| Tim Ries Music Of The Rolling Stones Produced by Released in Japan SACD format June 2005 U.S. Release scheduled for August 9th, 2005 Bill Frisell appears on four tracks. Three in Munich with Charlie Watts and Darryl Jones. One in New York with Norah Jones, Tony Scherr, Clarence Penn and Stacey Shames (Tim's wife) on harp. Contributing recording artists include Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Ron Wood, Sheryl Crow, Bill Frisell, Ben Monder, Darryl Jones, John Patitucci, Jeff Ballard, Brian Blade, Clarence Penn, Michael Davis, Lisa Fischer, Bernard Fowler, Luciana Souza, Bill Charlap, Larry Goldings, Edward Simon, Chuck Leavell, Roberto DiGioia, and Mauro Refusco. The touring ensemble will borrow from the above list of luminaries. Tim Ries arrangements of Jagger-Richards songs: Satisfaction, Slipping Away, Honky Tonk Women, As Tears Go By, Paint It Black, Gimme Shelter, Street Fighting Man, Wild Horses, Ruby Tuesday, Waiting On A Friend, Angie, You Can’t Always Get What You Want. "I was so pleased that Bill was able to do it. He was the first person I thought about, other than the Stones, for this project." - Tim Ries |
| The Bill Frisell Discography 2005 |
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| Bill Frisell Trio Live East/West Produced by Lee Townsend Engineered by Tucker Martine, Claudia Engelhart Recorded at Yoshi's Oakland, CA. May 2003 Release Date August 9, 2005 Two New Frisell Trio CD's recorded in concert Disc 1 WEST I Heard It Through the Grapevine Blues for Los Angeles Shenandoah Boubacar Pipe Down A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall Disc 2 EAST My Man's Gone Now The Days of Wine and Roses You Can Run Ron Carter Interlude Goodnight Irene The Vanguard People Crazy Tennessee Flat Top Box "East/West", the specially-priced double-live CD featuring Bill Frisell's two working trios will be released in May on Nonesuch. "West", featuring Bill's trio with Viktor Krauss and Kenny Wollesen was recorded at Yoshi's in Oakland and includes a number of Frisell originals as well as versions of "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" and "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall". "East" features Frisell's other working trio with Tony Scherr and Kenny Wollesen. It was recorded at the Village Vanguard in New York City. The repertoire includes interpretations of "Lost Highway", "Masters of War", "What the World Needs Now", "Over the Rainbow", and "Paradox". Claudia Engelhart engineered the Yoshi's performances and Tucker Martine engineered the Vanguard dates. Greg Calbi mastered both. Lee Townsend is producing. In addition, a second set of material from both the "East" and "West" venues will be made available as a special download at Songtone.com, Napster & ITunes. |
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| Naked City The Complete Studio Recordings Tzadik #7344-5 Released in March 2005 "I have radically remastered this music with exacting and loving attention to every last detail. Mistakes have been corrected, balances adjusted and thanks to the latest in digital technology the music is louder, clearer, more in your face and exploding with more energy than ever before. Even if you already own all of the original discs, I strongly urge you to pick this set up and experience Naked City as it always should have sounded. " -John Zorn Probably Zorn's most popular and most controversial musical project, the music of Naked City has been debated, analyzed, adored and reviled by fans, critics and academics alike, but nothing can replace the experience of hearing it in all its frightening glory. Most people know this music from the single domestic release on Nonesuch, but the major portion of their studio recordings were issued from 1989 - 1993 on the hard to find Japanese labels Avant and Toy's Factory. This long awaited set pulls together all of their recorded output - seven studio albums ( including five released only in Japan ) - on 5 CDs in beautiful new packaging, with a special 100 page scrapbook of Naked City ephemera, including photos, posters, designs, scores, musical sketches, written tributes by members of the Naked City family and pages from Zorn's original notebooks showing the development of the music that drove so many people out of their minds. Zorn's music at its most brutal and uncompromising best. BONUS TRACK CREATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THIS SET: A spectacular new vocal version of the 18' composition Grand Guignol featuring the charismatic singer from Fantomas, Mr. Bungle and Faith No More, Naked City Alumni Mike Patton. A tour de force concerto for voice and ensemble, finally realizing Zorn's long form composition as it was originally conceived. |
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| Loudon Wainwright III Here Come the Choppers Sovereign Records # SOV 1958 Produced by Lee Townsend Recorded at MX Solutions, Vancouver, B.C. Release on April 19, 2005 1/ My Biggest Fan 2/ No Sure Way 3/ Had to Be Her 4/ Hank and Fred 5/ Half Fist [with Loudon on banjo] 6/ To Be on TV 7/ God's Country 8/ Make Your Mother Mad 9/ When You Leave 10/ Nanny 11/ Choppers 12/ Things Loudon Wainwright III (vocals, acoustic guitar), Bill Frisell (electric guitar), Greg Leisz (lap steel, pedal steel, mandolin, electric guitar), David Piltch (acoustic and electric bass), Jim Keltner (drums, percussion) "The plan formulated by my producer Lee Townsend was to familiarize the other players with the songs ahead of time by giving them my voice and guitar demos. Bill Frisell, natural leader that he is, wrote out some terrific charts. The band and I rehearsed for a day and then, in Nike-like fashion, we just did it. We had no other logistical choice really since Frisell, Keltner, Leisz and Piltch are working all the time and very much in demand. I’d played with Bill and Greg a few summers ago on some shows in Germany and David and Greg backed me up on a session I did earlier this year. Jim Keltner and I hadn’t seen each other since 1975 when he drummed on my album "Unrequited."" -LW3 |
| Renee Fleming Haunted Heart Decca # 602498806029 Produced by Recorded at Release scheduled for May 10, 2005 Bill Frisell (guitars) appears on tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13. Fred Hersch also appears on this recording. Tracks include: 1/Haunted Heart (5:21) 2/ River (Joni Mitchell) (4:21) 3/ When Did You Leave Heaven (2:53) 4/ You've Changed (5:16) 5/ Answer Me My Love (3:49) 6/ My Cherie Amour (3:22) 7/ In My Life (Lennon McCartney) (5:09) 8/ The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress (Jim Webb) (4:09) 9/ The Midnight Sun (6:16) 10/ Liebst du um Schönheit Op. 12 (2:40) 11/ This Is Always 12/ My One And Only Love / This Is Always (8:03) 13/ Song Of Love (Canção do Amor) (3:48) 14/ Psyché (2:55) An eclectic mix of ballads - jazz standards and popular tunes - as well as three classical pieces. "It's intimate. I sing it an octave lower than I ever sing, as if I'm whispering in somebody's ear. It's going to be a surprise. A few people I've played it for had no idea it's me." While final decisions on content are still pending, the CD is likely to include the title song, Arthur Schwartz's "Haunted Heart," and Joni Mitchell's "River," as well as a song by Gustav Mahler. Fleming will be accompanied on the recording by two jazz stalwarts: pianist Fred Hersch and guitarist Bill Frisell. It was hearing Mr. Hersch's own recording of "Haunted Heart" that inspired Fleming's desire to collaborate with him. "I was driving in San Francisco, and when I heard it, I had to pull over," she says. Mr. Frisell transcribed the Mahler piece, she says, making clear that "it is not a jazz arrangement" but an exact transcription of the original song, whose title Fleming declines to identify. "He made a soundscape with layers of atmospherics. It's kind of other-worldly." The classical pieces fit with the jazz and popular standards, she explains, because "I sing them at least a fifth lower than my normal soprano register." |
| Vic Chesnutt Ghetto Bells New West Records # NW6071 Produced by John Chelew Recorded September 26-October 3, 2004 at Don Heffington's Backyard Guesthouse, Los Feliz, CA. and Vic Chesnutt's Home Studio and Pacifica Studios Release Date March 22, 2005 Bill Frisell (expansive guitars, thumb piano on "Gnats") 1/Virginia (5:02) 2/Little Ceasar (4:01) 3/What Do You Mean? (4:55) 4/Got To Me (3:48) 5/Ignorant People (4:23) 6/Forthright (7:32) 7/To Be With You (2:59) 8/Vesuvius (6:23) 9. Rambunctious Cloud (6:59) 10/The Garden (3:01) 11/Gnats (5:12) Musicians include: Bill Frisell, Van Dyke Parks, Liz Durrett, Don Heffington, Dominic Genova, Tina Chesnutt,. "Bill is kind of like a magnet. He has this definite artistic force field around him. And the notes that he plays are just mesmerizing. It’s crazy how much sound comes out of his guitar."-Vic Chesnutt "Having Van Dyke in the sessions really was a dream come true. His lyrics have been a huge inspiration to me over the years. Him being there was like recording with Mark Twain, Erik Satie, Timothy Leary and Booker T.!"-Vic Chesnutt |
| Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez Red Dog Tracks Train Wreck Records # Produced by Recorded at Released May 24, 2005 Full track preview HERE 2/Keep your hat on Jenny (3:26) Bill Frisell makes a guest appearance on their 2005 release |
| Paul Motian Trio I Have The Room Above Her ECM # 1902 Produced by Manfred Eicher Recorded April 2004 Release Date 2005 Bill Frisell guitar, Joe Lovano tenor saxophone, Paul Motian drums 1/ Osmosis Part III 2/ Sketches 3/ Odd Man out 4/ Shadows 5/ I Have The Room Above Her 6/ Osmosis Part I 7/ Dance 8/ Harmony 9/ The Riot Act 10 /The Bag Man 11/ One In Three 12/ Dreamland "The spontaneous interplay between the musicians is just phenomenal. Motian’s drums deal with texture and colour, and he’s often hinting at rhythms which are way off centre, but somehow place an authoritative stamp on the music. Frisell’s guitar chimes with admirable restraint, and he never resorts to that somewhat turgid electric guitar style he’s best known for. Meanwhile, Lovano’s sax snakes around the melodies with luxurious ease. Since the 1950s Motian has played on key sessions with, among others, Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett and Geri Allen. I Have The Room Above Her capitalises on this legacy, while developing an entirely new voice. A brilliant record."-Richard Wolfson, Daily Telegraph |
| Bill Frisell Richter 858 Songlines # SGL SA1551-2 Produced by David Breskin Released January 11, 2005 This is music from Richter 858, originally commissioned and recorded to accompany a book of paintings by Gerhard Richter, which was only available in limited quantities back in 2002. The pieces were directly inspired by a specific painting, and recorded live to two-track with no editing or overdubs. In the booklet are thoughts and guidelines given to Frisell by producer David Breskin and an interview on the subject with Frisell, and they shed a great deal of light on the process of how this music was created. 1/ 858-1 2/ 858-2 3/ 858-3 4/ 858-4 5/ 858-5 6/ 858-6 7/ 858-7 8/ 858-8 Bill Frisell (guitar/effects), Eyvind Kang (viola), Jenny Scheinman (violin), Hank Roberts (cello) |
| Read an interview with Bill Frisell about Richter 858 HERE |
| Read an interview with David Breskin about Richter 858 HERE |
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| Petra Haden and Bill Frisell Petra Haden and Bill Frisell Sovereign Artists # Produced by Lee Townsend Engineered by Tucker Martine Recorded at Trillium Lane Studio, Seattle Released January 11, 2004 This is a reissue of the 2003 CD by the same name. Formerly of the group That Dog, Petra Haden is a member of the musical Haden family, which includes here renowned bass playing father, Charlie. Here, she is collaborating with Bill Frisell interpreting songs such as "Satellite" by Elliot Smith, "Floaty" by Dave Grohl, "Moon River" by Henry Mancini, "Yellow" by Coldplay, "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" by Tom Waits, "I Believe" by Stevie Wonder, "I've Got a Crush on You" by George Gershwin, "When You Wish Upon a Star", "John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man", a Tuvan folk song and originals by both Bill and Petra.. |
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| Various Artists Track Inspired by Bob Dylan Uncut Magazine CD February 2005 Issue This is a free CD which came with the February 2005 issue of Uncut Magazine (UK) Bill Frisell (guitar) appears on a previously release track from Douglas September's 1998 release, Ten Bulls. 1/ Lady & I - Douglas September from the Gold Circle album TEN BULLS |
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| Song Samples and Info HERE |
| Read an article from SF Gate on this music HERE |
| Paul Motion Trio Trioism Winter & Winter JMT 919067 Produced by Stefan F. Winter and Paul Motion RPM Recording Studios, NYC, June 1993 Release planned for April 12,2005 This is a reissue of Paul Motion Trio's 1993 release. 1. It Should've Happened A Long Time Ago. (8:43) 2. Cosmology. (6:22) 3. Blue Midnight. (4:09) 4. Congestion. (2:37) 5. Monica's Garden. (3:31) 6. Jack Of Clubs. (5:08) 7. Play. (4:53) 8. In Remembrance Of Things Past. (7:26) 9. Zabel. (1:33) 10. Endgame. (3:56) Bill FRISELL: guitar Joe LOVANO: tenor sax Paul MOTIAN: drums Dewey REDMAN: tenor sax All compositions by Paul MOTIAN |
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| Loudon At 2004's Century of Song |
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| Liz Wright Dreaming Wide Awake Verve Forecast # B0004069-02 Release scheduled for June 14th, 2005 Recorded at Allaire Studios in Woodstock, NY Produced by Craig Street Her core band on this release includes Chris Bruce(guitars), Earl Harvin(drums), Glenn Patscha(Keys,backing vocals). and David Piltch(bass). Bill Frisell(guitar) appears on: 1/ A Taste of Honey (Marlow/Scott) (3:43) 9/ Get Together (Chester Powers) (4:41) 11/ Dreaming Wide Awake (Lizz Wright) (3:43) Note: Greg Leisz(guitar) appears on 4 additional tracks Vocalist Lizz Wright is readying her sophomore album, "Dreaming Wide Awake," for a June 14 release through Verve Forecast. The set was recorded with producer Craig Street (Cassandra Wilson, k.d. lang) and features the talents of guitarist Bill Frisell, Mark Anthony Thompson (aka Chocolate Genius) and organist Glenn Patscha (Ollabelle). Wright co-wrote the track "Hit the Ground" with Jesse Harris and Toshi Reagon, and penned two other originals for the 11-track set. The balance is comprised of covers of Neil Young's ("Old Man,") Joe Henry's( "Stop,") Ella Jenkins'( "Wake Up Little Sparrow") and songs popularized by the Youngbloods ("Get Together") and the Beatles ("A Taste of Honey"). |
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| Seigen Ono Comme Des Garcons/Live At Osaka Saidera 1001H Japan [Hybrid SA-CD set] Produced by Seigen Ono Recorded in concert in Oskaka Japan Released summer 2005 A compilation of cuts from Comme Des Garcons Vol 1 [7 cuts] and Vol 2 [8 cuts] Remastered for two channel SACD [also present on the regular 2 channel CD layer] plus LIVE at OSAKA etc. on Multi-ch CD. Jazz artist Seigen Ono was offered the unusual opportunity to supply music for Commes des Garcons fashion shows in the late 80s and gathered together the cream of New York's downtown avant-garde to create some of the more unusual runway music ever created. Most of these songs were recorded in the late 80s and transferred to DSD for this release. 1/Julia 2/ All Men are Heels 3/After You... 4/Pastorinhas 5/You will be All Right 6/Galope 7/Something to Hold on to 8/You saw it 9/Round the Globe 10/Pessoa Quase Certa 11/Roman Marching Band 12/Ta.Ta.Ta. 13/Another Groove 14/Staying on the Beach All Day 15/Hunting for Lions 16/Long Voyage |
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| Julian Summerhill The Hologram Cowboys Lay Down With Their Horses Self Released Produced by Julian Summerhill Released April 4, 2005 Bill Frisell (guitars) appears on three of nine tracks: 1/ Broken World (5:45) 2/ Stone Me (6:25) 3/ Lift and Velocity (4:42) Musicians include: Bill Frisell, Darol Anger, Jim Campilongo, Todd Sickafoose, Ches Smith, Bruce Kaphan and Noe Venable Summerhill recorded with Bill Frisell previously under the name Victor Bruce Godsey (See 1995's Frisell Godsey Ales American Blood/Safety in Numbers) "... he (Bill Frisell) got to NYC where I was living and we just... we started playing a lot... experimenting... we had an ongoing... not a band... but what the Situationists would call a... situation together for about three years there... where we would play with different aggregations of guest musicians and whoever... and just improvise... knock down doors... erase boundaries... we called it "The Dismembers" because it was always changing... with new people... again, I was witness to Bill evolving that amazing, singular style of his... that... sound!... " - Julian Summerhill |
| Listen to track samples HERE |
| Various Artists The Paste Sampler June/July 05 Issue This disc accompanies the June/July 2005 magazine Paste Bill Frisell (guitar) appears on one previously released track from the Chip Taylor/Carrie Rodriquez CD Red Dog Tracks: 15/ Keep Your Hat on Jenny (3:26) |
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| Rickie Lee Jones Duchess of Coolsville Rhino # R2 79715 [3 CD] Produced by Rickie Lee Jones, Steve Berlin, David Kalish Recorded in multipule locations Released June 28, 2005 Bill Frisell appears on two previously released tracks from Rickie Lee Jones 2003 release The Evening of my Best Day: Disc One 4/ Bitchenostrophy Disc Two 9/ Ugly Man Also Bill Frisell appears on one previously unreleased track: Disc Three 4/ Altas" Marker (The Aviator) (live) (7:55) |
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| Various Artists Word of Mouth A Word Magazine Presentation [UK] Produced by Lee Townsend Recorded in MX Solutions, Vancouver, B.C Magazine and companion disc issued in June,2005 Bill Frisell appears on one previously released track from Loudon Wainwright's 2005 release Here Come the Coppers: 5/ Had to be Her (5:02) |
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| Various Artists Fusion For Miles: A Tribute In Guitar - A Bitchin' Brew Tone Center # TC 40412 [CDs] Produced by Mike Varney Bill Frisell recorded at Flora Studio Seattle, WA. by Tucker Martine Release scheduled for Aug 2 This release features 10 differents guitarists with a core band made up of the following personel: Jeff Richman (guitar); Larry Goldings (organ); Alphonso Johnson (bass guitar); Vinnie Colaiuta (drums) with Dave Liebman (Sax...4 tracks) Bill Frisell (guitars, Loops) appears on one track: 5/ Nefertiti (Wayne Shorter) (5:41) Other guitarists appearing include: Mike Stern, Pat Martino, Warren Haynes, Bill Connors, Bireli Lagrene and Others Other Miles Davis tracks covered include: Black Satin , Splatch, So What, Eighty One, Serpents Tooth, It's About That Time, Back Seat Betty, Spanish Key |
| Danny Barnes Get Myself Together Terminus Records # Produced by Recorded at Garey Shelton’s Studio Seattle, WA. Released August 2, 2005 Bill Frisell appears on this release. It features fiddler prodigy Brittany Haas. 1/ Get Myself Together 2/ Rat's Ass 3/ Big Girl Blues 4/ Get Me Out of Jail 5/ Sympathy for the Devil 6/ Cumberland Gap 7/ Let Your Light Shine on Me 8/ Cut A Rug 9/ Corn Kingdom Come 10/ Wasted Mind 11/ Get It On Down the Line 12/ Cat to the Rat 13/ Big Shoe |
| Heather Greene Five Dollar Dress Produced by Tucker Martine Bill Frisell (guitar) appears on the following tracks: 1/Just What I Needed 2/ Not Exactly 8/ Saving Goodbye 9/ I Wanna Thank You 10/ Looking Glass 11/ Five Dollar Dress Track 11 is acually a duet between the singer and Frisell. Other sideman include Keith Lowe, Tucker Martine, Eyvind Kang and The tosca String Quartet. "I met Tucker Martine in Seattle WA while I was on my tour across the country with just my keyboard in tow. I was playing in some small place followed by a man who did a lot of Jimmy Buffett covers. Tucker loved my sound and recruited me to do a record with him. His productions are absolutely amazing – spacious, pretty and haunting. I couldn’t resist when he sent to me a sample. I considered it immediately. Bill Frisell works closely with Tucker, and I was lucky enough to have the incredible guitar player agree to work on my CD with us. Tucker was sent to the gig by a viola player I met while bartending at Tonic, which I did for many years." - Heather Greene |
| Anuna
Essential Anuna Koch Records # Produced by Recorded at Released on March 08, 2005 This release contains a previously released track from the 1996 self-titled release, Anuna, co-written by Bill Frisell and Elvis Costello: 10/ Deep Dead Blue Bill Frisell DOES NOT appear on this CD release |
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| Cuong Vu
It's Mostly Residual Produced by Laurent Brondel and Cuong Vu Recorded at Avast! Recording, Seattle, WA Jan. 2005 Released 2005 1/ It's Mostly Residual 2/ Expressions of a Neurotic Impulse 3/ Patchwork 4/ Brittle, Like Twigs 5/ Chitter Chatter 6/ Blur Cuong Vu - trumpet , Stomu Takeishi - bass , Ted Poor - drums , Bill Frisell - guitar |
| John Zorn The Best Of Filmworks: 20 Years Of Soundtrack Music Tzadik # Produced by John Zorn Recorded in various locations Released August 23, 2005 Bill Frisell(guitars) appears on two previously released track: 1/She Must Be Seeing Things, film score Main Title with Anthony Coleman, David Hofstra, Bobby Previte, Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz 3/Cynical Hysterie Hour, film score with Peter Scherer, Bobby Previte, Carol Emanuel, Marc Ribot, Christian Marclay, Wayne Horvitz, Bill Frisell, Cyro Baptista, Jill Jaffe, Kermit Driscoll, Maxine Neuman |
| Jenny Scheinman
12 Songs Cryptogramophone # CG 125 Produced by Jenny Scheinman and Sascha Von Oertzen Recorded at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY December 13-14, 2004 Track Listing : 1/The Frog Threw His Head Back And Laughed (6:06) 2/Song Of The Open Road (5:00) 3/Moe Hawk (6:33) 4/Sleeping In The Aquifer (3:16) 5/The Bouy Song (4:39) 6/She Couldn't Believe It Was True (3:55) 7/Suza (5:23) 8/Little Calypso (2:57) 9/Satelite (2:04) 10/Antenna (7:32) 11/Albert (3:29) 12/June 21 (4:32) Musicians: Jenny Scheinman - violin, Ron Miles - cornet (1-3,5,10-12), Doug Wieselman - clarinets (1,3,5-12), Rachelle Garniez - accordian (1-4,6,11-12), piano (5,9), claviola (7-8) , Bill Frisell - electric guitar (1-7,10-12), Tim Luntzel - acoustic bass (1-7,10-12) , Dan Rieser - drums (1-7,10-12) |
| Charlie Haden & The Liberation Music Orchestra Not In Our Name Verve # Produced by Recorded at Released August 30, 2005 Bill Frisell composed a track: 7/ Throughout Bill Frisell DOES NOT appear on this release |
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| Paul Motian Trio Live at the Village Vanguard Winter & Winter/JMT # 919 080-2 Produced by Recorded at Release scheduled for Oct 11 1. You Took The Words Right Out Of My Heart (Robin/Rainger) 2. Abacus 3. Folk Song For Rosie 4. The Owl Of Cranston 5. 5 Miles To Wrentham 6. Yahllah 7. The Sunflower 8. Circle Dance Compositions by Paul Motian, except title 1 total time: 69:09 Joe Lovano, tenor sax, Bill Frisell, guitar, guitar synthesizer, Paul Motian, drums |
| Various Artists Progressions: 100 Years of Jazz Guitar Sony Music # [4 CD Set] Various Producers Released 2005 Tracks from 1906 - 2001. Bill Frisell(guitar,composer) appears on one previously released track: Disc 4 10/ Ron Carter |
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| Jerry Douglas The Best Kept Secret Koch Records # Produced By Jerry Douglas Recorded at Released September 20, 2005 Bill Frisell(guitar) appears on one track: 6/ Lil Ro Ro |
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