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Article: On the 'Far Side' of Jazz; Guitarist Bill Frisell, Throwing the Genre for a Loop
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- October 31, 1999
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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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