Bill Frisell: the Epicentre of Modern American Music

Big Frank listens to lots of music. However, rarely does a day go by when Bill Frisell is not in the mix, and often it is only Frisell. He is a technical wizard, and genre-bending genius, a spell weaver, and able to combine (like few others) sorrow and joy in all his songs. You cannot go wrong with any of his CDs. So go pick some up and you will be hooked. My favorites are"Good Man Happy Dog", "Gone Like a Train", "East West", and "The Intercontinentals". Chris Jones in his BBC review of Bill Frisell's latest CD - "History, Mystery" hits the nail on the head: "the whole album [History, Mystery] stands as yet another testament to the man's place at the very epicentre of modern American music."

Bill Frisell has the artistic ability to capture the full range of emotion in his playing and his compositions. It is unusual to listen to music that captures in one song both the sorrow and joys of life; Bill Frisell does that. This is music that can be listened to and can feed you both when you are high and when you are low. Listen and you will see.

Here he is playing in Warsaw. He’s playing “Live To Tell (that’s right a Madonna song from her 3rd CD “True Blue”) Listen to Frisell explore this song!
July 3, 1993 Warsaw, Poland
with Kermit Driscoll-Bass,
Joey Baron-Drums http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYc2jR5yGDs&feature=related

This song is so sweet: Probability Cloud is included in his latest CD: “History, Mystery”
July 1, 2006 Salzau, Germany
with Ron Miles-Cornet, Greg Tardy-Reeds,
Tony Scherr-Bass, Kenny Wollesen-Drums
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JwZlu2mR84&feature=related

Bill Frisell really like to play 'Shenandoah", you can find it on many of his CDs.
April 4, 2004 @ The Berkeley Church, Toronto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svzv-YkUzdk&feature=related

Here Bill Frisell is playing with the Ginger Baker Trio~
'Ginger's Blues'

Yes, it is the same Ginger Baker who played in those great rock bands, Cream, and Blind Faith! The Ginger Baker Trio put out two great CDs in the mid 90s: "Falling Off the Roof" and "Going Back Home".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QulP-tmf9_Y
Sept. 29, 1995 Deutsche Jazz Festival
Frankfurt, Germany
Ginger Baker~Drums, Charlie Haden~Bass
Bill Frisell~Guitar