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Gone, Just Like a Train
Amazon. com essential recordingBill Frisell is a soulful jazz minimalist with a sophisticated sense of harmony, a daring rhythmic approach, and an instantly recognizable, personal sound–part jazz, part rockabilly, part blues, part psychedelia–a remarkable melodist who can transmute single notes into sapphire tears. Yet while his fellow improvisors have pursued more and more complex forms, Frisell seems to be reaching back to the simplest folk forms to animate his post-modernist’s vie. . . More >>
Gone, Just Like a Train
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I really enjoyed this album. My favorite album by Frisell is called ‘Strange Meeting,’ which he did with a band called Power Tools. Frisell just keeps coming through for his fans.
I like this cd very much. It is very innovative and original. I suggest to hear this album to all people bored to ear ‘standard jazz’ album.
This record is a true example, if this is posible of the Bill Frisel style. Being one of the most important guitar players of the moment he is not tempted here by his extraordinary technic skills, He prefers here to put all his artistry to the service of his music. This makes that the guitar player takes secondary role giving more importance to the band and the music itself.
I had never heard of Bill Frisell until I ran across an article in a magazine. It seemed interesting, so when I saw this cd in a record store, I bought it. I had no idea what to expect, not having ever heard him before. Well, I must admit, it took a little bit of getting into, but I find that is always the way with good music. Anyway, this now happens to be a solid favourite of mine, and every repeated listening adds something new that I had missed before. It is different than a lot of jazz that I have heard. There is a very eclectic mix within each song. Sometimes there is an almost “New-Age” sound that comes out, then there is the blues, traditional sounding jazz as well as contemporary, and through it all a rock beat. It is very, very interesting music to listen to. And then there is the packaging. A standard jewel case in a cardboard outer sleeve with some terrific artwork. As pleasing and interesting to the eye as the music is to the ears.
Having heard the post modernistic swirls of sound on Frisell’s Before we were Born, and his more traditional accompanyment with Joe Lovano and Ginger Baker (Going back Home), I was sure what to expect when I picked up this CD. What makes Frisell one of the more interesting musicians of the modern era, is that like Miles, he is not afraid of taking stylistics chances. This is probably his most accessible recording to date. In a small setting like this, and striped of the pretension that occasionally marks his work, Frisell’s ability to swing between, blues and jazz is astounding. This music is similar in tone to the best of Metheny’s “highway” scope of feeling. If Coltrane, described by poet LeRoi Jones epitomized “the soul in turmoil”, what does Frisell accomplish? Any comments? email mdcohen @escape. ca