TAS Audiophile Demo Disc! In a career spanning more than 25 years and over 150 recordingsincluding 25 albums of his ownguitarist, composer, and bandleader Bill Frisell has established himself as a visionary presence in American music. He has collaborated with a wide range of artists, filmmakers and legendary musicians. But it is his work as a leader that has garnered increasing attention and accolades.
Frisells recordings over the last decades span a wide range of musical influences. His catalog, including 20 recordings for Nonesuch, has been cited by DownBeat as "the best recorded output of the decade." It includes original Buster Keaton film scores to arrangements of music for extended ensemble with horns (This Land, Blues Dream); compositions originally written as soundtracks to Gary Larson cartoons (Quartet); interpretations of work by other classic and contemporary American composers (Have a Little Faith); and collaborations with the acclaimed rhythm section of bassist Viktor Krauss and drummer Jim Keltner (Gone, Just Like a Train; Good Dog, Happy Man).
"Frisell is a revered figure among musicianslike Miles Davis and few others, his signature is built from pure sound and inflection; an anti-technique that is instantly identifiable." - The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Its hard to find a more fruitful meditation on American music than in the compositions of guitarist Bill Frisell. Mixing rock and country with jazz and blues, hes found what connects them: improvisation and a sense of play. Unlike other pastichists, who tend to duck passion, Mr. Frisell plays up the pleasure in the music and also takes on another often-avoided subject, tenderness." - New York Times
Musicians:
Wayne Horvitz
Greg Leisz
Viktor Krauss
Jim Keltner
Ry Cooder
Features:
Double 180g vinyl
Includes complete full length album on CD
Plated and pressed at Pallas Diepholz, Germany
Gatefold jacket
Selections:
1. Rain, Rain
2. Roscoe
3. Big Shoe
4. My Buffalo Girl
5. Shenandoah (for Johnny Smith)
6. Cadillac 1959
7. The Pioneers
8. Cold, Cold Ground
9. That Was Then
10. Monroe
11. Good Dog, Happy Man
12. Poem For Eva
