On the 'Far Side' of Jazz; Guitarist Bill Frisell, Throwing the Genre for...

The Washington Post;  October 31, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Jazz guitarist Bill Frisell is about to be outwitted by an inanimate...his band mates into uncharted terrain. Frisell flashes a rueful smile as the music...Virginia turns out to be unadulterated Frisell. Which is a good thing: He is perhaps...

Uncategorically Bill Frisell

The Washington Post;  November 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Guitarist Bill Frisell, whose "Unspeakable" won a 2005 Grammy...studio overdubs and edits as strings -- Frisell's six, along with a classical trio...at all to that 'Unspeakable' album," Frisell freely admits. "Actually, I have trouble...

Bill Frisell, Uttering A New Guitar Language

The Washington Post;  August 29, 2004 ;     498 words ......musician quite like guitarist Bill Frisell, mainly because jazz makes up only a small segment of his musical world. Frisell, make no mistake about it, is one...young guitarists who now belong to Frisell's unofficial school. (His radical...

HE'S NOT YOUR AVERAGE JAZZ GUITAR HERO; BLENDING BLUEGRASS, BE-BOP, BLUES...

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  January 9, 1998 ;     700+ words ......News Music Writer It's been said Bill Frisell takes more chances than any other guitarist...contemporary jazz. A highly distinctive stylist, Frisell's aural landscapes have been likened to...ambient jazz label ECM in the late '70s, Frisell made his solo debut in 1983 with ``In...

FRISELL IN NO HURRY TO IMPRESS, BUT DOES.(RHYTHM)(JAZZ)(Column)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  June 8, 2006 ;     517 words ......unfolding soundtrack. Yet, like Keaton's films, Frisell's best music radiates a forlorn quirkiness. Frisell's new band includes one holdover, drummer Kenny...steel guitarist Greg Leisz, who has recorded with Frisell several times. The band's other member is bassist David Pitch. Frisell's music ...

Bill Frisell, Invigoratingly Interpretive

The Washington Post;  October 21, 2001 ;     481 words ...Guitarist Bill Frisell seems to have turned his career into...celebrating -- but always rewarding. For Frisell, no genre, no composer, no performer...work with African music.) Thankfully, Frisell's approach has always been more creative...

Frisell's blend yields an American sound

Chicago Sun-Times;  May 25, 1997 ;     700+ words ......ain't got that swing? Tell that to Bill Frisell, who in redefining the jazz guitar for...that way." Just when you think you've got Frisell pegged as an anti-swinger, though, he...with a coterie of top country players. Frisell departs his sonic swatches to ride some...

Guitarist Frisell puts his unique spin on soul, jazz

The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  November 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ...CONCERT REVIEW Bill Frisell likes to change directions. A lot. His...would be woefully confining. You hear Frisell with one of his many ensembles and you'...hypnotic timbre, the ability of both Frisell and his players to dance across a thousand...

Bill Frisell: Jazz with a twang

Chicago Sun-Times;  October 28, 1999 ;     644 words ...Bill Frisell Quartet 9:30 p.m. Saturday FitzGerald...trumpeters by trumpeters, and so on. Bill Frisell is here to decline membership in that...flood of albums on which the 48-year-old Frisell has established himself as the most influential...

Profile: Village Vanguard celebrates its 70th anniversary

NPR Special;  February 16, 2005 ;     634 words ......BRAND NPR Special 02-16-2005 Profile: Village Vanguard celebrates its 70th anniversary Host...aspires to play. The world-famous Village Vanguard is marking its 70th anniversary this...walked down those 15 steps to the Village Vanguard. It's one of the shrines in the jazz...

The Frisell Flow

Jerusalem Post;  June 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Jerusalem Post 06-13-2008 Headline: The Frisell Flow Byline: BARRY DAVIS Edition; Billboard...fifty-something American guitarist Bill Frisell. There is plenty of cultural and geographical...Latin endeavor to the jazzy proceedings. Frisell is one of the most distinctive musicians...

Me? Inventive? Try playing with the Super Rail Band of Mali... Bill...

The Independent on Sunday;  February 29, 2004 ;     700+ words ......try telling that to the guitarist Bill Frisell, who is touring the UK with the African...the famous Super Rail Band of Mali. For Frisell, 52, who is perhaps the most important...think I can ever get very far into it." Frisell laughs at the notion that jazz represents...

BILL FRISELL/CHARLIE HUNTER

The Village Voice;  September 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ...BILL FRISELL Unspeakable Nonesuch CHARLIE HUNTER Friends...and Unseen Ropeadope GTR Guitarists Bill Frisell and Charlie Hunter both do their level...identified with pop. So the news that Bill Frisell was collaborating with producer Hal Wilner...

FOR FRISELL, INNOVATION CAN MEAN REACHING BEYOND JAZZ CIRCLES.(What's...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  March 27, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Though guitarist and composer Bill Frisell first made his name on the downtown New...just-released ``Gone, Just Like a Train,'' finds Frisell in the company of bassist Viktor Krauss...names of the players were familiar to Frisell, the experience of recording with musicians...

FRISELL AS DEFT WITH GUITAR AS WITH A PEN.(LIFESTYLE)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  October 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Capital Times The list of the things Bill Frisell has done and the people he has played...working today? But if there's one thing Frisell believes in, it's in moving forward and...light of day, I'm on to something else, Frisell says of his albums. I've never been good...