William Richard "Bill" Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is a North American jazz guitarist, progressive folk musician and composer. Frisell uses a wide range of effects (delay, distortion, reverb, octave shifters, and volume pedals, to name a few) to create unique sounds from his instrument. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 426 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (500 × 704 pixel, file size: 85 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Bill Frisell - live at Jazz Alley, Seattle - 25 April 2004: The B3 Trio File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... The Fender Telecaster, also known as a Tele, is a typically dual-pickup, solid-body electric guitar made by Fender. ... is the 77th day of the year (78th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... the very definition of a guitarist is cody allen and taylor hines because of there un ending guitar skills and awsomnes. ... Progressive folk is a type of folk music that rejects or de-emphasizes the conventions of traditional folk music and encourages stylistic or thematic innovation. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Delay is an audio effect which records an input signal to an audio storage medium, and then plays it back after a period of time[1]. The delayed signal may either be played back multiple times, or played back into the recording again, to create the sound of a repeating... In the world of guitar music and guitar amplification, distortion is actively sought, evaluated, and appreciatively discussed in its endless flavors. ... This article is about audio effect. ... Octave-effect boxes are a type of special effects unit which mix the input signal with a synthesised signal whose musical tone is an octave lower or higher than the original. ...

Biography

Frisell was born in Baltimore, Maryland, but spent most of his youth in the Denver, Colorado area and went to the University of Northern Colorado to study music. His original guitar teacher in the Denver area was Dale Bruning, with whom Frisell has released a duo album. After graduating from Northern Colorado, where he studied with Johnny Smith, Frisell went to Berklee School of Music in Boston and studied with Jim Hall. This experience was to make a lasting impression on his playing. Nickname: Motto: The Greatest City in America,[4] Get in on it. ... This article refers to the state capital of Colorado. ... Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Largest metro area Denver-Aurora Metro Area Area  Ranked 8th  - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²)  - Width 280 miles (451 km)  - Length 380 miles (612 km)  - % water 0. ... University of Northern Colorado (Northern Colorado) is a baccalaureate (arts, sciences, humanities, business, human sciences, and education), graduate (primarily in the field of education), and research university located in Greeley, Colorado, USA. It has a 2006 enrollment of 13,775 students. ... The metropolitan area centered on the city of Denver, Colorado is known officially by the United States Census Bureau as the Denver metropolitan area (population 2,179,240 in 2000). ... Berklee College of Music, founded in 1945, is an independent music college in Boston, Massachusetts with many prominent faculty, staff, alumni, and visiting artists. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... Jim Hall is a programmer for the FreeDOS project and the original developer of the GNU Robots program. ...

Frisell's major break came when Pat Metheny, unable to make a session, recommended him to Paul Motian, then playing for ECM Records^[1]. Frisell became ECM's in-house guitar player, and worked on several albums, most notably Jan Garbarek's 1981 Paths, Prints. Frisell's first solo release was In Line, and was solo guitar except for some tracks featuring Arild Andersen on bass. Patrick Bruce Metheny (born August 12, 1954 in Lees Summit, Missouri) is an American jazz guitarist. ... Stephen Paul Motian (born 25 March 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Providence, Rhode Island), is a American jazz drummer, percussionist and composer of Armenian extraction. ... ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music) is a record label founded in 1969 by Manfred Eicher. ... Jan Garbarek (born March 4, 1947 in Mysen, Norway) is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Arild Andersen (born October 27, 1945) is a Norwegian bass player. ...

Frisell's first group to receive much acclaim was his quartet with Kermit Driscoll on bass, Joey Baron on drums, and Hank Roberts on cello (later slimmed down to a trio when Roberts left). Many other albums with larger ensembles were recorded with this group as the core. ... Joey Baron (born June 26, 1955 in Richmond, Virginia) is a jazz drummer probably best known for his work with Bill Frisell, Stan Getz, and John Zorn. ... Hank Roberts is a jazz cellist and vocalist. ...

In the 1980s Frisell lived in New York City and was an active participant in the city's thriving music scene. He forged an early partnership with John Zorn—including as a member of quick-change band Naked City—and performed or recorded with many others. He also became known for his work in Paul Motian's group – originally a quintet, but which slimmed down to an unusual and influential bassless trio of just Motian, Frisell and Joe Lovano. In 1988 Frisell left New York City and moved to Seattle, Washington^[2]. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... John Zorn (born September 2, 1953 in Queens, USA) is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. ... This article is about the band. ... Stephen Paul Motian (born 25 March 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Providence, Rhode Island), is a American jazz drummer, percussionist and composer of Armenian extraction. ... Joseph Salvatore Lovano (born 29 December 1952) is a jazz saxophonist and clarinet player. ... “Seattle” redirects here. ...

In the 1990s Frisell made two of his most celebrated albums: first, Have a Little Faith, an ambitious survey of Americana of all stripes, from Charles Ives and Aaron Copland (the entirety of Billy the Kid) to Bob Dylan and Madonna (a surreal version of "Live to Tell"); and second, This Land, a complementary set of originals. He also branched out into performing soundtracks to the silent films of Buster Keaton with his trio, and contributed to Ryuichi Sakamoto's album Heartbeat. Charles Edward Ives (October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954) was an American composer of classical music. ... Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer of concert and film music, as well as an accomplished pianist. ... Billy the Kid is a 1938 ballet written by the American composer Aaron Copland and commissioned by Lincoln Kirstein. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ... Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958), better known as simply Madonna, is a six-time Grammy[1] and one-time Golden Globe award winning American pop singer, songwriter, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author and fashion icon. ... Buster Keaton (born Joseph Frank Keaton, October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American silent film comic actor and filmmaker. ... Ryuichi Sakamoto at his New York City studio September 2003 Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本 龍一 Sakamoto Ryūichi, born January 17, 1952, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese musician, composer, producer and actor. ...

In the mid-1990s, Frisell disbanded his trio. He continued the trend marked by Have a Little Faith by more explicitly incorporating elements of bluegrass and country music into his music. His friendship with Gary Larson led him to provide music for the TV version of The Far Side^[3] (released on the album Quartet along with music written for Keaton's Convict 13). For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music which has its own roots in Irish, Scottish and English traditional music. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Gary Larson is the creator of The Far Side, a (sometimes subdivided) single-panel comic strip which appeared in many newspapers for fourteen years until Larsons retirement January 1, 1995. ... The Far Side was a popular one-panel syndicated comic created by Gary Larson. ...

Some of Frisell's songs including "Over the Rainbow" and "Coffaro's Theme" were featured in the movie "Finding Forrester" (2000).

Between 2003 and 2005 Frisell acted as musical director for Century of Song, a series of concerts at the German arts festival RuhrTriennale. Frisell invited artists including Rickie Lee Jones, Elvis Costello, Suzanne Vega, Arto Lindsay, Loudon Wainwright III, Vic Chesnutt, Van Dyke Parks, Buddy Miller, Ron Sexsmith and Chip Taylor to perform their favourite songs in new arrangements. With its concert series Century of Song, Germanys renowned annual arts festival RuhrTriennale (Artistic director: Juergen Flimm) has created the world‘s first concert series to celebrate the history of the popular song. ... The RuhrTriennale was founded in 2002 in the northwestern area of Germany by the government of North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, short: NRW). ... Rickie Lee Jones on the Duchess of Coolsville album cover. ... Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus August 25, 1954 in London) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. ... Suzanne Vega (born Suzanne Nadine Vega, 11 July 1959, Santa Monica, California) is an American songwriter and singer known for her highly literate lyrics and eclectic folk-inspired music. ... Arto Lindsay (born May 28, 1953) is an American guitarist and singer. ... Loudon Wainwright III (born September 5, 1946 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina) is an American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor. ... Vic Chesnutt (born on November 12, 1965 in Jacksonville, Florida) is a singer-songwriter resident in Athens, Georgia. ... Van Dyke Parks (born January 3, 1943) is an American composer, arranger, producer, musician, singer and actor noted for his collaborations with Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys on the song Heroes and Villains and the recently released cult-legend album, Smile. ... Buddy Miller is a country singer, songwriter, recording artist and producer, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee. ... Ron Sexsmith live in Bochum, July 10th, 2004 Ron Sexsmith (born 1964) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. ... Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez Chip Taylor (b. ...

In 2005, Frisell won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album for his album Unspeakable. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Discography

• In Line(1983) ECM
• Theoretically (with Tim Berne) (1984)
• Rambler (1984) ECM
• Smash & Scatteration (with Vernon Reid) (1985)
• Lookout for Hope (1987) ECM
• Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films (1988) — One of Various Artists
• Before We Were Born (1989) all Nonesuch henceforth
• Is That You? (1990)
• Where in the World? (1991)
• Have a Little Faith (1992)
• Live (1993)
• This Land (1994)
• American Blood/Safety in Numbers (1995)
• Go West: Music for the Films of Buster Keaton (1995)
• The High Sign/One Week {Keaton} (1995)
• Quartet (1996)
• Nashville (1997)
• Gone, Just Like a Train (1998)
• Good Dog, Happy Man (1999)
• Ghost Town (2000)
• Blues Dream (2001)
• With Dave Holland and Elvin Jones (2001)
• The Willies (2002)
• The Intercontinentals (2003)
• Unspeakable (2004)
• Richter 858 (2005)
• East/West (2005)
• Further East/Further West (2005) download
• Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian (2006)
• Frisell/Carter/Motian e.p. (2006) download
• Floratone Self titled release (2007) with drummer Matt Chamberlain and producers Tucker Martine, Lee Townsend (Blue Note Records)

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TV Appearances

• SOLOS: the jazz sessions (2004) Bravo! Canada

References

External links

• Equipment
• Official site
• The Bill Frisell Discography
• Bill Frisell Solo Transcriptions
• Live performance images
• The Bill Frisell Compositions database
• Recent concert review of Bill Frisell at JazzChicago.net
• 2003 Afropop Worldwide Interview with Bill Frisell