I am an actor (I know you don´t care, just let me finish). People comment on my work and I take it with attention. To be better. But sometimes I get plain bitterness, personally or otherwise. And I go into the YT. And I see that this man gets 800+ dislikes. So I realize there are people around just being negative about anything they see/hear. And I feel relief.
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He really is one of the 'best kept secrets in music'. I'm a big fan of Metheny and Scofield, but either one of them gets blown away when working with Frisell, on stage or on records. Check two albums by Marc Johnson: Samurai Hee Haw and Sound of summer running.
There's an old joke: a jazz musician is someone who won't play a song the same way *once.* It doesn't trouble me that this isn't a literal reading of the as-written melody of Shenandoah. That's available other places. Frisell definitely doesn't play a song "the same way, once," and if you don't like that, you have a lot of other alternatives for your listening pleasure. Let the boy speak his heart and mind!
He def. flirts w. melodies rather than just belting it out. check out the studio version w. Ry Cooder for a bit more straight ahead take, and if that ones still not close enough you dont have to look far for white bread takes on this tune.
I love Bill frisells music. Relaxes me and just lets me escape all the mad stresses of life and pain. And then,without even realising it, I hear nuances in my playing that weren't there before. Which is a nice bonus in life. The gift of music.
I first heard of Bill Frisell through another 'legendary' guitarist. . . Bill Nelson, who is himself a fan. I can hear similarities in tone and approach between the two of them. This particular inprovisation is like a slice of Heaven. Beautiful. Anyone who is a guitarist MUST listen to this.
Yeah, this is gorgeous love it. Just checked out an awesome video of another great guitarist in Canada check out (Pai Crowd, The Music Video,,,Groove•O•Ly•O•Scene)
Frisell has reached the point of technical proficiency that he can recreate any sound he can think. The boundary between concept and execution is totally dissolved. When you hear Bill play, you're hearing his thoughts and emotions just as he feels them. Truly a living legend.
@keo774 you must listen to a wonderful live, "Live", Recorded 27 October 1991 at Terceros Encuentros de Nueva Musica, Teatro Lope de Vega, in Sevilla, Spain. Unbelievable.
When I saw the title "Shanendoah' I was drawn in by a love for this song/melody. As I listened I was enchanted by Bill's fine work with the delay and the great sounds he produced from his gear. Then a few minutes in, I found the elusive melody within. Watch a salmon swim up a stream and you will sometimes lose him in the shimmer of the water. Sometimes Bll's melody disappears in the sonic waves. There's nothing wrong with that.
What many people seem to ignore is that a professional musician does not need to 'prove' anything to you and me any more. Decades of performance have elevated BF to a level where he is free from pleasing everybody. The negative comments are mostly a sign of the respective author's immaturity. BF has a huge repertoire and is able to play exactly what they WANTS to play/record. I saw him with John Zorn's band in Muenster around 1990 and they would eat Heavy Metal Bands for breakfast.
@studionyc Thanks for sharing. He seems like a musician that other musicians love to hang out with. There's a kind of gravity around him. I think its because of his kindness and openness.
with all due respect.... I hear of a lot of delay-induced wanking and not a lot control over the overall structure. I know Bill can do way better than that.
I am trying so hard to get into Bill Frisells music... but this calm Avant Garde is harder to get into than those 'I will punch you in the face!' Avant Garde(Like Eric Dolphy, Joe McPhee or Impulse! era John Coltrane).....
@14heroes You didn't fail. When it fits: It fits. I like Coltrane, but I must admit, I have to work a bit more to appreciate him than say Hank Mobley. Alot of really respected musicians are in awe of Coltrane but I don't feel in the least bit concerned that I don't gush with reckless abandon over him. However, I find that fondness can grow with time.
@RedCapWoodpecker A good observation. I know there has to be a word for when music and visuals are perfectly matched. Heaven perhaps...almost...or aesthetic
@kinql921 his style seems to me like a jazzy stripped down The Edge's (U2). another guitarist with this style is post-punker Vini Reilly (The Durutti Column)
he should come out with an album of stuff just like this. maybe he has already and i don't know. this could be like brian eno's ambient 1: music for airports!
@expiredninja iN THE PAST :digitech sampler delay for the loop, alesis microverb for the long reverb,maybe a boss dd2 for the delay,rat distortion, no volume pedal& for the natural vibrato effect Bill shake the neck of the guitar ,in the past ,a Klein custom guitar
in this video he's got a line 6 box ,...pedal or not BILL IS A TRUE GENIUS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INNOVATIVE GUITARIST OF THE CENTURY
this is for someone who said bills music has nothing to say when i started giving bill a listen i kind of thought that myself however i opened up to it and realized he is actually very centered just has a different style also on his folk songs album or cd there are sounds of banjo and steel guitar on a few songs he mixes it up quite well and it the folk songs album quite refreshing its a fantastic album...
@DiscoRByrno Because artists like Bill never play the same song the same way. Any version of this song you hear by him is destined to be amazing. Just like everything Bill plays.
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well, if that's called music, than im a shmak...3 chords and some melody...if you wanna hear real music, try other guitarists, not bill...this is just being stoned all time long and doing nothing.
@Ulikses Well then you are a "shmak" because real music is any kind of music. There is no music that isn't real music, but this is about as real as it gets. Bill is one of the greatest guitarists ever and if you don't at least respect his playing then why would you watch the video?
because i wanted to see if my music taste has changed recently :)) no, really, i don't like his way of playing, maybe 'cause nothing happens in his songs... i like jazz guitarists, that say something, have some statements to communicate.
@Ulikses well i dont know what you mean by 'nothing happens in his songs' when things are clearly and obviously happening. its pretty incredible the ridiculous criticism that you level at frisell, and perhaps even more mind boggling is your justification. You dont like bill frisell, we get it, but to say that you like jazz guitarists that say 'something' and have statements to 'communicate', you are implying that frisell doesnt, which is in my opinion an idiotic thing to say/imply peace.
One note of Bill Frisell's is a triumph over every single piece of bullshit modern popular music. But some serious thanks for uploading this gem - everyone who appreciates this is a proper human being, Im not even exaggerating...
Hear ya go. Intro to Bill Frisell. The tune is the traditional tune: Shenandoah. Check out Sissel, the Norwegian queen, for the best rendition I have come across.
this is the true art.....not the metal crap solos, wich are all the same, there is just a speed and nothing else. they are true students comper to bill frisell
bill frisell and jj cale are persons who show us that you don't need to play insanely fast riffs with difficult techniques for creating good stuff. the most important things are feeling, phrasing, breaks between notes and of course the notes. many people would think that this is easier to compose and play than a fast metal solo, but im sure that only a few guitarists would be able to improve or create such a perfect, soothing melody. (marty friedman perhaps xD)
@FromParadiseCity Any serious guitarist has the utmost respect for musicians like Frissell. I can shred decently, but more than anything I love playing stuff like this and just getting lost in the music. To me, there is a huge difference between a guitarist (or any instrument, really) and a musician. Anyone who wants to get really good at an instrument is completely missing the point, and they turn out to be terrible musicians.
@zjak8 "Anyone who wants to get really good at an instrument is completely missing the point, and they turn out to be terrible musicians." I think that's a bit of an over generalization. "Getting really good" could mean sitting and being able to comp along with some very tough material. Many approaches to it, so long as you have a good foundation and pursue what interests you at the same time, you'll be just fine.
If the human race faces obliteration and we can only save one guy to teach the survivors, I vote for Bill.
Clear, intense, no pretense. Most players use "monster" in a good sense. Some have used "god" in the wrong sense. Bill is just "music", no other sense needed.
Man, there was another video uploaded from this same performance, but it got taken down a while ago. It was call "bill Frisell - Interview" I think. It was a bunch of awesome random dissonance Bill was making with this tele and his signature delay unit. Could someone re-upload that?
when he lived on bainbridge island WA 98110 i got to know him quite well, also laura veirs and danny barnes. nicest guy. no recluse. i dont think his wife or daughter would let him.
@billbollins it's really hard to find stuff that sounds similar to Bill. If you don't have the Floratone album, that features him and it's really good. Also if you don't own his album with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones it's my absolute favorite. Try some of John Abercrombie's stuff, or get three guitars (John Abercrombie, Larry Coryell and Badi Assad) that album is also very ethereal. You can tube three guitars to see if it's something you'd like. Good luck!
@billbollins If you're after something a little more acoustic, try Michael Hedges (especially Aerial Boundaries). He's not with us any more but if you like that nu-age/spatial kinda stuff he was king.
Bill is such a rare bird amongst the current crowd of guitarists....He's pure, organic and magical and I don't think we'll see the likes of him in the near future. Beautiful player and beautiful, sincere cat. Peace Bill and Happy New Year. Your friend tonedog from seattle....
Bill is such a great musician and great human being. He's also one of my neighbors! I remember doing this fundraiser for Andrew D'Angelo that he was on. He did this solo version of Crepescule With Nellie that blew us all away. Bill is the greatest guitarist that I have ever heard. We are all blessed to have him here on this earth.
Hey guys, any Frisell fans from UK? I saw him in London with BBC symphony orchestra last week and it was amazing. The recording will be on BBC radio3 for 3 more days, I tried to download it with bbc iplayer but I couldn't. If there's anyone who could do it and save it, it would be of a great value, because this one-off perfromance was brilliant and unique.
I agree 1000%...Garbarek/Frisell would be an absolutely incredible sonic and musical event indeed!!!
Have you ever heard Jan live...He is absolutely brilliant!!! Yet virtually ignored by the american musical community, especially the jazz community. Very sad indeed!!!
The only Jan Garbarek that americans like (buy) is the worst of the recordings, specifically the soprano sax improvisation with choral groups. This is only my opinion, but I'm an American, and that stuff is tacky. I should add that I love choral music and a handful of garbarek's other work - just not together.
I wouldn't exactly say "ignored." He had some notoriety here but he is apparently reclusive and doesn't play in te US much any more. Since the days with Jarrett he's just gradually faded from view. He's widely respected by musicians and serious jazzers, though many find his undulating wail maudlin and unsettling.
@tcumbie does'nt play in the u.s. anymore? actually, he plays here quite a bit. and he plays all over the world. he's constantly touring. i don't know where you get the idea that he's reclusive.
He tours mostly Northern Europe. Rarely the US. He's known to be a bit reclusive. See his current tour. Almost exclusively Germany, etc. Jeez what stupidity to argue about a forgotten sax player!
I thought you were talking about Bill Frisell till I saw your sax player comment. That's pretty funny! Anyway, I wish Garbarek would come to the U.S. - I'm dying to hear him here.
I thought I was the only teenager to like him too, but the fact is that Bill is in the top 3 favourite living jazzman of most of my friends who are studying musics in college.
I love Bill Frisell but I think I like the version off his album Good Dog, Happy Man better than this one. I think I just like more consistancy in the sound.
Is this version of the Bill Frisell song recorded in any album or available on mo3?
vampiroangelico 1 week ago
It's as if the song is already inside of you and he can hear it and play it back.
rador7 1 week ago
Terrible trance Bill... Espectacular!!
bernacastelli 3 weeks ago
I am an actor (I know you don´t care, just let me finish). People comment on my work and I take it with attention. To be better. But sometimes I get plain bitterness, personally or otherwise. And I go into the YT. And I see that this man gets 800+ dislikes. So I realize there are people around just being negative about anything they see/hear. And I feel relief.
flounderize 4 weeks ago 2
he should try without the technology - it's a mess
innerrevolution1 1 month ago
@innerrevolution1
the technology is part of the instrument and the music, what is wrong with that?
LfunkeyA 2 weeks ago
@LfunkeyA No problem. It's a subjective matter of taste at the end. Actually I listened some more and it grew on me somewhat.....
innerrevolution1 2 weeks ago
Remind me some post rock tunes like Eits
sezione1992L 1 month ago
Lovely...
perrypful 1 month ago
unambiguously divine
slowbaker 2 months ago 2
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CatClemonsOfficial 2 months ago
As good as it gets. How can anyone dislike this? Some of the most beautiful playing I've ever heard...
metalcore929 2 months ago 2
Very nice. reminds me of the Frank Zappa tune where his mom comes and knocks on the door and tells him to turn it down... :-)
galvinstephe 2 months ago
I begin to tab some of Bill Frisell's tunes
Abidan (Masada Guitars)
Probability Cloud Pt 2 (History, Mystery)
Check out on ultimate guitar ç|:{)-
xxAoakauaxx 4 months ago 5
@xxAoakauaxx Thanks guys !
I tabbed Marc Ribot's pieces too on ultimate guitar :
Kivah (Masada Guitars), Variation 1, Empty and Postcard from N.Y. (Silent Movies)
xxAoakauaxx 2 months ago
Mein Vater findet die Musik toll...
Musikwaldek 4 months ago
Jag älskar.....
hebrianailailai 4 months ago
cool and calm
guitarevibration 5 months ago
He really is one of the 'best kept secrets in music'. I'm a big fan of Metheny and Scofield, but either one of them gets blown away when working with Frisell, on stage or on records. Check two albums by Marc Johnson: Samurai Hee Haw and Sound of summer running.
Pettenderk 5 months ago
There's an old joke: a jazz musician is someone who won't play a song the same way *once.* It doesn't trouble me that this isn't a literal reading of the as-written melody of Shenandoah. That's available other places. Frisell definitely doesn't play a song "the same way, once," and if you don't like that, you have a lot of other alternatives for your listening pleasure. Let the boy speak his heart and mind!
manabozho 5 months ago 5
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what a load of rubbish its not even close to the shenandoah tune
cobbles56 6 months ago
@cobbles56
He def. flirts w. melodies rather than just belting it out. check out the studio version w. Ry Cooder for a bit more straight ahead take, and if that ones still not close enough you dont have to look far for white bread takes on this tune.
snakestrecher 4 months ago
I love Bill frisells music. Relaxes me and just lets me escape all the mad stresses of life and pain. And then,without even realising it, I hear nuances in my playing that weren't there before. Which is a nice bonus in life. The gift of music.
mushroomscouser 6 months ago 3
i lost my mind for 6 minutes and 28 infinite seconds......... and im finding it on the replay button.
cafeones 7 months ago
I first heard of Bill Frisell through another 'legendary' guitarist. . . Bill Nelson, who is himself a fan. I can hear similarities in tone and approach between the two of them. This particular inprovisation is like a slice of Heaven. Beautiful. Anyone who is a guitarist MUST listen to this.
Parkerfly52 7 months ago
If Jacques Cousteau played a Telecaster it would sound like this.
Xuafmot 8 months ago 13
Hard to believe he never gets UK airplay. Beauty beyond words. What a talent.
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kurksdrum21 8 months ago
Amazing, Spent my entire life around music never heard anything like this...
I look at electrics totally different now, this is beautiful...
Amazing Job Bill,
Theundergroundt 8 months ago
Pra quem gosta de MÚSICA!
Bom fim de semana...
Barbatana2 8 months ago
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Yeah, this is gorgeous love it. Just checked out an awesome video of another great guitarist in Canada check out (Pai Crowd, The Music Video,,,Groove•O•Ly•O•Scene)
victorgregson1973 9 months ago
Frisell has reached the point of technical proficiency that he can recreate any sound he can think. The boundary between concept and execution is totally dissolved. When you hear Bill play, you're hearing his thoughts and emotions just as he feels them. Truly a living legend.
EOsborne318 10 months ago 43
@EOsborne318
Well said. You articulated something I've kind of felt about Bill Frisell for a long time.
lexbermuda 10 months ago
this is the first time i listen to this guy. i like this one very much. very frippy
keo774 10 months ago
@keo774 you must listen to a wonderful live, "Live", Recorded 27 October 1991 at Terceros Encuentros de Nueva Musica, Teatro Lope de Vega, in Sevilla, Spain. Unbelievable.
PippoBrandTV 10 months ago
a to wariat
szine888 11 months ago
First time I herd him playing and I liked him! No bad, really :) thanks for posting
THC9D 11 months ago
When I saw the title "Shanendoah' I was drawn in by a love for this song/melody. As I listened I was enchanted by Bill's fine work with the delay and the great sounds he produced from his gear. Then a few minutes in, I found the elusive melody within. Watch a salmon swim up a stream and you will sometimes lose him in the shimmer of the water. Sometimes Bll's melody disappears in the sonic waves. There's nothing wrong with that.
soulhealer20 11 months ago
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What many people seem to ignore is that a professional musician does not need to 'prove' anything to you and me any more. Decades of performance have elevated BF to a level where he is free from pleasing everybody. The negative comments are mostly a sign of the respective author's immaturity. BF has a huge repertoire and is able to play exactly what they WANTS to play/record. I saw him with John Zorn's band in Muenster around 1990 and they would eat Heavy Metal Bands for breakfast.
studionyc 11 months ago
@studionyc Thanks for sharing. He seems like a musician that other musicians love to hang out with. There's a kind of gravity around him. I think its because of his kindness and openness.
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studionyc 11 months ago
with all due respect.... I hear of a lot of delay-induced wanking and not a lot control over the overall structure. I know Bill can do way better than that.
woland99 1 year ago
this is beautiful
Xhale11 1 year ago
@rador7
BEAUTY is a rare coincidence of the real and the ideal!
RedCapWoodpecker 1 year ago
Nice and relaxing.
electrickithara 1 year ago
beautiful!
gbopor 1 year ago
I am trying so hard to get into Bill Frisells music... but this calm Avant Garde is harder to get into than those 'I will punch you in the face!' Avant Garde(Like Eric Dolphy, Joe McPhee or Impulse! era John Coltrane).....
I tried again today... and failed. :(
14heroes 1 year ago
@14heroes You didn't fail. When it fits: It fits. I like Coltrane, but I must admit, I have to work a bit more to appreciate him than say Hank Mobley. Alot of really respected musicians are in awe of Coltrane but I don't feel in the least bit concerned that I don't gush with reckless abandon over him. However, I find that fondness can grow with time.
rador7 1 year ago
@rador7 Couldn't have said it better
14heroes 1 year ago
@14heroes
use it as background music when you are working - :)
SupernalOne 1 year ago
@SupernalOne I've actually started listening to his album Disfarmer and I like it a lot! So I am guessing I will eventually like this as well :)
14heroes 1 year ago
Rarely happens in life, this ABSOLUTE MATCH, the perfect visual for the perfect sound! The perfect hue for the perfect tune! ;)
RedCapWoodpecker 1 year ago
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rador7 1 year ago
@RedCapWoodpecker A good observation. I know there has to be a word for when music and visuals are perfectly matched. Heaven perhaps...almost...or aesthetic
rador7 1 year ago
The melody (Shenandoah)of this is really old. Was written by that guy named 'Traditional' that wrote many of the great classics.
CreechyMcCriggles 1 year ago
*****
renatovcortereal 1 year ago
This is perfect, I know it is the key of D, but he makes it look amazing easy, amazing improvisation.
aemery 1 year ago
it's magic:) how from another world...
kinql921 1 year ago
@kinql921 his style seems to me like a jazzy stripped down The Edge's (U2). another guitarist with this style is post-punker Vini Reilly (The Durutti Column)
rodcrippler 1 year ago
4:32-4:43 is sooooooooooo gorgeous. everything in that one snippet is perfect.
dasilvaj2008 1 year ago
this song is just nonsense
lil wayne is the best
toosikforyou 1 year ago
@toosikforyou wtf?
faopus14 1 year ago
@toosikforyou fuck lil weenie
rodcrippler 1 year ago
illuminated being x
TheFreemanuk 1 year ago
he should come out with an album of stuff just like this. maybe he has already and i don't know. this could be like brian eno's ambient 1: music for airports!
dasilvaj2008 1 year ago
@dasilvaj2008 "Ghost Town" is more or less just Bill, his guitar and lots and lots of loops. Great album, check it out.
CosmicOsmo 1 year ago
truly fantastic!
his guitar notes float like a blue mist and softly weightlessly spread into the night sky...
RedCapWoodpecker 1 year ago
this is total improv and i love it.tom
jazzbox50 1 year ago
From which album is this magic song?
retal06 1 year ago
@retal06
Good Dog, Happy Man - though it's a bit more structured on the album, still wonderful though
schwarav 1 year ago
@schwarav thank you!
retal06 1 year ago
@retal06 East/West
KevoBlues88 1 year ago
@KevoBlues88 thank you too!!
retal06 1 year ago
Genius... a dream
loyeti71 1 year ago
what pedals does he use?
expiredninja 1 year ago
@expiredninja iN THE PAST :digitech sampler delay for the loop, alesis microverb for the long reverb,maybe a boss dd2 for the delay,rat distortion, no volume pedal& for the natural vibrato effect Bill shake the neck of the guitar ,in the past ,a Klein custom guitar
in this video he's got a line 6 box ,...pedal or not BILL IS A TRUE GENIUS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INNOVATIVE GUITARIST OF THE CENTURY
loyeti71 1 year ago
Many guitarists playing together. No, it's only Bill!
AgurkTomatGulerod 1 year ago
away you rolling river oh bill i love your playing
royhalejunior 1 year ago
Damn, Bill. Damn.
speakvisual 1 year ago
I suoni sono fantastici. Vai Bill Frisell !!!
gabri3l367 1 year ago
The music is magnificient
Imala54 1 year ago
this is for someone who said bills music has nothing to say when i started giving bill a listen i kind of thought that myself however i opened up to it and realized he is actually very centered just has a different style also on his folk songs album or cd there are sounds of banjo and steel guitar on a few songs he mixes it up quite well and it the folk songs album quite refreshing its a fantastic album...
jazzsaavy 1 year ago
@DiscoRByrno Because artists like Bill never play the same song the same way. Any version of this song you hear by him is destined to be amazing. Just like everything Bill plays.
ctdjazz 1 year ago
i despise effects, im sure he can play amazing stuff but this isnt it
AgentZeroForTheWin 1 year ago
@AgentZeroForTheWin man u gotta widen ur range, effects are beautiful things that help push the boundaries of what the electric guitar can sound
flipperboy 1 year ago
@AgentZeroForTheWin
It's not that this is not amazing - it simply doesn't amaze you. Which is fair enough. It amazes me though - which is also fair enough :-)
twangbarfly 1 year ago
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well, if that's called music, than im a shmak...3 chords and some melody...if you wanna hear real music, try other guitarists, not bill...this is just being stoned all time long and doing nothing.
Ulikses 1 year ago
@Ulikses Well then you are a "shmak" because real music is any kind of music. There is no music that isn't real music, but this is about as real as it gets. Bill is one of the greatest guitarists ever and if you don't at least respect his playing then why would you watch the video?
upsidedownside1 1 year ago
@upsidedownside1
because i wanted to see if my music taste has changed recently :)) no, really, i don't like his way of playing, maybe 'cause nothing happens in his songs... i like jazz guitarists, that say something, have some statements to communicate.
Ulikses 1 year ago
@Ulikses well i dont know what you mean by 'nothing happens in his songs' when things are clearly and obviously happening. its pretty incredible the ridiculous criticism that you level at frisell, and perhaps even more mind boggling is your justification. You dont like bill frisell, we get it, but to say that you like jazz guitarists that say 'something' and have statements to 'communicate', you are implying that frisell doesnt, which is in my opinion an idiotic thing to say/imply peace.
ydoggbdoggbigG2 1 year ago
@ydoggbdoggbigG2
clearly you have a lot of issues with opponent opinions...dont have any suggestions for that :))
Ulikses 1 year ago
@upsidedownside1 How could one know he would like the video if he hasn't watched it?
frididjurhuus 1 year ago
One note of Bill Frisell's is a triumph over every single piece of bullshit modern popular music. But some serious thanks for uploading this gem - everyone who appreciates this is a proper human being, Im not even exaggerating...
jazz4 1 year ago
cubism
JayIvory87 1 year ago
how unique. what a gift
feldspar9 1 year ago
Holy crap that is beautiful.
Marc329 1 year ago
Magique , happy to bee friend. JR
JRWallker 1 year ago
Watched this today on TV, his music is so emotional and beautiful.
Zezamaroo 1 year ago
Hear ya go. Intro to Bill Frisell. The tune is the traditional tune: Shenandoah. Check out Sissel, the Norwegian queen, for the best rendition I have come across.
stevelockert1 1 year ago
this is the true art.....not the metal crap solos, wich are all the same, there is just a speed and nothing else. they are true students comper to bill frisell
bajko1000 1 year ago
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE fix the aspect ratio! It's 16:9, not 4:3!
jdwhite00 1 year ago
@jdwhite00 just makes him look a bit thin is all.
SaxMan77765 1 year ago
thanks Bill ...
thekarunamovement 1 year ago
astonishing..
gerryguitar 1 year ago
the warmth has incinerated my momentary depressed state.
thank you for posting this beautiful stuff on youtube!
0the00piano00hugger0 1 year ago 5
Bill really amazes me...
He has a very tasteful mastering of melody... and very solid mastering of harmony... and incredible skill usingk all that lopp stufff...
I enjoy very much his music...
clodomiro2 1 year ago
bill frisell and jj cale are persons who show us that you don't need to play insanely fast riffs with difficult techniques for creating good stuff. the most important things are feeling, phrasing, breaks between notes and of course the notes. many people would think that this is easier to compose and play than a fast metal solo, but im sure that only a few guitarists would be able to improve or create such a perfect, soothing melody. (marty friedman perhaps xD)
FromParadiseCity 1 year ago 47
@FromParadiseCity
It's far harder to do this, but as a technical I player I want to combine what is seen here and what is seen by perhaps...Paul Gilbert.
Speed can be beautiful, listen to Paganini.
ferdinandstrat 11 months ago
@ferdinandstrat
i never said that i don't like "fast" music, paul gilbert is one of my favourite guitar players! i just prefer melody to speed^^
FromParadiseCity 11 months ago
@FromParadiseCity Any serious guitarist has the utmost respect for musicians like Frissell. I can shred decently, but more than anything I love playing stuff like this and just getting lost in the music. To me, there is a huge difference between a guitarist (or any instrument, really) and a musician. Anyone who wants to get really good at an instrument is completely missing the point, and they turn out to be terrible musicians.
zjak8 8 months ago
@zjak8 "Anyone who wants to get really good at an instrument is completely missing the point, and they turn out to be terrible musicians." I think that's a bit of an over generalization. "Getting really good" could mean sitting and being able to comp along with some very tough material. Many approaches to it, so long as you have a good foundation and pursue what interests you at the same time, you'll be just fine.
BeholdJesse 7 months ago
Thanks Bill. A miracle.
ciacca00 1 year ago
How do you pronounce his last name?
311joeman 1 year ago
@311joeman
lit's free - sell with a slightly smoother s
buhisukeyu 1 year ago
@311joeman frih ZELL
bobbygoesbig 1 year ago
Soooooooooo incredibly beautiful.
amarr1 1 year ago
If the human race faces obliteration and we can only save one guy to teach the survivors, I vote for Bill.
Clear, intense, no pretense. Most players use "monster" in a good sense. Some have used "god" in the wrong sense. Bill is just "music", no other sense needed.
chaosIsTheOnlyPower 1 year ago 2
...no words...
Xmalima 1 year ago
@Xmalima Agree completely. This guy is living music. Writing about it is impossible.
chaosIsTheOnlyPower 1 year ago
@chaosIsTheOnlyPower Agreed. Dancing about architecture, as it were. One of, if not the most unique guitar voices of this generation.
bigtophalloween 1 year ago
FISS WHICH IS MY FAVORITE DISS
maxwolfeee 1 year ago
What a great guy he is!
He is a great musician, very professional and also a good man.
theprince65 2 years ago
Man, there was another video uploaded from this same performance, but it got taken down a while ago. It was call "bill Frisell - Interview" I think. It was a bunch of awesome random dissonance Bill was making with this tele and his signature delay unit. Could someone re-upload that?
ALoveEternal 2 years ago
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MrIndiJan 2 years ago
when he lived on bainbridge island WA 98110 i got to know him quite well, also laura veirs and danny barnes. nicest guy. no recluse. i dont think his wife or daughter would let him.
grimobo 2 years ago 2
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sleeping music
JazzHendrix 2 years ago
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this is wack!
i couldnt sit down and listen to this
JazzHendrix 2 years ago
it's all personal taste, don't diss
prsshred39 2 years ago 2
@prsshred39
I like it but I also have NO PROBLEM with people saying they don't, but then I believe in free speech.
But how weird that a guy with the name JazzHendrix would not like this; if anything in in the general style of Hendrix mixed with Jazz this is it.
Rexicano 1 year ago
I love this, can anyone recommend some thing similar?
billbollins 2 years ago
@billbollins it's really hard to find stuff that sounds similar to Bill. If you don't have the Floratone album, that features him and it's really good. Also if you don't own his album with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones it's my absolute favorite. Try some of John Abercrombie's stuff, or get three guitars (John Abercrombie, Larry Coryell and Badi Assad) that album is also very ethereal. You can tube three guitars to see if it's something you'd like. Good luck!
goneaerial41 2 years ago
@billbollins If you're after something a little more acoustic, try Michael Hedges (especially Aerial Boundaries). He's not with us any more but if you like that nu-age/spatial kinda stuff he was king.
rohanbyrt 2 years ago
Bill is such a rare bird amongst the current crowd of guitarists....He's pure, organic and magical and I don't think we'll see the likes of him in the near future. Beautiful player and beautiful, sincere cat. Peace Bill and Happy New Year. Your friend tonedog from seattle....
tonedog735 2 years ago 2
magic
retal06 2 years ago
Bill is such a great musician and great human being. He's also one of my neighbors! I remember doing this fundraiser for Andrew D'Angelo that he was on. He did this solo version of Crepescule With Nellie that blew us all away. Bill is the greatest guitarist that I have ever heard. We are all blessed to have him here on this earth.
MrBeefinjection 2 years ago
Someone needs to upload Frisell's "(for Johnny Smith)" version of shenendoah.
mowgli2071 2 years ago
Hey guys, any Frisell fans from UK? I saw him in London with BBC symphony orchestra last week and it was amazing. The recording will be on BBC radio3 for 3 more days, I tried to download it with bbc iplayer but I couldn't. If there's anyone who could do it and save it, it would be of a great value, because this one-off perfromance was brilliant and unique.
Thanks!!!
kinaski1 2 years ago
Big Frisell fan from London, can't believe I missed that gig. :(
metalcore929 2 years ago
frisell and garbarek in a cathedral would = pure resonating goodness
TbgO 2 years ago
I agree 1000%...Garbarek/Frisell would be an absolutely incredible sonic and musical event indeed!!!
Have you ever heard Jan live...He is absolutely brilliant!!! Yet virtually ignored by the american musical community, especially the jazz community. Very sad indeed!!!
chauntzu 2 years ago
The only Jan Garbarek that americans like (buy) is the worst of the recordings, specifically the soprano sax improvisation with choral groups. This is only my opinion, but I'm an American, and that stuff is tacky. I should add that I love choral music and a handful of garbarek's other work - just not together.
bedtime4bonzo 2 years ago
I wouldn't exactly say "ignored." He had some notoriety here but he is apparently reclusive and doesn't play in te US much any more. Since the days with Jarrett he's just gradually faded from view. He's widely respected by musicians and serious jazzers, though many find his undulating wail maudlin and unsettling.
tcumbie 2 years ago
@tcumbie does'nt play in the u.s. anymore? actually, he plays here quite a bit. and he plays all over the world. he's constantly touring. i don't know where you get the idea that he's reclusive.
mcj3691 2 years ago
He tours mostly Northern Europe. Rarely the US. He's known to be a bit reclusive. See his current tour. Almost exclusively Germany, etc. Jeez what stupidity to argue about a forgotten sax player!
tcumbie 2 years ago
I thought you were talking about Bill Frisell till I saw your sax player comment. That's pretty funny! Anyway, I wish Garbarek would come to the U.S. - I'm dying to hear him here.
mcj3691 2 years ago
I'm probably the youngest Bill Frisell fan ever. This man is incredible.
Junnage 2 years ago
I've been a fan for 2 years now and I'm 17. :p
I thought I was the only teenager to like him too, but the fact is that Bill is in the top 3 favourite living jazzman of most of my friends who are studying musics in college.
anarchopaperclip 2 years ago
Same, except I'm 16 =P
My friend at Berklee says there's quite a sizable fan base in Boston
Junnage 2 years ago
@anarchopaperclip 16 dawg. I love it, though I love loads of music.
amarr1 2 years ago
I love Bill Frisell but I think I like the version off his album Good Dog, Happy Man better than this one. I think I just like more consistancy in the sound.
ch3952 2 years ago
que ganas de chorearle las violitas a frisell, estn todas buenas...
un genio bill
vesevolo 2 years ago
Yo, tambien. Igual que piensa Vd.
idekny 2 years ago
Mitico!!!!
Carlolomanto 2 years ago
Aural wonderment:-)
47bongoman 2 years ago
Bill's music reaches inside you and pulls on your emotion strings.
jasonistics 2 years ago
beautiful, just.. i have no words to describe this sound, playing and.. thanks for this
LittleGi79 2 years ago
Wow this is one of the most beautiful songs I ever heard
MsCerealKiller 2 years ago 23
This is bloody original. Very enchanting and beautiful.
Grimpus1972 2 years ago
i thought thats wat it was. he gets such an amazing sound out of that tele.
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NickJOnaslovernr1 2 years ago
good for you
prsshred39 2 years ago
what kind of guitar is he playing?
Khaug3415 2 years ago
Fender Telecaster
txxtreme 2 years ago 4
how cool is Bill Frisell?
SoundPlanner 2 years ago 2
music theory can't help you when listening to music except to sound smart. but goddamn it will help you write and improvise!
gathyman 2 years ago
Great tune. Great player.
peanutbuddha 2 years ago