Bill Frisell

Synopsis

Looking forward to guitarist Bill Frisell's appearance at the 2009 London Jazz Festival, Alyn Shipton is joined by Phil Robson to select Frisell's finest recordings. Spanning from 1984 to the present, his discs encompass a huge range of styles and effects, pushing forward the boundaries of what it is possible to achieve on the guitar.

Playlist:

DISC 1
Title: India
Artist: Paul Motian Trio
Composer: Paul Motian
Album: It Should've Happened A Long Time Ago
Label: ECM
Number: 1283 Tr 5

Personnel: Paul Motian (d.); Bill Frisell (g.) Joe Lovano (ts).
Rec. July 1984

DISC 2
Title: Resistor
Artist: Bill Frisell
Composer: Bill Frisell
Album: Rambler
Label: ECM
Number: 1287 Tr 5

Personnel: Bill Frisell (g.); Kenny Wheeler (tp); Bob Stewart (tuba); Jerome Harris (b.); Paul Motian (d.)
Rec. August 1984

DISC 3
Title: Rob Roy
Artist: The Bill Frisell Band
Composer: Bill Frisell
Album: Where In The World?
Label: Elektra/Nonesuch
Number: 61181 Tr 2

Personnel: Bill Frisell (g., uke.), Hank Roberts (cel., v.), Kermit Driscoll (b.), Joey Baron (d.)
Rec. October 1990 / February 1991, NYC

DISC 4
Title: Billy The Kid: The Open Prairie
Artist: Bill Frisell
Composer: Aaron Copland
Album: Have A Little Faith
Label: Elektra/Nonesuch
Number: 75597393012 Tr 1

Personnel: Bill Frisell (g.); Don Byron (cl., b. cl.); Guy Klucevsek (acc.); Kermit Driscoll (b.); Joey Baron (d.)
Rec. March 1993, NYC

DISC 5
Title: Rambler
Artist: Ginger Baker Trio
Composer: Bill Frisell
Album: Going Back Home
Label: Atlantic
Number: 7567826522 Tr 1

Personnel: Bill Frisell (g.); Ginger Baker (d.; voc.); Charlie Haden (b.)
Rec. 1994

DISC 6
Title: Twenty Years
Artist: Bill Frisell
Composer: Bill Frisell
Album: Bill Frisell Quartet
Label: Nonesuch
Number: 7559 79401 2 Tr 2

Personnel: Eyvind Kang (v., tuba); Ron Miles (tp, pic. tp); Curtis Fowlkes (tb); Bill Frisell (g.)
Rec. 1996, San Francisco

DISC 7
Title: Angel Song
Artist: Kenny Wheeler
Composer: Kenny Wheeler
Album: Angel Song
Label: ECM
Number 1607 Tr 5
Dur: 7m35s

Personnel: Kenny Wheeler (tp); Lee Konitz (as); Bill Frisell (g.); Dave Holland (b.)
Rec. February 1996

DISC 8
Title: Rag
Artist: Bill Frisell
Composer: Bill Frisell
Album: This Land
Label: Elektra Nonesuch
Number: 7559793162 Tr 13

Personnel: Bill Frisell (g.); Don Byron (cl., b. cl.); Billy Drewes (as); Curtis Fowlkes (tb); Kermit Driscoll (b.); Joey Baron (d.)
Rec. October 1992, NYC

DISC 9
Title: Gimme A Holler
Artist: Bill Frisell
Composer: Bill Frisell
Album: Nashville
Label: Nonesuch
Number: 79415-2 Tr 1

Personnel: Bill Frisell (g.); Viktor Krauss (b.); Jerry Douglas (dobro)
Rec. Oct 1995 / Nov. 1996, Nashville

DISC 10
Title: Again
Artist: Bill Frisell
Composer: Bill Frisell
Album: With Dave Holland and Elvin Jones
Label: Nonesuch
Number: 7559796242 Tr 9

Personnel: Bill Frisell (g.); Dave Holland (b.); Elvin Jones (d.)
Rec. 2001, NYC.

Broadcast

1. Sat 17 Oct 2009
   16:00
   BBC Radio 3