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.
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Bill Frisell & Arild Andersen
Godson Song
- In Line.
- ECM.
- 9.
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Bill Frisell Band
Hackensack
- Lookout for Hope.
- ECM.
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Paul Motian Quartet
You And The Night And The Music
- On Broadway Volume 2.
- JMT.
- 2.
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Bill Frisell Band
I Can't Be Satisfied
- Have a Little Faith.
- Elektra Nonesuch.
- 10.
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Bill Frisell Band
The Washington Post March
- Have A Little Faith.
- Elektra Nonesuch.
- 14.
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Bill Frisell Band
Billy The Kid Suite - The Open Prairie
- HAVE A LITTLE FAITH.
- Elektra Nonesuch.
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Bill Frisell Band
Billy The Kid Suite - Street Scene In A Frontier Town
- Have a Little Faith.
- Elektra/Nonesuch.
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Bill Frisell Band
Billy The Kid Suite - Mexican Dance And Finale
- Have a Little Faith.
- Elektra/Nonesuch.
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Kenny Wheeler
Angel Song
- Angel Song.
- Angel Song.
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Bill Frisell Quartet
The Bacon Bunch
- Quartet.
- Nonesuch.
- 7.
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Bill Frisell Band
Verona
- GONE, JUST LIKE A TRAIN.
- NONESUCH.
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Bill Frisell Band
Bryant's Boogie
- Guitars in the Space Age.
- Okeh Records.
- 12.
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Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan
Epistrophy
- Epistrophy.
- ECM Records ‎.
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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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