Bill Frisell – All We Are Saying …

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Produced by Lee Townsend

Bill Frisell – guitar
Jenny Scheinman – violin
Tony Scherr – bass
Greg Leisz – guitars
Kenny Wollesen – drums

All songs by John Lennon except: Across the Universe, Revolution, Nowhere Man, Please Please Me, You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away, Come Together and Julia – written by Lennon and Paul McCartney.

“…this is a glorious hymn to the art of playing together, of which Lennon would surely approve.” – The Independent / by Nick Coleman

“All We Are Saying… may be Frisell’s closest thing to a rock record but, informed by years of improvisational experimentation‹melodically, harmonically and texturally‹it’s an album that simply couldn’t have been made by anyone else.” – All About Jazz / by John Kelman

REVIEWS

Mr. Frisell’s album represents a labor of love …. an unmistakable sound, an identifiable style …. a great deal of sensitivity and artful restraint …. this music makes up a substantial part of his DNA…. The album’s superior stretch takes up what would be Side B of the LP with a beautifully lilting “Julia” and a starkly tender “Woman” … Some of the band’s most soulful playing comes on “Beautiful Boy” … And […]

Bill Frisell – All We Are Saying …2019-07-15T02:26:39+00:00

Floratone II

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BILL FRISELL guitars
MATT CHAMBERLAIN drums, percussion
TUCKER MARTINE production
LEE TOWNSEND production

with special guests:
Mike Elizondo – bass
Jon Brion – keyboards Ron Miles – trumpet
Eyvind Kang – viola

Engineered by Tucker Martine
Mastering Engineer: Greg Calbi
Recorded and Mixed at Flora (Portland) Additional Recording: Kung Fu Bakery (Portland), Phantom Studios (Westlake Village, CA) assisted by Brent Arrowood
Mastered at Sterling Sound, NY
Production assistance: Adam Blomberg
Photography: Michael Wilson Art
Design: Gwen Terpstra, Terpstra Design

Savoy Jazz

REVIEWS

“On Floratone II, with no names on the front cover, Floratone is even more clearly a group, its unique approach sculpting music distinctly cinematic in nature… Without any overt references, the music sounds like the soundtrack to an imaginary film… As Floratone continues to drive Teo Macero’s innovative collage work with trumpeter Miles Davis’ late 1960s/early 1970s electric music into the 21st century and beyond, the expansive, cinematic Floratone II gives hope that Frisell, Chamberlain, Townsend and Martine will continue to collaborate well into the future.” – John Kelman, All About Jazz

Bill Frisell, Matt Chamberlain, Lee Townsend and Tucker Martine – Floratone II (2012)

“Floratone is Mr. Frisell’s studio alliance with the drummer Matt Chamberlain and the producers Lee Townsend […]

Floratone II2019-07-19T20:46:53+00:00

Bill Frisell – Big Sur

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Produced by Lee Townsend

* Released on June 18th, 2013

Bill Frisell – guitar
Jenny Scheinman – violin
Eyvind Kang – viola
Hank Roberts – cello
Rudy Royston – drums

All of the music on this album was written at Glen Deven Ranch in Big Sur, California and performed for the first time at the Monterey Jazz festival, 2012.

All compositions published by Friz-Tone Music/BMI

Recording and Mixing Engineer: Adam Munoz
Mastering Engineer: Greg Calbi
Production Assistance: Adam Blomberg
Recorded and Mixed at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, Ca Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York
Art Design: Paul Moore
Photography: Monica Frisell

Released by Sony Classical’s OKeh label

Track Listing:
1. The Music of Glen Deven Ranch
2. Sing Together Like a Family
3. A Good Spot
4. Going to California
5. The Big One
6. Somewhere
7. Gather Good Things
8. Cry Alone
9. The Animals
10. Highway 1
11. A Beautiful View
12. Hawks
13. We All Love Neil Young
14. Big Sur
15. On the Lookout
16. Shacked Up
17. Walking Stick (for Jim Cox)
18. Song for Lana Weeks
19. Far Away

* * REVIEWS * * 
 
BY NATE CHINEN / NEW YORK TIMES
 

Bill Frisell has had a lot of practice putting high concept into […]

Bill Frisell – Big Sur2019-07-15T05:28:11+00:00

T.J. Kirk – Talking Only Makes It Worse

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Will Bernard – guitar
John Schott – guitar
Charlie Hunter – 8-string guitar, bass
Scott Amendola – drums, percussion

produced by Scott Amendola with help from Lee Townsend

recorded by: Christian Jones
mixed by Jon Evans at San Pablo Recorders, Berkeley, California
mastered by: Ken Lee

Ropeadope Records

T.J. Kirk – Talking Only Makes It Worse2019-07-02T23:41:03+00:00

T.J. Kirk – If Four Was One

Song List

1. Damn Right I’m Somebody
2. Get on the Good Foot / Rockhard in a Funky Place x.mp3
3. Stomping Grounds / Untitled Instrumental / Green Chimneys
4. The Payback / I Mean You x.mp3
5. Brake’s Sake
6. Ruby My Dear
7. Meeting at Terminis Corner / I Got a Bag of
My own
8. Brilliant Corners
9. Cross the Track / Thelonious

Will Bernard – guitar
John Schott – guitar
Charlie Hunter – 8-string guitar, bass
Scott Amendola – drums, percussion

Produced by Lee Townsend

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Recorded at Mobius Music, San Francisco
Mixed at Different Fur Recording, San Francisco
Mastered at Masterdisk, New York

Recording engineer: Christian Jones
Mixing engineer: Judy Clapp
Mastering engineer: Greg Calbi

Warner Bros. Records

T.J. Kirk – If Four Was One2019-07-26T23:13:35+00:00

T.J. Kirk

SONG LIST

1. Soul Power
2. Teo
3. Bemsha Swing
4. Shuffle Boil / You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks and I’ll Be Straight
5. Volunteered Slavery
6. Serenade to a Cuckoo
7. Freaks for the Festival
8. Cold Sweat / Rip, Rig & Panic
9. Humph
10. I Got to Move / In Walked Bud
11. Jackie-ing

Will Bernard – guitar
John Schott – guitar
Charlie Hunter – 8-string guitar, bass
Scott Amendola – drums, percussion

produced by Lee Townsend

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Recorded at Mobius Music, San Francisco
Mixed at Different Fur Recording, San Francisco
Mastered at Masterdisk, New York

Recording engineers: Oliver DiCicco & Christian Jones
Mixing engineer: Joe Ferla
Mastering engineer: Greg Calbi

Warner Bros. Records

REVIEWS:

“The CD features some of the most daring interpretations of the Monk canon since the liquefaction of Paul Motian and Bill Frisell. With Hunter supplying bass lines on his trademark eight-string guitar and Amendola’s forceful drum work front and center, T.J. Kirk isn’t about guitar heroics, though they offer fretophiles plenty of moves to drool over.”
Musician

“It swings. It funks. It crawls on its belly like a reptile…T.J. Kirk is making refreshing, innovative music with a funky groove that, at its heart, reflects the basis of all time-honored jazz; […]

T.J. Kirk2019-07-02T23:23:15+00:00

Will Bernard – Medicine Hat

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Will Bernard – guitar, slide guitar
Rob Burger – Hammond B-3 organ, accordion
John Shifflet – bass
Scott Amendola – Drums

Beth Custer – clarinet (6), bass clarinet (2&7)
Jeff Cressman – trombone (6&7)
Peter Apfelbaum – percussion structure (2)

produced by Lee Townsend

Recorded at Mobius Music, San Francisco
Mixed at Different Fur Recording, San Francisco
Mastered at Masterdisk, New York

Recording engineer: Christian Jones
Mixing engineer: Judy Clapp
Mastering engineer: Greg Calbi

Antilles

Will Bernard – Medicine Hat2019-07-02T23:08:20+00:00

Pothole – Dirty Picnic

Song List

1. All Thy Way
2. Cottonmouth
3. Zer Loop
4. Thirst Bracket
5. Janitor (theme)
6. Dirty Picnic
7. Inseminoid
8. Tymone

Rob Vlack – samplers, wurlitzer, B3
Keith McArthur – bass
Jan Jackson – drums, vocals
Will Bernard – guitar, slide guitar, accordion
David Agretelis– saxophones, vocals

guests:

Squantch – trombone
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produced by Lee Townsend

recording engineer: Christian Jones
mixing engineer: Judy Clapp
mastering engineer: Greg Calbi

A Songline / Tone Field Production
on Intuition Music

Pothole – Dirty Picnic2019-07-02T22:46:12+00:00

Zubot & Dawson – Chicken Scratch

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Steve Dawson – acoustic and slide guitars
Jesse Zubot – violin and mandolin

with:
Andrew Downing – bass
Eliot Polsky – drums and percussion
Chris Gestrin – Hammond B-3 and analog keyboards

with Special Guest:
Kelly Joe Phelps – vocals, acoustic guitar on “Hellhound On My Trail” and “May You Never”.

Produced by Lee Townsend

Recorded and Mixed at The Factory, Vancouver

Engineered by Shawn Pierce
Assisted by Sheldon Zaharko

Mastering by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound

True North Records

REVIEWS

“Legendary producer Lee Townsend is at the helm for this musical voyage by Vancouver vitruosos Jesse Zubot and Steve Dawson. Fusing elements of jazz, folk, Celtic, blues, rock, country, bluegrass and ethnic music, they have a knack for creating sophisticated yet light and airy compositions.”…. The Progress

“Zubot and Dawson’s elegant, good-humored roots music is often quite complex, and so well-played that you almost don’t notice the virtuosity with which these Vancouverites get around on a closet full of guitars, mandolins and dobros. The music is generally playful with texture to match. And Kelly Joe Phelps lends his guitar and crushed velvet vocals to two songs, including Robert Johnson’s Hellhound […]

Zubot & Dawson – Chicken Scratch2019-07-03T03:44:01+00:00

Living Daylights – Electric Rosary

Song List

1. Pike or Pine
2. Electric Rosary
3. Mayakovsky’s Smile
4. Get Bone-A-Fide
5. I Dare U
6. Repeatable Swing
7. Fall
8. Homo Volans
9. Sunday Meeting Club

Jessica Lurie – saxophones, flutes
Arne Livingston – basses
Dale Fanning – drums, percussion
special guest:
Bill Frisell – electric guitar

Produced by Lee Townsend

Recorded at Studio Litho, Seattle
Mixed at Different Fur Recording, San Francisco
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York

Recording engineer: Tucker Martine
Mixing engineer: Adam Munoz
Mastering engineer: Greg Calbi

Liquid City

Living Daylights – Electric Rosary2019-07-02T22:17:19+00:00
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