Chicago Reader: "Disfarmer" an "Unfettered Expression of Frisell's Imagination"

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Bill Frisell and his trio are playing at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, on Friday, and the Prairie Center outside of Chicago, on Saturday. The Chicago Reader takes a look at the guitarist/composer with "an almost preternatural ability to evoke pensive, introspective moods of various flavors," and his latest Nonesuch release, Disfarmer, which "feels like a relatively unfettered expression of Frisell’s imagination."

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Bill Frisell and his trio, featuring bassist Tony Scherr and drummer Kenny Wollesen, have three performances scheduled for the end of the week—two at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, on Friday, and one at the Prairie Center for the Arts in Schaumburg, Illinois, outside of Chicago, on Saturday—before Frisell heads to Europe for a two-week tour with his 858 Quartet.

In advance of Saturday's show at the Prairie Center, the Chicago Reader takes a look at the guitarist/composer who has created "one of the most instantly recognizable voices in jazz" with "an almost preternatural ability to evoke pensive, introspective moods of various flavors." In a piece titled The Cinematic Sounds of Bill Frisell, writer Peter Margasak examines the music of Frisell, both the literally cinematic, his film scores, and figuratively, in the evocative pieces he has created elsewhere.

Frisell's latest Nonesuch release, Disfarmer, might fall somewhere in between, inspired as it was by the still imagery of photographer Mike Disfarmer. The haunting black and white photos were the impetus for the project and the end result, to Margasak, "feels like a relatively unfettered expression of Frisell’s imagination—he’s not trying to follow somebody else’s onscreen action but rather offering his own reactions."

Read the complete article at chicagoreader.com.

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  • Tuesday, October 13, 2009
    Chicago Reader: "Disfarmer" an "Unfettered Expression of Frisell's Imagination"

    Bill Frisell and his trio, featuring bassist Tony Scherr and drummer Kenny Wollesen, have three performances scheduled for the end of the week—two at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, on Friday, and one at the Prairie Center for the Arts in Schaumburg, Illinois, outside of Chicago, on Saturday—before Frisell heads to Europe for a two-week tour with his 858 Quartet.

    In advance of Saturday's show at the Prairie Center, the Chicago Reader takes a look at the guitarist/composer who has created "one of the most instantly recognizable voices in jazz" with "an almost preternatural ability to evoke pensive, introspective moods of various flavors." In a piece titled The Cinematic Sounds of Bill Frisell, writer Peter Margasak examines the music of Frisell, both the literally cinematic, his film scores, and figuratively, in the evocative pieces he has created elsewhere.

    Frisell's latest Nonesuch release, Disfarmer, might fall somewhere in between, inspired as it was by the still imagery of photographer Mike Disfarmer. The haunting black and white photos were the impetus for the project and the end result, to Margasak, "feels like a relatively unfettered expression of Frisell’s imagination—he’s not trying to follow somebody else’s onscreen action but rather offering his own reactions."

    Read the complete article at chicagoreader.com.

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