Bill Frisell
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- March 18, 1951 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Biography
William Richard Frisell is an American jazz guitarist. He first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of contexts, notably as a participant in the Downtown Scene in New York City, where he formed a long working relationship with composer and saxophonist John Zorn. He was also a longtime member of veteran drummer Paul Motian's groups from the early 1980s until Motian's death in 2011. Since the late 1990s, Frisell's output as a bandleader has also integrated prominent elements of folk, country, rock ‘n’ roll and Americana. He has six Grammy nominations and one win.
Known for
Filmography
- AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex · Self
- Even Hell Has Its Heroes · Self
- Music for Black Pigeons · Self
- Inside Scofield
- Motian in Motion · Self
- Curly Takes a Bath by the Sea · Music
- Truth or Consequences · Music
- Carmine Street Guitars · Self
- Cinema of Decay: The Films of Bill Morrison
- Bill Frisell Trio - Melbourne Jazz Festival 2017
- Bill Frisell: A Portrait · Self
- Bill Frisell - Guitar In The Space Age - Maison de la Culture 2014 · Guitare, Guitar
- Bill Frisell Big Sur Sextet - Festival Jazz Vitoria-Gasteiz · Self
- The Great Flood · Music
- Doppelgänger Paul · Music
- Bill Frisell plays John Lennon La Villete Jazz Festival · Guitar
- Bill Frisell - Solos - The Jazz Sessions · Self
- Homeland: The Story of the Lark
- Portrait of a Man · Music
- Spookhuis · Music
- McCoy Tyner - Guitars · Guitar
- All Hat · Music
- The Mesmerist · Music
- A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn · Self
- Bill Frisell: Live In Montreal · Self
- Finding Forrester · Music
- Pop · Music
- American Hollow · Music
- Tales from the Far Side II · Music
- The Film of Her · Music
- Four Boys in a Volvo · Music
- La scuola · Music
- Tales from the Far Side · Music
- John Zorn's Naked City · Musician
- She Must Be Seeing Things · Musician
- John Zorn's Naked City: Montreux Jazz Festival 1990 · Self