Bill Frisell - History, Mystery
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Artist: Bill FrisellBrand: FRISELL,BILL
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2008-05-13
Music Label: Nonesuch
Product features:
- FRISELL BILL HISTORY, MYSTERY (2 CDS)
Music CD 1
- Imagination
- Probability Cloud
- Probability Cloud Part 2
- Out of Body
- Struggle
- A Momentary Suspension of Doubt
- Onward
- Baba Drame
- What We Need
- A Change Is Gonna Come
- Jackie-Ing
- Show Me
- Boo and Scout
- Struggle Part 2
- Heal
- Another Momentary Suspension of Doubt
- Probability Cloud
- Monroe
- Lazy Robinson
- Question #1
- Answer #1
- Faces
- Sub-Conscious Lee
- Monroe Part 2
- Question #2
- Lazy Robinson Part 2
- What We Need Part 2
- Waltz For Baltimore
- Answer #2
- Monroe Part 3
Free Music Notes for History, Mystery
Free Music Review: Frisell Montage
Hit: 5 Stars
Overview:
In History, Mystery Bill Frisell combines elements of the many different styles and genres he has dabbled with over the years into one cohesive story telling album. You can hear elements of Appalachia (ala The Willies), string orchestrations (ala Unspeakable), ambient soundscapes (ala Floratone), great horn lines (Blues Dream), African jazz (ala the Intercontinentals) and quirky odd Friselldoms (ala The Rambler). Basically Bill has gone into his bag of tricks and combined the many magical things he can do into one dreamy CD. At first listen it's a bit much to take in and for fans who are not wild about violins, the string orchestrations might seem a bit too far from jazz. However, after several listens the clever crafting of the songs and the great interactions between the musicians reveal themselves. The overall mood of the album is somber, tragic, intense and dramatic.
Performers: Bill Frisell (electric & acoustic guitars & electronics), Ron Miles Cornet, Greg Tardy (tenor sax, clarinet), Jenny Scheinman (violin), Eyvind Kang (viola), Hank Roberts (cello), Tony Scherr (bass), Kenny Wolleson (drums)
Song Highlights:
Probability Cloud - This song reminds me a lot of Miles Davis' performance of Manuel de Falla's "Will O Wisp" from Sketches from Spain. It has a bit of Spanish tango feel to it. The combined orchestration of strings and horns in the main melody line is beautifully done.
Struggle - Just a killer bass line melody with backing strings. This is perhaps the catchiest song on the CD. Frisell's harmonics over the time are perfectly placed to. Not too much, just a touch here, a note there, plenty of space to let it breath.
Baba Drame - Better than the original Frisell version from Intercontinentals. It sounds like the song was meant for a string section.
Struggle Part 2 - Completely different version of Struggle. Same song, different mood. This version is great because Frisell really lets loose and rocks out a killer guitar solo.
Waltz for Baltimore - Featrues lengthy passionate sax solo by Greg Tardy. Greg really gets all his frustrations out in this brilliant solo.
This might be remembered as Frisell's greatest album. I'm not ready to say it's my favorite, but its really growing on me, and I feel there's a lot of subtle things left for me to discover here.
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