06-10-2014, 19:36
One of the most technically accomplished yet imaginative jazz guitarists has a new disc out. Bill Frisell. He remains under the radar because of the wide variety of musics he has covered with no discernible defined style--he plays how the music takes him without imposing himself on it. 50 albums in 32 years, all but 7 being 4-stars or better ('92's Have a Little Faith hit the Big Megillah). As AMG says,"...blends the best elements of rock energy with jazz harmonic sophistication and melodic interpretation." Exactly. You know going in to a Frisell piece that you are going to like some or all of it--one of the best ways to lead somebody new to jazz, to real jazz using the familiar. 9 of 14 tunes on Guitar in the Space Age! are AMG picks to click. Given the nature of this disc and the age of the material, I'll link the original (OLD) with his doing (NEW), with a tasty "Making of..." vid at the end (it puts you right in the time). How about a descriptor first?: http://www.allmusic.com/album/guitar-in-...0002709690
OLD: in same order as on disc but only those of AMG Merit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j09C8clJaXo << as played on The Lawrence Welk Show (!!!) The Ventures did a killer version too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs8F5Yp7jr8 << feel free to look up Junior Wells version...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucTg6rZJCu4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGPG_Y-_BZI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tDHSm-_BdM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8vOTKMqzw4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMcA-HGVo6o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUDdn_eJN94
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpVa_TausxI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryrEPzsx1gQ << a Joe Meek production--the Phil Spector of the UK, only crazier
NEW: good clips available on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/okeh-records/sets...l-spaceage
OLD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGjky5U64LM
NEW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omG-hZfN6zk << Mr. Frisell admits bafflement as to why more BB material hasn't been covered by jazz artists. Me too.
"Making of...": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtiT-lEkcNY << BTW, this comes out on the newly-revived Okeh label--a storied label with some of the best Black music of the 20th Century on it.
Unrelated but couldn't let this "get up with it" piece featuring Duane Eddy and John Fogerty get lost: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tctwPzBNMHU
OLD: in same order as on disc but only those of AMG Merit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j09C8clJaXo << as played on The Lawrence Welk Show (!!!) The Ventures did a killer version too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs8F5Yp7jr8 << feel free to look up Junior Wells version...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucTg6rZJCu4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGPG_Y-_BZI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tDHSm-_BdM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8vOTKMqzw4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMcA-HGVo6o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUDdn_eJN94
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpVa_TausxI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryrEPzsx1gQ << a Joe Meek production--the Phil Spector of the UK, only crazier
NEW: good clips available on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/okeh-records/sets...l-spaceage
OLD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGjky5U64LM
NEW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omG-hZfN6zk << Mr. Frisell admits bafflement as to why more BB material hasn't been covered by jazz artists. Me too.
"Making of...": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtiT-lEkcNY << BTW, this comes out on the newly-revived Okeh label--a storied label with some of the best Black music of the 20th Century on it.
Unrelated but couldn't let this "get up with it" piece featuring Duane Eddy and John Fogerty get lost: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tctwPzBNMHU
A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind--Dr. Johnson
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
