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Composer
Bill Frisell
- Born March 18, 1951 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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.
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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
Finding Forrester2000
La scuola1995
Tales from the Far Side1994
All Hat2007
American Hollow1999
Tales from the Far Side II1997
She Must Be Seeing Things1988
The Great Flood2012
Filmography
- TBAJohn Zorn's Naked City: Montreux Jazz Festival 1990FilmHimself
- 2023Music for Black PigeonsFilmSelf
- 2023AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. RexFilmSelf
- 2023Even Hell Has Its HeroesFilmSelf
- 2022Inside ScofieldFilm
- 2020Truth or ConsequencesFilmMusic
- 2020Motian in MotionFilmSelf
- 2020Curly Takes a Bath by the SeaFilmMusic
- 2018Carmine Street GuitarsFilmSelf
- 2017Bill Frisell: A PortraitFilmHimself
- 2017Cinema of Decay: The Films of Bill MorrisonFilm
- 2017Bill Frisell Trio - Melbourne Jazz Festival 2017Film
- 2014Bill Frisell - Guitar In The Space Age - Maison de la Culture 2014FilmGuitare, Guitar
- 2013Bill Frisell Big Sur Sextet - Festival Jazz Vitoria-GasteizFilmHimself
- 2012The Great FloodFilmMusic
- 2012Bill Frisell plays John Lennon La Villete Jazz FestivalFilmGuitar
- 2012Doppelgänger PaulFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2010Portrait of a ManFilmMusic
- 2010Bill Frisell - Solos - The Jazz SessionsFilmHimself
- 2010Homeland: The Story of the LarkFilm
- 2009SpookhuisSeriesMusic
- 2008McCoy Tyner - GuitarsFilmGuitar
- 2007All HatFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2003The MesmeristFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2002A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John ZornFilmSelf
- 2002Bill Frisell: Live In MontrealFilmHimself
- 2000Finding ForresterFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1999American HollowFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1999PopFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1997Tales from the Far Side IIFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1996The Film of HerFilmMusic
- 1996Four Boys in a VolvoFilmMusic
- 1995La scuolaFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1994Tales from the Far SideFilmMusic
- 1992John Zorn's Naked CityFilmMusician
- 1988She Must Be Seeing ThingsFilmMusician