Bill Frisell - Bill Frisell Quartet

Title: Bill Frisell Quartet Artist: Bill Frisell Release Date: 1996 Re-Released On: 4/9/1996 Label: Nonesuch Records Duration: 61:36 UPCs: 075597940121, 075597940169, 755979401210 Genre: Jazz Styles: Modern Creative, Jazz Instrument, Guitar Jazz Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Cerebral, Freewheeling, Laid-Back/Mellow, Playful, Refined/Mannered, Reflective, Searching, Ambitious, Complex, Dramatic, Earnest, Elaborate, Hypnotic, Literate, Meandering, Passionate, Plaintive, Precious, Provocative, Sentimental, Sophisticated, Spacey, Stately, Uncompromising, Witty, Wry Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Tales from the Far Side
2. Twenty Years
3. Stand Up, Sit Down
4. Convict 13
5. In Deep
6. Egg Radio
7. The Bacon Brunch
8. Prelude
9. Bob's Monsters
10. The Gallows
11. What?
12. Dead Ranch
13. Coffaro's Theme

Year Type Label Catalog # 1996 CD Nonesuch Records 79401 1996 CD Nonesuch Records

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Guitarist Bill Frisell has become well-known for his eccentric and highly versatile style. Able to sound like Jim Hall, a heavy metal player, or a Nashville studio guitarist at a moment's notice, Frisell has created sounds on the guitar that have never been heard before. This CD uses a rather unusual instrumentation, a quartet comprised of Frisell, trumpeter Ron Miles, trombonist Curtis Fowlkes and Eyvind Kang, who doubles on violin and tuba. Ten of the 13 Frisell originals on the release were originally written for films (including one for Gary Larson, "Tales from the Far Side," and one for a Buster Keaton movie "Convict 13"), and the resulting music is tightly arranged yet spontaneous, episodic, and sometimes a bit nutty, but also strangely logical. Whether it be the old-timey theme to "Dead Ranch," the blues in "Convict 13," a few somber ballads, or hints at early Duke Ellington (particularly by Miles' wah-wah trumpet), this is a continually interesting, offbeat set. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Name Credits Bill Frisell Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric) Christian Jones Assistant Engineer Curtis Fowlkes Trombone Eyvind Kang Violin, Tuba Greg Calbi Mastering John Burton Assistant Engineer Judy Clapp Engineer Lee Townsend Producer Oliver Di Cicco Engineer Ron Miles Piccolo, Trumpet