| The Bill Frisell Discography Quick List |
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| Pre-1983 1/ Triode-Live in Chapati Winter '78 2/ Steve Houben/Mauve Traffic- Oh Boy 3/ Bill Frisell-Good Buddies 4/ Emil Viklicky-Okno 5/ Guy Cabay-Li Tins , Les Otes Et On Po D’ Mi 6/ Eberhard Weber-Fluid Rustle 7/ Chet Baker Sextet- Chet Baker/Steve Houben 8/ Arild Anderson-A Molde Concert 9/ Chris Massey-AtmoSpheres 10/ Hal Wilner-Amarcord Nino Rota 11/ Paul Motion-Pslam 12/ Jan Garbarek-Paths, Prints 13/Eberhard Weber-Later That Evening 14/Mike Metheny-Blue Jay Sessions |
| 1983 1/ Bob Moses- When Elephants Dream of Music 2/ Bill Frisell-In Line 3/ Jan Garbarek-Wayfarer 4/ Jim Pepper-Coming and Going |
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| 1984 1/ Bob Moses-Visit With The Great Spirit 2/ Paul Motion-The Story of Maryam 3/ Bill Frisell & Tim Berne-Theoretically 4/ Jukkis Uotila-Introspection 5/Chet Baker/Steve Houben-CHET BAKER/STEVE HOUBEN |
| 1985 1/ Gunter Hampel Orchestra-Fresh Heat-Live at Sweet Basil 2/ Billy Hart-Oshumare 3/ Herb Robertson-Transparency 4/ Marc Johnson-Bass Desires 5/ Various Artists-Bad Alchemy: Magazine+Tape 6/ Henry Kaiser-Remarrying for Money 7/ Leni Stern-Clairvoyant 8/ Paul Motion-Jack of Clubs 9/ Paul Motion Trio-It Shouldv'e Happened a Long Time Ago 10/ Bill Frisell-Rambler 11/ Emil Viklicky-Dvere |
| 1986 1/ Lyle Mays-Lyle Mays 2/ Paul Bley Quartet-Fragments 3/ Bill Frisell/Henry Kaiser-Truth or Consequences 4/ Stefen F. Winter-The Little Trumpet 5/ Various Artists- Re Records Quarterly LP Magazine 6/ John Zorn-Godard Ca Vous Chant 7/ Various Artists-The Improvisors 8/ John Zorn- The Big Gundown |
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| 1987 1/ Power Tools-Strange Meeting 2/ Marc Johnson's Bass Desires-Second Sight 3/ Paul Bley Quartet-Paul Bley Quartet 4/ Marianne Faithfull-Strange Weather 5/ Wayne Horvitz-The President 6/ Hank Roberts-Black Pastels 7/ The Mathilde Santing Ensemble-Out of this Dream 8/ The Mathidle Santing Ensemble-A Third Side 9/ Wayne Horvitz-This New Generation 10/ John Zorn-Cobra 11/ Paul Motian-Misterioso 12/ John Zorn-Spillane 13/ Various Artists-Late in the 20th Century 14/ Tim Berne-Fulton Street Maul 15/ Jim Staley-Mumbo Jumbo 16/ Bill Frisell/Vernon Reid-Smash & Scatteration 17/ Various Artists-Steal This Disc 18/ Various Artists-Bad Alchemy:Magazine+Tape 19/ Kaiser/French/West/Maksymenko-Crazy Backwards Alphabet 20/ Various Artists- The Right Things-Max Cult Appeal |
| 1988 1/ Alan Michael-Lost in Asia 2/ Bill Frisell-Lookout For Hope 3/ John Zorn-News For Lulu 4/ Billy Hart-Rah 5/ Horvitz/Morris/Previtz-Todos Santos 6/ Julius Hemphill-Big Band 7/ Paul Motion-Monk in Motion 8/ Sato Machihiro-Rodan 9/ Ambitious Lovers-Greed 10/ Bill Frisell-Works 11/ Mike Gibbs Orchestra-Big Music 12/ Lyle Mays-Street Dreams 13/ Bobby Previte-Claudes Late Morning 14/ Various Artists-Here it is, the Music 15/ Hal Willner-Stay Awake 16/ Bill Frisell-Before We Were Born 17/ John Oswald-Plunderphonics (4 tracks on a 12" vinyl record) 18/ Toshiki Kadomatsu - Before The Daylight (Japanese Import) 19/Various Artists-Under The Covers (Japanese Import) 20/Various Artists-Radio Nederland Transcripton Service |
| 1989 1/ Various Artists-Late in the 20th Century 2 2/ John Zorn-Cynical Hysterie Hour 3/ John Zorn-Cynical Hysterie Hour-Trip Coaster 4/ Paul Motian-On Broadway Vol. 1 5/ John Zorn-More News For Lulu 6/ Joe Lovano Wind Ensemble-Worlds 7/ Gavin Friday and the Man Seezer-Each Man Kills the Thing He loves 8/ Seigen Ono-Commes Des Garcons Vol. 1 9/ Seigen Ono-Commes Des Garcons Vol.2 10/ Caetano Veloso-Estrangiero 11/ Paul Motion Trio-One Time Out 12/ Various Artists-NEXTWAVENEWMUSICAMERICA10THANNIVERSARY 13/ Allen Ginsberg-Lion For Real 14/ Tony Scott-Lush Life Vol. 1 15/ Tony Scott-Lush Life Vol. 2 16/ Gavin Friday and the Man Seezer-You Take Away the Sun |
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| 1990 1/ Paul Motion-Bill Evans 2/ Robin Holcomb-Robin Holcomb 3/ Robin Holcomb-Promo CD 4/ Naked City-Naked City 5/ Gavin Bryars-After the Requiem 6/ Bill Frisell-Is That You? 7/ Various Artists-Best of Jazz Today 8/ Paul Motion-On Broadway Vol. 2 9/ Various Artists-Rubaiyat 10/ Robin Holcomb- Promo 12" EP 11/ Naked City-Torture Garden 12/ Various Artists-Grind Chrusher 13/ Ashley Maher-Fly 14/ John Zorn-The John Zorn Radio Hour 15/ Various Artists-A Little on the CD Side 16/Various Artists-Selections From Rubaiyat 17/Robin Holcomb-Promotional 4 track vinyl EP 18/Robin Holcomb-Promotional 1 track EP 19/Various Artists-For Real Moments: Song and Dances 20/ Various Artists-From Hiphop to Beebop |
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| 1991 1/ Bill Frisell-Where in the World? 2/Various Artists- Gramavisions 10th Anniversary Sampler 3/ Ryuchi Sakamoto-Heartbeat 4/ David Sanborn-Another Hand 5/ Various Artists-Too Marvelous For Words:Capital Sings Johnny Mercer 6/Seigen Ono-Commes Des Garcons Vols 1 and 2 (reissue) |
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| 1992 1/ Hal Willner-Weird Nightmare 2/ Hal Wilner-Weird Nightmare (7 Track Sampler) 3/ Bill Frisell-Have a Little Faith in Me 4/ Rinde Eckert-Finding My Way Home 5/ Robin Holcomb-Rockabye 6/ Wayne Horvitz-Miracle Mile 7/ Naked City-Grand Guignol 8/ Don Byron-Tuskegee Experiments 9/ Jukkis Uotila-Introspection (reissue) 10/ John Scofield-Grace Under Pressure 11/ Paul Motion-On Broadway Vol. 3 12/ Naked City-Heretic 13/ Paul Motion Trio-Motion in Toyko 14/ Various Artists-A Confederancy of Dances 15/ John Zorn-Filmworks 1986-1990 16/ Mathilide Santing-So Far So Good 17/ Various Artists-Lighten Up-Brand New Ideas From Capital |
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| 1993 1/ Sadhappy-Before We Were Dead 2/ Various Artists-Caged/Uncaged 3/ Naked City-Absinthe 4/ Naked City-Radio 5/ Jerry Granelli-I Thought I Heard Buddy Sing 6/ Bill Frisell-Five excerpts from Have a Little Faith 7/ Lee Koniz-Rhaposdy (Japanese) |
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| 1994 1/ Bill Frisell-This Land 2/ Pigpen-V as in Victim 3/ Paul Motion Trio-Trioism 4/ Various Artists-Almost Normal 5/ Various Artists-The World of Drums & Percussion 6/ Gary Peacock-Just So Happens 7/ Ginger Baker-Going Back Home 8/ Allen Ginsberg-Holy Soul Jelly Roll 9/ Michael Shrieve-Fascination 10/ Ginger Baker-Going Back Home 4 Track Promo 11/ Various Artists-Jazz, Funk & Composers of Distinction 12/ John Scofield/Pat Metheny-Summertime (Italian Bootleg) 13/ Mathilde Santing-Ballads 14/ Marianne Faithful-Faithful:A Collection of Her Best 15/ Jim Hall- Unissued 1982-1992 (Italian Magazine CD) |
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| 1995 1/ Bill Frisell-Go West 2/ Bill Frisell-The High Sign/One Week 3/ Various Artists-Guitarmusic 4/ Frisell/Goodley/Ales-American Blood/Safety in Numbers 5/ Elvis Costello & Bill Frisell-Deep Dead Blue 6/ Various Artists-The Atlantic Group Sampler 7/ Jim Hall-Dialoques 8/ Paul Motion Trio-At the Village Vanguard 9/ William Burroughs-Naked Lunch 10/ Don Byron-Music For Six Musicians 11/ Michael Shrieve-Two Doors 12/ Lee Konitz-Rhapsody 13/ Frisell/Driscoll/Baron-Live 14/ Carol Emanuel-Tops of Trees (composer only) 15/ Goodrich/Liebman/Muthspiel-In the Same Breath (composer only) 16/ Various Artists-Ryko's Fall 1995 Mixer 17/ Bill Frisell-Music For the Films of Buster Keaton 18/ Rinde Eckert-Do The Day Over 19/ Various Artists-Unknown Public Electric Guitars 20/ Various Artists- Top Hits Selection October 1995 21/Various Artists- Jazzemsemble Des Hessischen Rundfunks 21Bill Frisell/Closue Trio-Grammavision 2 CD Advance |
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| 1996 1/ Bill Frisell-Quartet 2/ Karen Pernick-Apartment 12 3/ Holly Palmer-Holly Palmer 4/ Arto Lindsey-The Subtle Body 5/ Various Artists-Exploring the Frontiers of Rock,Jazz and World Music 6/ Various Artists-Like Drops in the Oceans 7/ Robben Ford-Blues Connotation 8/ John Scofield-Best of 9/ Various Artists-Alternate Currents 10/ Various Artists-Club Jazz Atlantic Sampler 1996 11/ Anuna-Deep Dead Blue (composer only) 12/ Various Artists-A Little Magic in a Noisy World 13/ Various Artists-Adagios del Siglo XX1 14/ Various Artists-Verona Jazz 15/ Various Artists-Intuition Music Catalogue 1996 |
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| 1997 1/ Bill Frisell-Nashville 2/ Various Artists-Music for the Rest of Us 3/ Ginger Baker-Falling Off the Roof 4/ John Zorn-Filmworks 1990-1995 5/ Kenny Wheeler-Angel Song 6/ Various Artists-Selected Signs 1 7/ Various Artists-Great Jewish Music:Burt Bacharach 8/ Joey Baron-Down Home 9/ Ron Miles-Womans Day 10/ Various Artists-New Spirits in Jazz Part 3 11/ Jon Damian-Dedications:Faces & Places 12/ Gabriela-Detrs Del Sol 13/ Donald Rubinstein-Time Again 14/ Michael White-Motion Pictures 15/ Paul Motion Trio-Sound of Love 16/ Naked City-Leng Tche 17/ Naked City-Black Box 18/ John Zorn-Filmworks VII Cynical Hysterie Hour 19/ John Zorn-New Traditions in East Asia Bar Bands 20/ Various Artists- Warner Music Sampler 21/ Various Artists-Resurrection, Pt.2 22/ Emil Viklicky-Window and Door (twin reissue of two 1980's LP's) 23/Various Artists-New Country 24/Various Artists-Alternate Routes 25/Various Artists-The Jazz Collection III 26/Various Artists-Breaking The Barriers of Rock 27/Various Artists-Breaking The Barriers of Jazz |
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| 1998 1/ Various Artists-Inside Out 2/ Bill Frisell-Gone, Just Like a Train 3/ Marc Johnson-The Sound of Summer Running 4/ Douglas September-Ten Bulls 5/ Fred Hersch & Bill Frisell-Songs We Know 6/ Various Artists-Monk to Bach 7/ Donald Rubinstein-Scars & Dreams 8/ Leni Stern-Recollection 9/ Seigen Ono-Comme Des Garcons+Remixes 10/ Marianne Faithfull-A Perfect Stranger 11/ Various Artists-The Complete Johnny Mercer Songbook 12/ Various Artists-Guitar Zone 13/ Various Artists-Jazziz Magazine CD July 98 14/ Various Artists-Beleza Tropical 2: Novo! Mais! Melhor! 15/ Various Artists-What Goes Around 16/ Various Artists-The Art of Jazz 17/ Bill Frisell-Gone, Just Like a Train Promotional Disc 18/ Marc Johnson-Selections from The Sound of Summer Running |
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| 1999 1/ John Zorn-Godard/Spillane (reissue) 2/ Vinicuis Canturia-Tucuma 3/ David Sanborn-Inside 4/ David Sylvian-Dead Bees on a Cake 5/ Bill Frisell-Good Dog, Happy Man 6/ Mike Stern-Play 7/ Bill Frisell-The Sweetest Punch 8/ Bill Frisell-Sweetest Punch Promo Single 9/ Don Byron-Romance With the Unseen 10/ Ron Carter Sextet-Orfeu 11/ Various Artists-CMJ New Music Monthly 12/ Bill Frisell-The Sweetest Punch Promo Radio CD 13/ Gabriela-Viento Rojo 14/ Marianne Faithfull-Broken English/Strange Weather 15/ Akiko Yano-Go Girl (composer only) 16/ Various Artists-Twelve Sounds of December Vol. 2 17/ Various Artists-Unconditionally Garanteed Volume 8 |
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| 2000 1/Various Artists-Jazziz Magazine Jan 2000 CD 2/Various Artists-In His Own Sweet Way 3/Various Artists-The World of Drums & Percussion Vol. 2 4/Bill Frisell-Ghost Town 5/Various Artists-The Million Dollar Hotel 6/Bill Frisell-In Line (reissue) 7/Bill Frisell-Lookout For Hope (reissue) 8/Bill Frisell-Rambler (reissue) 9/Arild Anderson-A Molde Concert 10/Joey Baron-We'll Soon Find Out 11/Various Artists-Frisco Mabel Joy Revisited 12/David Sylvian-Everything and Nothing 13/Various Artists-Finding Forester 14/Various Artists-Hear Music Vol. 1 15/Donald Rubinstein-Long Parade 16/Tony Scherr-Come Around 17/Various Artists-Around the Fire 18/Eyvind Kang-The Story of Iceland 19/Various Artists-The Stars of Jazz #1 20/Bill Frisell-A-Collection 21/Livingdaylights-Electric Rosary 22/Zony Mash-Upper Egypt 23/Boomish-Clearance Sale (sampled only) 24/J.A. Deane-These Times 25/Various Artists-Monk to Bach (Reissue) 26/Chet Baker-Almost Blue (Reissue) 27/Dan Tyack-Blackened Toast 28/Various Artists-Owasso Night Atlas 29/John Scofield-Steady Groovin' |
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| 2001 1/Dale Bruning-Reunion 2/Bill Frisell-Blues Dream 3/Duncan Sheik-Phantom Moon 4/Vinicius Cantuaria-Vinicus 5/Aiko Shimada-Blue Marble 6/Danny Barnes & Thee Old Codgers- Things I Done Wrong 7/AntiJazz-Global Blues (composer only) 8/Garrett/Scofield/Brecker/Friesen- Old Folks 9/Laurie Anderson- Life on a String 10/Bill Frisell- With Dave Holland and Elvin Jones 11/Various Artists-Groundwork 12/Various Artists-The Jazz Club Highlights-1990 13/Stefan F. Winter-The Little Trumpet (reissue) 14/Herb Robertson-Transparency (reissue) 15/Various Artists-This is Seymour Duncan Vol. 1 16/Various Artists-Nonesuch Sampler 2001 17/Various Artists-Deep Sleep 101 18/Bill Frisell-Anthology #1 19/Various Artists- Barnes and Noble Recommends |
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| 2002 1/Sarah Siskind-Covered 2/ Various Artists-Homeland 3/Norah Jones-Come Away With Me 4/Various Artists-guitars vol. 1: the bridge 5/Herb Roberts- Black Pastels 6/Various Artists- Hear Music Vol. 7 7/Jim Woodring & Bill Frisell-Trosper 8/Ron Miles-Heaven 9/Bill Frisell-The Willies 10/Robin Holcomb-The Big Time 11/Naked City-Live at the Knitting Factory 1989 12/Bill Frisell- :rarum V: Selected Recordings 13/Donald Rubinstein- Long Parade (reissue) 14/Various Artists- Jazz History In The Present Tense :rarum V 1-8 15/John Zorn- Cobra 16/Jerry Douglas-Lookout For Hope (composer only) 17/Wayne Horvitz-Film Music 1998-2001 18/Paul Motion-Monk in Motion (reissue) 19/Jeff Buckley/Gary Lucas-Songs To No One 1991-1992 20/Gerhard Riechter/Bill Frisell-Riechter 858 21/ Various Artists-All Things Considered 2 22/ Various Artists-Homeward Bound 23/Various Artists-Changing Platforms: 30 Years Contemporary Music Network 24/Jan Garbarek-Rarum # II: Selected Recordings 25/Mino Cinelu-Journey Quest |
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| 2003 1/Various Artists-Jazziz Magazine 20 2/Bill Frisell/Tim Sparks/Marc Ribot-Masada Guitars 3/Laura Veirs-Troubled by the Fire 4/Kelly Joe Phelps- Slingshot Professionals 5/Bill Frisell and The Intercontinental Quartet-The Intercontinentals 6/Various Artists-Schoner Horen Vol. 17 7/Various Artists- Pandemic: Music for a World Without Aids 8/Sextet- Urban Groove (composer only) 9/Mount Analog- New Skin 10/Various Artists-Guitar Harvest Vol. 1 11/Danny Barnes-Dirt on The Angel 12/Rickie Lee Jones-Evening of my Best Day 13/Petra Haden/Bill Frisell- Petra Haden and Bill Frisell 14/Various Artists-San Francisco Jazz Festival: CD Sampler, Vol. 8 15/Marianne Faithfull-20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection 16/Various Artists-Nonesuch Records 2003 Sampler 17/Various Artists-Nonesuch Records Sampler 18/Ceatano Velso-The Best of Ceatano Velso 19/Hans Tuber/Paul Rucker-Jackson Street Records Sampler 2003 20/Paul Rucker-History of a Apology 21/Various Artists-Feed the World 22/Various Artists-Nonesuch At Carnegie 23/Various Artists-Classic Jazz The Nineties 24/Various Artists-The Finest in Female Jazz Vol. 2 25/Various Artists-The Classic Guide to No Man's Land |
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| 2004 1/Dave Douglas-Srange Liberation 2/Dave Douglas-Interview For Strange Liberation 3/Wayne Horvitz/Martine Tucker- Mylab 4/Viktor Krauss-Far From Enough 5/Various Artists- UNCUT : The Nonesuch Collection 6/Paul Motion-Paul Motion in Tokyo 7/Eberhard Weber-Rarum 8/Arild Anderson-Rarum 9/Paul Motion-Rarum 10/Mocean Worker-Enter The Mowo 11/Mount Analog-New Skin 12/Jim White-Drill A Hole In That Substrate And Tell Me 13/Bill Frisell-Unspeakable 14/Jessie Harris-While the Music Lasts 15/Various Artists-Selected Recordings I-VIII 16/Claudia Heuermann: A Bookshelf On Top Of The Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn DVD 17/Paul Motion-On Broadway Vol. 3 18/Ginger Baker-Throught The Years 19/Various Artists-Critics & Readers Choice:The Best of 2004 20/Various Artists-All Songs Considered Box Set (NPR) |
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| 2005 1/ Bill Frisell -Richter 858 2/ Petra Haden & Bill Frisell-Petra Haden & Bill Frisell (reissue) 3/ Paul Motian/Joe Lovano/Bill Frisell-I Live in the Room Above Her 4/ Various Artists-Songs That Influenced Bob Dylan 5/ Vic Chestnut-Ghetto Bells 6/ Naked City-The Complete Studio Recordings 7/ Paul Motion Trio-Trioism (reissue) 8/ Loudon Wainwright III-Here Come The Choppers 9/ Seigen Ono-Comme Des Garcons Vol 1 & 2 (reissue) 10/ Renne Fleming-Haunted Heart 11/ Julian Summerhill- Hologram Cowboys Lay Down With Their Horses 12/ Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez- Red Dog Tracks 13/ Lizz Wright-Dreaming Wide Awake 14/ Various Artists-The Paste Sampler June/July 05 15/ Rickie Lee Jones-Duchess of Coolsville 16/ Tim Ries-Music of The Rolling Stones 17/ Various Artists-Word of Mouth 18/ Various Artists -Fusion For Miles: A Tribute In Guitar - A Bitchin' Brew 19/ Seigen Ono-Comme Des Garcons/Live at Osaka (reissue...plus) 20/ Danny Barnes-Get Myself Together 21/ Heather Greene-Five Dollar Dress 22/ Anuna-Essential Anuna 23/ Chong Vu- It's The Residual's 24/ John Zorn-The Best of Filmworks 25/ Bill Frisell-East/West 26/Jenny Scheinman-12 Songs 27/ Charlie Haden- Not In Our Name (composer only) |
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| 2006 1/ Michael Shrive-Two Doors ( reissue ) 2/ Jack DeJohnette - The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers... 3/ Marley's Ghost - Spooked 4/ Jim Woodring - Visions of Frank 5/ Elvis Costello and the Metopole Orkest - My Flame Burns Blue 6/ Various Artisis - I Walk The Line 2- DVD Edition 7/ Bruce Molsky - Soon Be Time (Back Cover Notes) 8/ Paul Simon - Surprise 9/ Frisell Baron Driscoll - Live ( reissue ) 10/ David Binney- Out of Airplanes 11/ Jonah Smith Band- Johan Smith Band FUTURE RELEASES Lucinda Williams-The Knowing Frisell/Carter/Motion-The Street That I Live On Paul Motion Trio-Live at The Village Vanguard Robert Wilson/Hal Wilner-No Title Yet Various Artists-Guitar Harvest Volume Two Tony Scherr- No Title Yet Bill Frisell/Matt Chamberlin-No Title Yet Chris Massey Group-AtmoSpheres ( reissue ) Wayne Horvitz-Town Mouse Country Mouse Suzanne Vega-No Title Yet |