Bill Frisell
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One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell’s eclectic music touches on progressive folk, classical music, country music, noise and more. He is known for using an array of effects to create unique sounds from his instrument.
Frisell was born in Baltimore, Maryland, but spent most of his youth in the Denver, Colorado area. He studied clarinet with Richard Joiner of the Denver Symphony Orchestra as a youth, graduated from Denver East High School, and went to the University of Northern Colorado to study music.
His original guitar teacher in the Denver-Aurora metropolitan area was Dale Bruning, with whom Frisell released the 2000 duo album Reunion. After graduating from Northern Colorado, where he studied with Johnny Smith, Frisell went to the Berklee College of Music in Boston where he studied with Jon Damian and Jim Hall.
Frisell’s major break came when guitarist Pat Metheny was unable to make a recording session, and recommended Frisell to Paul Motian who was recording Psalm (1982) for ECM Records. 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 featured solo guitar and duets with bassist Arild Andersen.
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Disfarmer
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All We Are Saying...
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East/West
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The Intercontinentals
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Joni: A Portrait in Song - A Birthday Happening LiveWednesday 19 June 2013Bill Frisell and 8 others
Toronto ON, Canada2 went -
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Yoko Ono's Meltdown: Marianne Faithfull and Bill FrisellSaturday 22 June 2013Bill Frisell and 1 other London, United Kingdom5 going
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zero85
dont start with unspeakable, start with GONE JUST LIKE A TRAIN :D
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R4pt0R
start with unspeakable! :)
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BillyPadmore
what would be the best album to start with?
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iamholgerczukay
This guy's range is unreal, to be able to play on Naked City albums and put out something like Disfarmer. Respectable to say the least.
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Contrappunti
One of the best guitar tones ever
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pgjesper
Bill Frisell is feat. on forthcoming Jakob Bro + Thomas Knak album "Bro/Knak" . Check trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cax-SlMZP0Y&feature=relmfu
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brujua
no me gusto mucho el album "good dog, happy men", no les parecio?
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sriramkari
brilliant guitarist.. pure bliss!
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c1k3
I'd love to know how he gets that sound out of his guitar...
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Antikrun
solar_bridge better alive than dead
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pgjesper
Check Bill Frisells contribution to the new album from Jakob Bro entitled "Time". Listen here: http://www.last.fm/music/Jakob+Bro/Time http://www.jakobbro.com and a soundcloud link for the track "Swimmer": http://soundcloud.com/pg-special-agent/jakob-bro-swimmer Happy New Year
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kakaroism
カッコイイ！！！
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solar_bridge
The best guitarist alive.
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NadyaV
sends-shivers-down-your-spine good.
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hitakeane
Love it.
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Ikresusto
Source of inspiration .. .
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henkdo
Naked City!
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KubaGra
Best jazz (not only) guitarist. Minimal emotional playing. He plays what's important.
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mouritsdebeer
Amazing guitarist.
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AntyM92
Great guitarist, very enjoyable music
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