[2018-03-16] Bill Frisell "Music IS" (Okeh)

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

Description
This is guitar master Bill Frisell’s first solo album since Ghost Town was released on Nonesuch 20 years ago.

“Playing ‘solo’ is always a challenge,” Frisell says. “For me, music has all along been so much about playing with other people. Having a conversation. Call and response. Playing all by myself is a trip. I really have to change the way I think. In preparation for this recording I played for a week at The Stone in New York. Each night I attempted new music that I'd never played before. I was purposely trying to keep myself a little off balance. Uncomfortable. Unsure. I didn't want to fall back on things that I knew were safe. My hope was to continue this process right on into the studio. I didn't want to have things be all planned out beforehand.”

All the compositions on Music IS were composed by Frisell, some are brand-new - Change In The Air, Thankful, What Do You Want, Miss You and Go Happy Lucky - others are solo adaptions of now classic original compositions Frisell has previously recorded - In Line, Rambler, Ron Carter, Pretty Stars, Monica Jane, and The Pioneers. The focus of Music IS is on the telling of musical stories from Frisell’s original and inimitable perspective. The end result is Frisell at his most distilled and fully realized.

Tracklist
1. Pretty Stars
2. Winslow Homer
3. Change In The Air
4. What Do You Want?
5. Thankful
6. Ron Carter
7. Think About It
8. In Line
9. Rambler
10. The Pioneers
11. Monica Jane
12. Miss You
13. Go Happy Lucky
14. Kentucky Derby
15. Made To Shine
16. Rambler (Alternate Version)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0788WSVR2/?tag=imwan-20

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

Here's the first sample:

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

And here's some background info on "Rambler":

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

Now we have an album commentary video:

[2018-03-16] Bill Frisell "Music IS" (Okeh)

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