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On the 'Far Side' of Jazz; Guitarist Bill Frisell, Throwing the Genre for a Loop
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The Washington Post
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October 31, 1999
- Author:
- Mike Joyce
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Copyright informationCopyright 1999 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information)
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Jazz guitarist Bill Frisell is about to be outwitted by an
inanimate object. With every tap of his finger, a digital delay box
to his right is setting off a series of sonic waves, looping and
sampling and splintering his guitar lines until it's impossible to
tell who--or what--is producing the overlapping tones.
The gizmo seems to be asserting its own will, pushing the
guitarist and his band mates into uncharted terrain. Frisell flashes
a rueful smile as the music takes another unexpected turn, then
tweaks the gadget again to see where the next set of electronic
pulses will take him.
By turns brainy and playful, probing and lyrical, this performance
at the University of Virginia turns out ...
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Uncategorically Bill Frisell
The Washington Post;
November 17, 2006 ;
Richard Harrington - Washington Post Staff Writer;
787 words
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Bill Frisell, Uttering A New Guitar Language
The Washington Post;
August 29, 2004 ;
Steve Futterman;
498 words
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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HE'S NOT YOUR AVERAGE JAZZ GUITAR HERO; BLENDING BLUEGRASS, BE-BOP, BLUES...
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);
January 9, 1998 ;
705 words
......Faithfull, Ginger Baker, John Zorn and others. Lately, Frisell has added bluegrass and country to a wide-ranging...cut an album based on Buster Keaton film music. Frisell's biggest seller was last year's country-drenched...follow-up, ``Gone, Just Like a Train,'' on which Frisell is accompanied by bassist ...
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 "Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)")
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FRISELL IN NO HURRY TO IMPRESS, BUT DOES.(RHYTHM)(JAZZ)(Column)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);
June 8, 2006 ;
517 words
...Byline: Kevin Lynch Bill Frisell plays guitar like an electrocuted dreamer...imagination or stylistic diversity. Frisell will be in Madison with his new quartet...Saturday and Sunday at Yahara Place Park. Frisell is perhaps the most original guitar...
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Bill Frisell, Invigoratingly Interpretive
The Washington Post;
October 21, 2001 ;
Fernando Gonzalez;
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...
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Frisell's blend yields an American sound
Chicago Sun-Times;
May 25, 1997 ;
Lloyd Sachs;
787 words
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Guitarist Frisell puts his unique spin on soul, jazz
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;
November 13, 2006 ;
701 words
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Guitarist Frisell blazes his own trail on `East/West'.(Arts and Lifestyle)
The Boston Herald;
August 17, 2005 ;
Gold, Adam;
521 words
......careers of sounding like other people. Bill Frisell is making his by sounding like himself. It's not that Frisell doesn't respect tradition. But the Baltimore-bo...at Yoshi's in Oakland, is no exception. Frisell mixes his own compositions with rock...
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Bill Frisell: Jazz with a twang
Chicago Sun-Times;
October 28, 1999 ;
LLOYD SACHS;
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...
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The Frisell Flow
Jerusalem Post;
June 13, 2008 ;
BARRY DAVIS;
735 words
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Me? Inventive? Try playing with the Super Rail Band of Mali... Bill...
The Independent on Sunday;
February 29, 2004 ;
Phil Johnson;
787 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...
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BILL FRISELL/CHARLIE HUNTER
The Village Voice;
September 15, 2004 ;
Davis, Francis;
787 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...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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FOR FRISELL, INNOVATION CAN MEAN REACHING BEYOND JAZZ CIRCLES.(What's...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);
March 27, 1998 ;
Penn, Roberta;
787 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...
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 "The Capital Times (Madison, WI)")
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FRISELL AS DEFT WITH GUITAR AS WITH A PEN.(LIFESTYLE)
The Capital Times (Madison, WI);
October 24, 2007 ;
Thomas, Rob;
782 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...
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 "Morning Edition (NPR)")
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Profile: Guitarist Bill Frisell
Morning Edition (NPR);
May 17, 2004 ;
STEVE INSKEEP, RENEE MONTAGNE;
787 words
......NPR) 05-17-2004 Profile: Guitarist Bill Frisell Host: STEVE INSKEEP, RENEE MONTAGNE Time...inspirations, continues today with guitarist Bill Frisell. (Soundbite of guitar music) INSKEEP: Bill Frisell is considered one of the most versatile musicians...
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