Previewing Bill Frisell's concert last Friday at Santa Barbara's Lobero Theatre, the Santa Barbara Independent wrote that "if anyone can make big, deep music from the lean setting of a duo with his longtime ally, drummer Joey Baron, this Seattle-ite is the one."

The pair had proven that to be the case in the previous night's concert at the Jazz Bakery in Culver City, CA. In his review of that performance, Los Angeles Times critic Don Heckman writes that Frisell and Baron showed that "in the hands of gifted players, even the sparest elements can produce remarkable results." Heckman says that the duo's playing was "as challenging and exploratory as it was engaging and entertaining" and provided further proof of Frisell's "capacity to find challenging qualities in far-reaching genres."

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