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Caught my third of three Frisell August show at the Vanguard tonight, this with the "Four" quartet a bass-free guitar/piano/sax/drums thing. The pace was largely slow and dreamy with lots of space for the players to move around in. The opening stretch was a masterclass in 4-way improv. Rest was decent.
Frisell at the VV in August is one of my favorite NYC livemusic annual traditions.
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The Father of American Pop Music Turns 200
Stephen Foster’s songs became ubiquitous—people sometimes mistook them for folk songs even during his lifetime—and were performed everywhere from back porches to opera houses, in every genre imaginable.
“The melody just gets so deep down in you. It’s like the trunk of a tree, or the roots of the tree, and then you can start climbing around up there.”
#Music #DavidAGraham #StephenFoster #BillFrisell #MavisStaples #America
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Extraordinary episode of Norah Jones' podcast with Ron Carter & Bill Frisell
fediserve.de/preview.php?v=YJuT8vo8sjc
Eases mind, heart, and soul.
#RonCarter #BillFrisell #NorahJones #Music #Podcast -
Here’s my review of Hatty Skoler’s “Echoes” (with some passing reviews of singles featuring Angel Bat Dawid and Anat Cohen).
“Skoler and Walter Smith III wrote all of the compositions, and they are clearly on the same page. The melodies are careful, often moody, and offer a rich bed of harmonies precisely articulated by Bill Frisell’s guitar. This isn’t free jazz. No one is screeching, bashing, or pushing past the chord changes. Frisell is on his good behavior, keeping the effects to a minimum while retaining a wide expressive sonic palette. The music swings obliquely, thanks in large part to Blake’s responsive direction.”
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“When you look at all the #music that’s been made on a #Telecaster — whatever kind of music, from Led Zeppelin to Barney Kessel — it’s just all over the place.” #guitars #GuitarSky #BillFrisell #RobertQuine www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/w...
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And then, as luck would have it, Bill Frisell! Matinee set back at Appel with totally different band and feel. Petra Haden, Ambrose Akinmusire and Tim Angulo creating more magic, vocals and all... Including the most haunting cover of Where Have All the Flowers Gone? imaginable.
So lucky to be able to catch 3 of his birthday shows. All unique in their own way, three lineups, three side of Frisell as a bandleader. A tryptych of Frisellian magic. Grateful!
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My Denver trip ends with a right place/right time chance to see Bill Frisell in his hometown one day after his birthday and it was, no surprise, magical. With Luke Bergman and Tim Angulo - an updated version of the Bill Frisell Trio, electric bass gave it a nice new flavor. One extended set that never stopped until the end, just a long flowing abstraction of distilled Frisell. What luck for me at the Federal Theater.
And now... Red eye home!
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Dass Gitarrist Bill Frisell sein Instrument wie ein Orchester klingen lassen kann, war schon öfter zu lesen und zu hören. Sein neues Album »Orchestras« dokumentiert jetzt zwei inspirierte Konzerte, die Frisell mit seinem langjährigen Trio mit Bassist Thomas Morgan und Schlagzeuger Rudy Royston und zwei Orchestern gegeben hat, der fast 60-köpfigen Brussels Philharmonic und dem 11-köpfigen Umbria #Jazz Orchestra. #billfrisell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__-WkFv27ZA&list=PLGJC5hQHJfCK0K9zp2Qy07ZhvVgrrRhNt
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Tonight: haven't seen anyone over the past 4 years as much as Marta Sanchez and I don't think I've loved anyone more over that period than I've loved Bill Frisell, but I do not believe I'd ever seen them together before tonight. Needless to say, it was sublime. Trio set at the Stone with Ingrid Laubrock. As with everything in that room could've gone a million ways, but was a total lighter-than-air bliss-out. Three musicians in constant, sweet-nothing conversation with each other. Everything I dreamed it could be and then some. Perfection!
#nycfreaks #livemusic #nyc #thestone #jazz #martasanchez #billfrisell
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Power Tools - Strange Meeting
Here's one (I hope) you don't see every day.
So, in Ronald Shannon Jackson, you've got a drummer from Last Exit, a free-jazz metal band.
Melvin Gibs is from Defunkt, and you can guess from the name what that is.
And playing guitar, it's a Pre-Zorn...Bill Frisell.
A one-off trio, interesting, and probably not quite what you're expecting...
#nowplaying #vinyl #jazzfusion #BillFrisell #MelvinGibbs #RonaldShannonJackson
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Julian Lage discussing various jazz guitarists from a year ago:
#jazz #guitarjazz #julianlage #carlossantana #johnscofield #patmetheny #nelscline #billfrisell
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And the perfect lead-in for the Bajas was Bill Frisell playing at Jazz Gallery. Early set that was like a weird jazz Jeckyll and Hyde. They'd play this relatively "straight" material at an incredibly best-ever level and then in between, they filled the gaps and cracks with oozy, ambient improvisation that only Frisell can do. Fucking incredible. With Jaleel Shaw, Cameron Campbell and Johnathan Blake.
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Ted Tocks Covers
#9 Dream
Originally posted on October 9, 2022
John Lennon was born on this day 85 years ago.
“The spirit dance was unfolding”
#johnlennon #harrynilsson #worldparty #REM #Aha #andreacorr #BillFrisell
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Here's my latest livemusic write-up, August: Ode to Bill on seeing Bill Frisell. Enjoy!
#livemusic #concertreviews #musicwriting #billfrisell
https://neddyo.medium.com/august-2025-ode-to-bill-3aa5be5ef357
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Jakob Bro - Taking Turns
Bro (guitar) is joined again by Bill Frisell (guitar), Lee Konitz (sax, in one of his last recorded appearances), Jason Moran (piano), Thomas Morgan (bass), and Andrew Cyrille (drums).
These tuns were composed by Bro and range from free-floating back and forth to more driving songs. There are lots of melodic lines being passed around, and the title is quite appropriate.
#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #JakobBro #BillFrisell #LeeKonitz #ThomasMorgan #JasonMoran #AndrewCyrille
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Bill Frisell—Vernon Reid - Smash & Scatteration
This is one of those "I can't believe this happened" albums.
But it did happen, and it happened in the mid-80s.
And you know what that means: drum machines on a lot of the (worst) tracks. Lots of guitar synths.
Overall, quite experimental and a mix of good and bad, tipped towards good. (But the bad is NOT good.)
#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #guitar #experimental #BillFrisell #VernonReid
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Tonight: there was a 10-15 min stretch where I think Bill Frisell showed me what God sounds like. It's not that he's technically superior, it's that he creates such impossible magic & beauty. A something-else performance in duo with bassist Skuli Sverisson in a lovely (if not uncomfortable) church in BK.
Mary Halvorson in duo with Tomas Fujiwara crammed quite a bit of all flavors into their opening set. A fantastic bill for the NY Guitar Fest.
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To give you an idea of what these albums are like, here's a video of Vinterhymne from December Song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJAkyEpR70Y&t=40s
#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #guitar #JakobBro #BillFrisell #LeeKonitz #PaulMotian
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Jakob Bro - Balladeering
Part one of a trilogy written for Bro (guitar)/Frisell (guitar)/Konitz (sax)/Motian (drums), joined by Ben Street (bass). A beautiful, expressive work.
Motian died shortly after recording this, so he wouldn't continue for the other two (Time / December Song), but his style here is reflected by Jon Christensen's work on Gefion as well.
All three have been recently re-released on Loveland.
#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #guitar #JakobBro #BillFrisell #LeeKonitz #PaulMotian
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Chris Cheek - Keepers of the Eastern Door
Cheek (sax) is joined by Bill Frisell (guitar), Tony Scherr (bass), and Rudy Royston (drums) on this mix of originals and covers.
Lots of nice interplay during the session, and as with all the releases from Analog Tone Factory, very well recorded and pressed.
Jérôme Sabbagh produced and mixed in the clasic "hard pan" style, keeping the drums hard right, sax center, guitar left, bass right of center.
