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Article: FRISELL AS DEFT WITH GUITAR AS WITH A PEN.(LIFESTYLE)
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- The Capital Times
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- October 24, 2007
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Byline: ROB THOMAS The Capital Times
The list of the things Bill Frisell has done and the people he has played with runs so long in his artist bio that at some point you assume somebody is pulling your leg.
Can the same jazz guitarist really have played with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and provided public radio's "This American Life" with one of its most iconic pieces of music? Can he really have played with Suzanne Vega, Jan Garbarek, Rickie Lee Jones, Elvis Costello and the Frankfurt Ballet? Did Stereophile magazine really call him both the most original and unique jazz guitarist since Wes Montgomery and one of the most promising American composers ...