Valentine Bill Frisell

• 1 Baba Drame 04:59
• 2 Hour Glass 02:58
• 3 Valentine 06:27
• 4 Levees 06:04
• 5 Winter Always Turns To Spring 05:10
• 6 Keep Your Eyes Open 06:05
• 7 A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing 07:23
• 8 Electricity 03:19
• 9 Wagon Wheels 04:14
• 10 Aunt Mary 03:19
• 11 What The World Needs Now Is Love 05:55
• 12 Where Do We Go? 03:09
• 13 We Shall Overcome 06:25
• Total Runtime 01:05:27

Info for Valentine

Gitarrist Bill Frisell ein stilistisches Chamäleon zu nennen wäre fast untertrieben. Von Avantgarde bis zu Balladenkunst, von klassischem Gitarrenjazz bis hin zu Country-Klängen hat der Amerikaner bereits in diversen Stilen brilliert. Mit "Valentine" hat er jetzt ein lupenreines Trioalbum aufgenommen. Bassist Thomas Morgan und Drummer Rudy Royston spielen seit Jahren live mit ihm, und so entstand ein traumwandlerisches Verständnis unter den Dreien, das man dem Album in jeder Sekunde anhört.

Der große Duke Ellington musste ungefähr 50 Alben unter eigenem Namen aufnehmen, bevor er mit Bassist Charles Mingus und Schlagzeuger Max Roach ein inzwischen legendäres Trio-Album, "Money Jungle" aufnahm. Das war 1962 und Ellington war 63 Jahre alt, ein hochangesehener Titan der Musik mit so vielen Meisterwerken "in der Tasche", dass man damals gar nicht erwartete, er würde der langen Liste auch noch einen Klassiker der Jazz-Trio-Kunst hinzufügen.

Auch Bill Frisell ist inzwischen über 60 Jahre und als Größe der zeitgenössischen Musik anerkannt. Und auch er hat unter seinem Namen fast genau die gleiche Anzahl von Alben gemacht wie Ellington, bevor er sich jetzt mit seinen langjährigen Bandkollegen, Bassist Thomas Morgan und Schlagzeuger Rudy Royston, ins Studio wagte, um ein Trio-Album unter dem Titel "Valentine" aufzunehmen. Am 14. August wird es erscheinen, ein Titel daraus, die stimmungsvolle Interpretation des Traditionals "We Shall Overcome", kann man schon jetzt anhören.

Bill Frisell, Gitarre
Thomas Morgan, Bass
Rudy Royston, Schlagzeug

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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