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ALBUMJoy In Spite of EverythingStefano Bollani, Jesper Bodilsen, Morten Lund, Mark Turner & Bill Frisell
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ALBUMNewport Jazz Gala!Emdmar Castaneda, Anat Cohen, Bill Frisell, Ingrid Jensen, Lionel Loueke, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Peter Martin, Jason Moran, Lewis Nash, Dianne Reeves & Steve Wilson
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ALBUMEnfants TerriblesLee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Gary Peacock & Joey Baron
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ALBUMWayne Horvitz: Joe Hill: 16 Actions for Orchestra, Voices, and SoloistRobin Holcomb, Northwest Sinfonia, Danny Barnes, Bill Frisell, Rinde Eckert & Christian Knapp
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ALBUMReunionBill Frisell & Dale Bruning
ALBUMThe Sweetest Punch: The New Songs of Elvis Costello and Burt BacharachBill Frisell
ALBUMGood Dog, Happy ManBill Frisell
ALBUMSongs We KnowBill Frisell & Fred Hersch
ALBUMGone, Just Like a TrainBill Frisell
ALBUMNashvilleBill Frisell
ALBUMBill Frisell QuartetBill Frisell
ALBUMThe High Sign/One Week: Music for the Films of Buster KeatonBill Frisell
ALBUMMusic For the Films of Buster Keaton: Go WestBill Frisell
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ALBUMBass DesiresMarc Johnson, Bill Frisell, John Scofield & Peter Erskine
ALBUMRamblerBill Frisell
ALBUMTheoreticallyTim Berne & Bill Frisell
ALBUMIn LineBill Frisell
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About Bill Frisell
Artist Biography
Born in Baltimore in 1951, jazz guitarist Bill Frisell possesses a warm, big-sky sound that might reflect the childhood he spent in Denver, Colorado. After switching from clarinet to guitar in elementary school, Frisell discovered jazz through Wes Montgomery and studied with Jim Hall at Boston’s Berklee College of Music. Pat Metheny recommended him for a Paul Motion studio date, beginning a long association with the legendarily mellow ECM label that continued with Frisell's 1983 debut album, In Line, a collection of solos and duets with bassist Arild Andersen. Frisell quickly developed a reputation as a versatile, collegial, and prolific individualist. His musical vocabulary includes neck bending, hybrid picking and digital looping, and he has a knack for shifting among different styles in a single solo. Among his more than 40 releases, keynote albums include 1992’s eclectic Have a Little Faith and 1997's folksy Nashville, as well as his work amid the adrenalised squonk of John Zorn's Naked City combo. A gifted trio leader, Frisell is also known for his film music, collaborations with Brazilian singer Vinicius Cantuária and pop-oriented releases, like his albums devoted to the music of John Lennon (2011's All We Are Saying…) and, with 2014's Guitar in the Space Age, the surf tunes of his youth.
Hometown
Baltimore, MD, United States
Genre
Jazz
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