Articles tagged "bill frisell"

Events Review

Bill Frisell Quartet: 7 April 2009 - Boulder, CO

by Tyler Wilcox

[8.May.09] :. What the hell -- let’s appreciate some jazz.

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Sound Affects

Spectacle: Elvis Costello with Renée Fleming (Episode 9)

by Zeth Lundy

[28.Jan.09] :. The silly red hat: it’s back. At first, when I see Elvis Costello wearing that questionable fashion choice once again atop his head while performing (an abridged) “All This Useless...

Sound Affects

Music Review

Jenny Scheinman: Crossing

by Will Layman

[10.Dec.08] :. The jazz/Americana/anything violinist creates a new set of riveting soundscapes.

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Music Review

McCoy Tyner: Guitars

by Will Layman

[30.Oct.08] :. An overpolite meeting between a great jazz trio and batch of six-string slingers.

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Music Review

Various Artists: Assemblage 1998-2008

by Mark W. Adams

[18.Jul.08] :. Cryptogramophone's triumphant 2-CD retrospective is highly listenable, accessible, and immensely engaging. What is the opposite of under the radar? Cryptogramophone is headed there.

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News

Guitar legend Bill Frisell’s diverse songbook defies his jazz label

by Thor Christensen [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)]

[29.Jan.08] :. Bill Frisell speaks slowly and calmly, like the Mr. Rogers of jazz. But all is not mellow in Mr. Frisell’s Neighborhood. Just like his mercurial guitar playing, there’s a tough side...

PopWire

Jack DeJohnette: The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers

by Daniel Spicer

[6.Mar.06] :. Veteran drum legend teams up with jazz guitarist du jour to produce a quirky and fiercely non-commercial take on the art of duo improvisation.

Bill Frisell: East/West / Further East/Further West

by Will Layman

[21.Dec.05] :. A comprehensive and breathtaking tour of the musical world of today's most distinctive and singular guitarist.

Bill Frisell: The Intercontinentals

by Marshall Bowden

[3.Sep.03] :. The course that Bill Frisell has taken since his 1997 album Nashville has proven vexing to many who were originally pulled in by the guitarist’s more straightforward jazz work with Paul...

Bill Frisell: Bill Frisell with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones

by Marshall Bowden

[24.Feb.03] :. Bill Frisell is a jazz guitarist primarily by virtue of the influence of jazz guitar virtuoso Jim Hall; otherwise, Frisell is an amazing amalgam of stylistic influences that make him something of the...

Bill Frisell: Selected Recordings: Rarum V

by John Kenyon

[8.Aug.02] :. Just in case his quiet demeanor and general “nice guy-ness” don’t get the message across about guitarist Bill Frisell, how about this: On his contribution to ECM’s new :rarum...

Bill Frisell: Blues Dream

by James Mann

[29.Jan.01] :. Guitarist Bill Frisell can be best summed up with the southern adage “You just ain’t right!” In his 19-year career (which includes appearances on over 160 records) he has confounded...

Joey Baron with Arthur Blythe, Ron Carter, Bill Frisell: We’ll Soon Find Out

by James Mann

[14.Aug.00] :. Drummer Joey Baron has recorded with folks as divergent as Laurie Anderson to Chet Baker, and was a member of Bill Frisell’s group until 1995. Add to that a stint in John Zorn’s Masada,...

Bill Frisell: The Sweetest Punch (Songs of Costello)

by Mark Zeltner

Perhaps I am one of few people on earth that can honestly state they have been a long-time fan of both Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach. (Editor’s note: count me as another one). While...