Bill-Frisell

Concert Review: Bill Frisell at the Groton Hill Music Center — Creating a World

October 22, 2023
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Bill Frisell fans were blessed to hear the Denver-bred, Berklee-schooled guitar savant at a massive multi-space facility that might offer the state’s most awe-inspiring concert hall.

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Jazz Album Review: Kirsten Lambert, “From A Window To A Screen” — Tomorrow’s Standards Today

October 18, 2022
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Sultry, smart, and sweet, From a Window To A Screen will be a perfect accompaniment to romantic winter nights.

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Jazz Album Review: Charles Lloyd & the Marvels — Still Telling Genre-Blurring Stories

March 17, 2021
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It’s rare to find a band that so naturally assimilates its individual voices to strike a collective palette.

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Film Review: Being and Time in “Truth or Consequences”

March 4, 2021
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This is a thoughtful, surprisingly moving, and extremely ambitious film, one that employs an innovative style and some unconventional pacing to explore an unusually complex philosophical and emotional landscape.

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Jazz Concert and Album Review: Guitarist Bill Frisell — Mingling the Sublime and the Stimulating

August 14, 2020
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Leave it to guitarist Bill Frisell — he always knows where the musical goodies are to be found.

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Jazz LP Review: Newvelle Records’ Sensational Season Four

June 22, 2019
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These records are filled with music from some of the most intriguing and, indeed, sought after, jazz musicians playing today.

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Jazz LP Review: Newvelle Records — Sounds Sweet and Clear

September 2, 2018
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Newvelle Records’ taste seems to be  flawless.

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Jazz CD Review: “Maid With the Flaxen Hair” — Mandatory Listening

August 22, 2018
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Every guitarist should listen carefully to this album. And then maybe some Johnny Smith.

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Jazz CD Survey: Snapshots and Concepts, Summer 2018

July 21, 2018
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A baker’s dozen of recordings worth hearing . . . maybe even owning.

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Jazz CD Review: Bill Frisell — “Music IS”

February 26, 2018
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One marvels at Bill Frisell’s improvisations, which can be both surprising and songful.

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