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Bill Frisell

The epitome of post-modern jazz, guitarist Bill Frisell has forged a style ranging from bebop, funk and blues to gospel, country and western, and American classics of every sort. Geoffrey Smith gives a taster’s menu of a rare contemporary talent.

1 hour

Last on

Sun 30 Jun 2019 00:00

Music Played

  • Bill Frisell & Arild Andersen

    Godson Song

    • In Line.
    • ECM.
    • 9.
  • Bill Frisell Band

    Hackensack

    • Lookout for Hope.
    • ECM.
    • 3.
  • Paul Motian Quartet

    You And The Night And The Music

    • On Broadway Volume 2.
    • JMT.
    • 2.
  • Bill Frisell Band

    I Can't Be Satisfied

    • Have a Little Faith.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.
    • 10.
  • Bill Frisell Band

    The Washington Post March

    • Have A Little Faith.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.
    • 14.
  • Bill Frisell Band

    Billy The Kid Suite - The Open Prairie

    • HAVE A LITTLE FAITH.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.
    • 1.
  • Bill Frisell Band

    Billy The Kid Suite - Street Scene In A Frontier Town

    • Have a Little Faith.
    • Elektra/Nonesuch.
    • 2.
  • Bill Frisell Band

    Billy The Kid Suite - Mexican Dance And Finale

    • Have a Little Faith.
    • Elektra/Nonesuch.
    • 3.
  • Kenny Wheeler

    Angel Song

    • Angel Song.
    • Angel Song.
    • 5.
  • Bill Frisell Quartet

    The Bacon Bunch

    • Quartet.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 7.
  • Bill Frisell Band

    Verona

    • GONE, JUST LIKE A TRAIN.
    • NONESUCH.
    • 2.
  • Bill Frisell Band

    Bryant's Boogie

    • Guitars in the Space Age.
    • Okeh Records.
    • 12.
  • Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan

    Epistrophy

    • Epistrophy.
    • ECM Records ‎.
    • 6.

Bill Frisell

TITLEÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý GODSON SONGÌý

Artists:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell

Composers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌý In Line

Label:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ECM 1241Ìý 837019-2

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell (guitar); Arild Andersen (bass)

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TITLEÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý HACKENSACKÌýÌý

Artists:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell Band

Composers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Thelonious Monk

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌý Lookout for Hope

Label:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ECM: ECM-1350

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell (guitar); Hank Roberts (cello); Kermit Driscoll (bass); Joey Baron (drums)

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TITLEÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý YOU AND THE NIGHT AND THE MUSICÌýÌý

Artists:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Paul Motian Quartet

Composers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Arthur Schwartz / Howard Dietz

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌý On Broadway Volume 2

Label:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý JMT: 83444021

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Paul MotianÌý (drums); Bill Frisell (electric guitar); Joe Lovano (tenor saxophone); Charlie Haden (double bass)

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TITLEÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý I CAN’T BE SATISFIEDÌýÌý

Artists:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell Band

Composers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Muddy Waters

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌý Have a Little Faith

Label:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Nonesuch 7559-79301-2

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell (guitar); Don Byron (clarinet); Guy Klucevsek (accordion); Kermit Driscoll (bass); Joey Baron (drums)

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TITLEÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý WASHINGTON POST MARCHÌýÌýÌý

Artists:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell Band

Composers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý John Philip Sousa

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌý Have a Little Faith

Label:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Nonesuch 7559-79301-2

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell (guitar); Don Byron (clarinet); Guy Klucevsek (accordion); Kermit Driscoll (bass); Joey Baron (drums)

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TITLEÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý THE OPEN PRAIRIEÌýÌý (FROM BILLY THE KID SUITE)

Artists:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell Band

Composers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Aaron Copland

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌý Have a Little Faith

Label:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Nonesuch 7559-79301-2

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell (guitar); Don Byron (clarinet); Guy Klucevsek (accordion); Kermit Driscoll (bass); Joey Baron (drums)

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TITLEÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý STREET SCENE IN A FRONTIER TOWNÌýÌýÌý (FROM BILLY THE KID SUITE)

Artists:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell Band

Composers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Aaron Copland

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌý Have a Little Faith

Label:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Nonesuch 7559-79301-2

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell (guitar); Don Byron (clarinet); Guy Klucevsek (accordion); Kermit Driscoll (bass); Joey Baron (drums)

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TITLEÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý MEXICAN DANCE AND FINALEÌýÌý (FROM BILLY THE KID SUITE)

Artists:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell Band

Composers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Aaron Copland

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌý Have a Little Faith

Label:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Nonesuch 7559-79301-2

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell (guitar); Don Byron (clarinet); Guy Klucevsek (accordion); Kermit Driscoll (bass); Joey Baron (drums)

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TITLEÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ANGEL SONGÌý

Artists:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Kenny Wheeler

Composers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Kenny Wheeler

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌý Angel Song

Label:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ECM Records ‎– 533 098-2

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Kenny Wheeler (trumpet/flugelhorn); Lee Konitz (alto sax); Dave Holland (bass); Bill Frisell (guitar)

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TITLEÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý THE BACON BUNCHÌý

Artists:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell Quartet

Composers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌý Quartet

Label:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Nonesuch: 7559-79401-2

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell (guitar); Curtis Fowlkes (Trombone); Ron Miles (Trumpet, Piccolo Trumpet); Eyvind Kang (violin)

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TITLEÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý VERONAÌý

Artists:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell Band

Composers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌý Gone, Just Like a Train

Label:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Nonesuch: 7559-79479 2

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell (acoustic and electric guitars); Jim Keltner (drums and percussion); Viktor Krauss (bass)

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TITLEÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý BRYANT’S BOOGIEÌý

Artists:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell Band

Composers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Jimmy Bryant

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌý Guitar in the Space Age

Label:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý OKEH : 88843074612

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell (acoustic and electric guitars);Ìý Greg Leisz (pedal steel guitar); Tony Scherr (bass); Kenny Wolleson (drums)

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TITLEÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý EPISTROPHY

Artists:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan

Composers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Thelonious Monk

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌý Epistrophy

Label:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ECM Records ‎: 577 0156

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Bill Frisell (guitar); Thomas Morgan (bass)

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  • Sun 30 Jun 2019 00:00

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