad Plus and Brian Blade Fellowship come to mind. But […]

PURCHASE CD AMAZON ITUNES SPOTIFY (Grammy Nominated for Best Instrumental Jazz Album)

Bill Frisell electric & acoustic guitars, loops
Ron Miles cornet
Greg Tardy tenor saxophone, clarinet
Jenny Scheinman violin
Eyvind Kang viola
Hank Roberts cello
Tony Scherr bass
Kenny Wollesen drums

Produced by Lee Townsend

Recording and Mixing Engineer: Shawn Pierce
Mastering Engineer: Greg Calbi

Recorded at Avast 2 Seattle; Lisner Auditorium, Washington D.C.; Hopkins Center, Hanover, New Hampshire; and Berklee Performance Center, Boston

Mixed at Avast 2, Seattle
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York

Additional mixing and editing: Adam Munoz
Production Assistance: Adam Blomberg
Asistant Engineers: Cathy Ferrante, Austin Sousa and Cameron Nicklaus
Live Sound: Claudia Engelhart

All compositions by Bill Frisell (Friz-Tone Music/BMI) except:

“Baba Drame” by Boubacar Traore (Label Bleu/SACEM)
“A Change is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke (ABKCO Music Inc/BMI)
“Jackie-ing” by Thelonious Monk (Thelonious Monk Music Corp/BMI)
“Sub-Conscious Lee” by Lee Konitz (Konitz Music/BMI)

Cover photographs by Russell Lee

Nonesuch Records

REVIEWS

“Some artists, as they grow older, have a tendency to retreat into a safety zone that displays their skill but doesn’t expand their repertoire or provide impetus for keeping up. Not so guitarist Bill Frisell … [H]e’s been refining and expanding his palette with every release…. The whole album […]