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Bill-Frisell

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

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

By: Steve Feeney Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Bill-Frisell, Blue-Note, Rudy Royston, Steve Freeney, Thomas Morgan, Valentine

Jazz LP Review: Newvelle Records’ Sensational Season Four

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

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Bill-Frisell, Billy Lester, Broken Shadows, Chris Speed, Church on Mars, Congeries of Ethereal Phenomena, From Scratch, Gregory Tardy, Hank Roberts, Kenny Werner, More Than Enough, Noah Preminger, Preminger Plays Preminger, Tim Berne

Jazz LP Review: Newvelle Records — Sounds Sweet and Clear

Newvelle Records’ taste seems to be  flawless.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Bill-Frisell, Francisco Mela, Newvelle Records, Skúli Sverrisson

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

Every guitarist should listen carefully to this album. And then maybe some Johnny Smith.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Review Tagged: Bill-Frisell, Johnny Smith, Mary Halvorson, The Maid with the Flaxen Hair, Tzadik

Jazz CD Survey: Snapshots and Concepts, Summer 2018

A baker’s dozen of recordings worth hearing . . . maybe even owning.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: 12 Classic Albums, 1953 - 1962, A Rift in Decorum, Ambrose Akinmusire, Bill-Frisell, Blue Note All Stars, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album, Chuck Israels Jazz Orchestra, Compassion - The Music of John Coltrane, Craig Taborn, Dave Liebman, Dave Stryker, Daylight Ghosts, Dedication, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Horace Silver, Horace Silver: Quintet June 1977, I'm Ready, Joe Lovano, John-Coltrane, Joyful Noise - The Music of Horace Silver, Live at the Village Vanguard, Memphis ... Yes, Our Point of View, Small Town, Steve Slagle, Strykin’ Ahead, The Sting Variations, Tierney Sutton Band

Jazz CD Review: Bill Frisell — “Music IS”

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

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Bill-Frisell, guitar, Music IS, solo

Jazz Review: Bill Frisell’s Americana Dreams

Bill Frisell and his quartet performed a program of well-worn American hits whose juxtapositions allowed you to make your own cross-references and draw your own conclusions.

By: Jon Garelick Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: American music, Bill-Frisell, Craig Taborn, Greg Osby, Roots of Americana, Rudy Royston

Playing the Music Eclectic

For fans of jazz, world music, Americana — in short, for fans of all the genres guitarist Bill Frisell has explored over the past decade — “East/West” is a must.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Music Tagged: Bill-Frisell, Jazz

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