Guitar in the Space Age Bill Frisell

• 1 Pipeline 07:06
• 2 Turn, Turn, Turn 02:40
• 3 Messin' with the Kid 02:59
• 4 Surfer Girl 04:14
• 5 Rumble 04:56
• 6 The Shortest Day 04:57
• 7 Rebel Rouser 03:39
• 8 Baja 03:37
• 9 Cannonball Rag 02:56
• 10 Tired of Waiting for You 06:02
• 11 Reflections from the Moon 03:21
• 12 Bryant's Boogie 03:09
• 13 Lift Off 02:17
• 14 Telstar 03:15
• Total Runtime 55:08

Info zu Guitar in the Space Age

Bill Frisell zählt ohne Frage zu einem der besten und einflussreichsten Gitarristen der Welt und genießt als Meister der Klangfarben Kultstatus. Mit seinem neuen Album Guitar in the Space Age. wendet er sich wieder der Musik zu, die einst seine Fantasie beflügelte. Als Babyboomer, der in den 50er und 60er Jahren aufwuchs, erkundet Frisell zusammen mit seinen langjährigen Partnern Greg Leisz (Gitarre), Tony Scherr (Bass) und Kenny Wolleson (Schlagzeug und Vibraphon) ein Repertoire, das inhaltlich und klanglich zweifellos autobiografische Elemente aufweist. 'Im letzten Frühjahr wurde ich 63, und nach über 50 Jahren war für mich die Zeit gekommen, erneut jene Musik zu spielen, die mich in meiner Jugend prägte. Bei Guitar in the Space Age! schwelge ich aber nicht in Nostalgie, sondern mache deutlich, dass man nie auslernt und ein festes Fundament braucht.'

„Mit feinem Gespür für die Balance zwischen Nostalgie, Niveau und eigenem Klangideal transportiert [Frisells] Band Rock-, Blues- und Surfklassiker in die Gegenwart. Im Team […] bescheren sie […] den Hits eine puristisch-schöne, schnörkellose Wiedergeburt.“ (Rondo)

„Dieses fluffige Album ist die jazzmusikalische Umsetzung eines umwerfend optimistischen Lebensgefühls, das damals den Menschen bis auf den Mond brachte.“ (Jazz Zeitung)

„Eine Dream Band ist da zugange. […] Unglaublich, wie Frisell & Co das hinkriegen, aus Link Wrays „Rumble“ einen fröhlichen Höllenpfuhl aus dem XXI. Jahrhundert zu machen, im „Cannonball rag“ souveränes Travis-Picking in moderne Klamotten zu wickeln und aus „Bryant’s boogie“ einen unübertrefflich rock’n’rollig swingenden Abräumer zu machen – und bei aller Modernisierung nichts, aber auch gar nichts vom alten Adel kaputt zu machen“ (Jazzpodium)

„Da wimmern und seufzen die Gitarren, dass es eine Freude ist.“ (Audio)

Bill Frisell, electric guitar
Greg Leisz, pedal steel guitar, electric guitar
Tony Scherr, bass, acoustic guitar (on 'Rebel Rouser“)
Kenny Wollesen, drums, percussion, vibes

Recorded at Flora Recording and Playback, Portland, OR
Engineered by Lynne Earls and Tucker Martine
Produced by Lee Townsend

Bill Frisell
Frisell’s career as a guitarist and composer has spanned more than 40 years and many celebrated recordings, whose catalog has been cited by Downbeat as "the best recorded output of the decade."

Released March of ’18, Frisell’s latest album for OKeh/Sony is a solo album titled, Music IS - "Taken as a whole, the album beautifully encapsulates Frisell’s depth and range in all its meditative glory."- Chicago Reader. It was recorded in August, 2017 at Tucker Martine’s Flora Recording and Playback studio in Portland, Oregon and produced by longtime collaborator Lee Townsend. All of the compositions on Music IS were written by Frisell, some of them brand new – Change in the Air, Thankful, What Do You Want, Miss You and Go Happy Lucky – others being solo adaptations of now classic original compositions he had previously recorded, such as Ron Carter, Pretty Stars, Monica Jane, and The Pioneers. In Line, and Rambler are from Frisell’s first two ECM albums.

Frisell’s previous project, the Grammy nominated When You Wish Upon a Star also with OKeh/Sony, germinated at Lincoln Center during his two-year appointment as guest curator for the Roots of Americana series (September ’13 – May ’15). It features Frisell with vocalist Petra Haden, Eyvind Kang (viola), Thomas Morgan (bass) and Rudy Royston (drums) performing Frisell’s arrangements and interpretations of Music from Film and Television. Jazz Times described the project as follows: "unforgettable themes are the real draw here, reconfigured with ingenuity, wit and affection by Frisell and a terrific group."

"Frisell has had a lot of practice putting high concept into a humble package. Long hailed as one of the most distinctive and original improvising guitarists of our time, he has also earned a reputation for teasing out thematic connections with his music... There’s a reason that Jazz at Lincoln Center had him program a series called Roots of Americana." - New York Times

Recognized as one of America’s 21 most vital and productive performing artists, Frisell was named an inaugural Doris Duke Artist in 2012. He is also a recipient of grants from United States Artists, Meet the Composer among others. In 2016, he was a beneficiary of the first FreshGrass Composition commission to preserve and support innovative grassroots music. Upon San Francisco Jazz opening their doors in 2013, he served as one of their Resident Artistic Directors. Bill is also the subject of a new documentary film by director Emma Franz, entitled Bill Frisell: A Portrait, which examines his creative process in depth.

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