Bill's one of my absolute favorites.. and yeah, he doesn't need to talk to the crowd- the music does that. He's a shy guy, so let the guy be (amazing). Thanks for the video!
I can't believe someone said they didn't like Bill because he doesn't interact with the crowd. When you can play guitar like he can, you don't have to interact with the crowd. Pretty amazing that someone with social anxiety as bad as Frisell is even comfortable playing in front of crowds
Yes, but the octavy synth sound in the back is probably not a loop, if that´s what you´re thinking of. My guess is that it is a setting on his lexicon reverb as none of frisell´s other effects has an octave up thing to them, the other effects being, far as i know, line6 dl4, bossdelay of some sorts (DD4,5,6...), volume pedal and a digitech PDS-8000 echoplus digital delay sampler, and distortion (rat or tube screamer for the most I think).
Loop or not, check out his right hand. He is playing two parts at the same time. Not the usual chord melody technique that just puts the melody at the top of the chord. Not classical technique either. He's arpeggiating with the pick and fingers and playing the melody mainly with the fingers. You get a good look at it around 2:18. At 2:41 he reaches to adjust a control on the delay or looper and the arpeggios stop
Whats that synth in the backround, is it on a loop or is it some kind of effect on his guitar, an effect on his delay or something? it could be a the way it's recorded i guess or maybe I'm just hearing things. Does anyone know his setup and if he plays to a loop. It would seem very "un-jazz" to me if they were playing to a loop.
Bill loops all the time in most projects. He's far from a jazz purist- you might call him the Grateful Dead of jazz- taking Americana and marrying the heart to the head!
Well Bill vehemently defends himself from any such limiting labels as "jazz", or any other genre. He does play it sometimes, but moves freely between country, rock, jazz, surf, and no genre, or a mix of them. What they're playing here is definately not jazz, but that has nothing to do with it's validity. I love Frisell, but this particular performance doesn't do it for me. Whatever you want to call it.
I'm not into labels either but clearly if you have to come up with a genre for Frisell, it would be jazz. No getting around that one. I have to say that I saw this trio in summer 2009 and I was pretty disappointed in the show. I had never witnessed a featured player have zero interaction with the audience and he had his side or back to the audience the whole show. It was a WTF did I just witness kind of show. Give me Pat Metheny or Larry Coryell or DiMeola.
Well, he is shy with audience, and his interaction is telepathic. I saw him in LA about 2006. He was just warming up with loops when an audience member's cell phone went off after admonition. The audience was mad, but Bill, without missing a beat, improvised off the cell phone ringer, and everyone laughed! He diffused the anger with his telepathic interaction, I swear! For me he's the greatest
Bill's one of my absolute favorites.. and yeah, he doesn't need to talk to the crowd- the music does that. He's a shy guy, so let the guy be (amazing). Thanks for the video!
I love this song so much. Thanks for posting. Much appreciated.
That Was Then is such a wonderful piece. Very nice rendition. Thanks,
Hi Guys, it's Tony Scherr on bass and Kenny Wollesson on drums. These guys are wonderfully imaginative rhythem section players
Por favor, más videos de esa noche INOLVIDABLE en La Trastienda!!!!!!!
realmente fue una noche magica, ojala haya mas para subir ya que los de tribulaciones no pasaron mas que uno o dos temas
I can't believe someone said they didn't like Bill because he doesn't interact with the crowd. When you can play guitar like he can, you don't have to interact with the crowd. Pretty amazing that someone with social anxiety as bad as Frisell is even comfortable playing in front of crowds
Yes, but the octavy synth sound in the back is probably not a loop, if that´s what you´re thinking of. My guess is that it is a setting on his lexicon reverb as none of frisell´s other effects has an octave up thing to them, the other effects being, far as i know, line6 dl4, bossdelay of some sorts (DD4,5,6...), volume pedal and a digitech PDS-8000 echoplus digital delay sampler, and distortion (rat or tube screamer for the most I think).
bill is genre free , thank goodness .It's just music ,all you compartmentalists will never get it
I'm fainting. (I heard ginger baker played with this guy..a mad sound that must have been!)
Loop or not, check out his right hand. He is playing two parts at the same time. Not the usual chord melody technique that just puts the melody at the top of the chord. Not classical technique either. He's arpeggiating with the pick and fingers and playing the melody mainly with the fingers. You get a good look at it around 2:18. At 2:41 he reaches to adjust a control on the delay or looper and the arpeggios stop
actually bill not only uses loops, he creates them, which can´t really said to be un-jazz, or un-anything. Just really cool:-)
Whats that synth in the backround, is it on a loop or is it some kind of effect on his guitar, an effect on his delay or something? it could be a the way it's recorded i guess or maybe I'm just hearing things. Does anyone know his setup and if he plays to a loop. It would seem very "un-jazz" to me if they were playing to a loop.
Too bad the audio and video aren't lining up. Cool footage nonetheless.
Bill loops all the time in most projects. He's far from a jazz purist- you might call him the Grateful Dead of jazz- taking Americana and marrying the heart to the head!
ah, the cure has influenced the jazz musique.
now you say it, i realized/ can you remind me which song again?
Well Bill vehemently defends himself from any such limiting labels as "jazz", or any other genre. He does play it sometimes, but moves freely between country, rock, jazz, surf, and no genre, or a mix of them. What they're playing here is definately not jazz, but that has nothing to do with it's validity. I love Frisell, but this particular performance doesn't do it for me. Whatever you want to call it.
I'm not into labels either but clearly if you have to come up with a genre for Frisell, it would be jazz. No getting around that one. I have to say that I saw this trio in summer 2009 and I was pretty disappointed in the show. I had never witnessed a featured player have zero interaction with the audience and he had his side or back to the audience the whole show. It was a WTF did I just witness kind of show. Give me Pat Metheny or Larry Coryell or DiMeola.
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Well, he is shy with audience, and his interaction is telepathic. I saw him in LA about 2006. He was just warming up with loops when an audience member's cell phone went off after admonition. The audience was mad, but Bill, without missing a beat, improvised off the cell phone ringer, and everyone laughed! He diffused the anger with his telepathic interaction, I swear! For me he's the greatest
I love this song so much. Thanks for posting. Much appreciated.