Added to the frustration of his never having followed up on the promise of 'Quartet,' Frisell actually did do a bunch of New York dates at the Knitting Factory in which he played new material with that band featuring a different soloist every night. I caught the evening with Don Byron, which was incredible; the other nights featured, as I recall, Lee Konitz, Joe Lovano and Don Alias. I read a review yesterday of a new children's book by twisted comics creator Jim Woodring that includes a solo Frisell CD in the package. The review said something to the effect that Frisell lays aside his recent bluegrass and Americana fixation to play darker music that sounded like "classical melodies soaked in reverb." Anyone heard this? Steve Smith ssmith36@sprynet.com -----Original Message----- From: zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Arthur Gadney Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 4:13 PM To: zorn-list@lists.xmission.com Subject: Re: Another new Bill Frisell
I'm in accored with Arthur here, except that I didn;t care for NASHVILLE. Frisell really seems to have lost a certain fire, and not even gradually. I think the fire was the Joey/Kermit rhythm section.
Quartet is amazing as well!! Why did he only do one CD with this band??? After 1996 is when pretty fast downhill with every next CD, crashing hard at "Good Dog Happy Man". What a dissastor! And unfortunately, he still has risen again.