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William Richard "Bill" Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American guitarist, composer and arranger.
One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell's eclectic music touches on progressive folk, classical music, country music, noise and more. He is known for using an array of effects to create unique sounds from his instrument.
Frisell was born in Baltimore, Maryland, but spent most of his youth in the Denver, Colorado area. He studied clarinet with Richard Joiner of the Denver Symphony Orchestra as a youth, graduated from Denver East High School, and went to the University of Northern Colorado to study music.
His original guitar teacher in the Denver-Aurora metropolitan area was Dale Bruning, with whom Frisell released the 2000 duo album Reunion. After graduating from Northern Colorado, where he studied with Johnny Smith, Frisell went to the Berklee College of Music in Boston where he studied with Jon Damian and Jim Hall.
Frisell's major break came when guitarist Pat Metheny was unable to make a recording session, and recommended Frisell to Paul Motian who was recording Psalm (1982) for ECM Records. Frisell became ECM's in-house guitar player, and worked on several albums, most notably Jan Garbarek's 1981 Paths, Prints. Frisell's first solo release was In Line featured solo guitar and duets with bassist Arild Andersen.
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founder members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Together with Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century.
Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved as a teenager in the skiffle craze; his first band, The Quarrymen, evolved into The Beatles in 1960. As the group disintegrated towards the end of the decade, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine". After his marriage to Yoko Ono in 1969, he changed his name to John Ono Lennon. Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to devote time to raising his infant son Sean, but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album Double Fantasy. He was murdered three weeks after its release.
Episode 5: Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell - Live at Montreal Jazz Festival 2002 [FULL HD]
Charles Lloyd & The Marvels with Bill Frisell - 2016-01-30 set 1 - Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Bill Frisell plays John Lennon - FULL SHOW La Villete Jazz Festival 2012 FULL HD 1080p
Bill Frisell: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Bill Frisell When You Wish Upon A Star
Bill Frisell - When You Wish Upon a Star
Bill Frisell - Gone, Just Like a Train
Reverb Soundcheck: Bill Frisell
Blake Mills & Bill Frisell at the Fretboard Summit - "Blood in My Eyes"
Phil Lesh & Friends w/ Bill Frisell - 4/22/15 Terrapin Crossroads
Bill Frisell - "Surfer Girl" (at the Fretboard Journal)
Fretboard Journal Live: Bill Frisell and John Pizzarelli
Bill Frisell - The Disfarmer Project (2011) [HD]
Actors: Jørgen Leth (actor), Bill Frisell (actor), Andreas Koefoed (producer), Jakob Juul Toldam (editor), Lee Konitz (actor), Ben Street (actor), Jakob Bro (actor), Jakob Bro (composer), Paul Motian (actor), Sune Blicher (director),
Plot: In September 2008 Danish jazz guitarist Jakob Bro recorded his album 'Balladeering' together with some of the greatest living jazz legends including Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Paul Motian and Ben Street. The recording of the album took place at the famous Avatar Studios in New York. Young filmmaker Sune Blicher and his Danish film crew followed the musicians' work closely in the studio. Weightless - a recording session with Jakob Bro offers a rare view into the vibrant, intensive process of combing song writing, improvisation and individual originality.
Keywords: jazz, songwriting