Bill Frisell: S/D, comment upon brilliantly

count me in

Living legend Bill Frisell! I mean, he's 67.

thx for the recommendation on the documentary. enjoyed it immensely.

I might be missing something here, but Johnny Smith? if someone could disabuse my feeling he is a complete mediocrity - I'll check something out.

He wrote "Walk, Don't Run"!

just listened to some, i was being harsh!

but still he's no Kenny Burrell or Wes Montgomery, but few people are.

I'm enjoying his recent live album Epistrophy with Thomas Morgan on bass. Just very chill jazz workouts 9f various standards and covers. Frisell is at his best when he's free to explore.

love the new one HARMONY on blue note

ANOTHER new one?

man musicians sure release like crazy these days

Music IS holding up extremely well. I think it could be as good as anything else he's done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrjkSBdRNQI so pretty. someone upthread mentioned Pajo solo – this is right up in this alley

lovely

Currently obsessed with the Dave Holland and Elvin Jones trio record, after listening to this podcast: https://player.fm/series/tape-op-podcast/discussion-episode-34-rafiq-bhatia

The texture, the feel, everything. I don't mind the overdubs, along with the loop pedal stuff that was presumably done on the main takes (?) it's all very subtle and cool.

It looks like this didn't get very well-reviewed at the time, like this dumb AMG line: "Jones sounds at times utterly bored with his rhythm duties, desperate for a chance to stretch out." No way, he sounds totally tuned in. I find it constantly fascinating to hear him in this mode & dynamic.And don't forget about Elvin's Guitar Blues!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auXbk34S5Hc

Cool record, unspeakably bad album cover

The Frisell/Holland/Jones record I mean, not "Heavy Sounds", that's a great cover

Haha, very true, I didn't even notice the cover (thanks Spotify)

Watched this Paul Motian docu last week, which has some nice behind-the-scenes footage of his trio with Frisell in the Vanguard. Manfred Eicher is in there too. The Motian trio with Frisell and Lovano recorded quite a lot of records over the years. Frisell's playing is quite free compared to his own work, playing without a bassist, only the asynchronous drumming of Motian. I think the tribute albums to Monk and Bill Evans are some of the highlights.