Bill Frisell

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William Richard Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American guitarist, composer and arranger.

One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell came to prominence as a stalwart for ECM Records.

He went on to work in a variety of contexts, notably as a member of the New York City Downtown Scene where he formed a long partnership with John Zorn.

He was also a longtime member of Paul Motian's groups from the early 1980s until Motian's death in 2011.

Since 2000, Frisell's eclectic output as a bandleader has emphasized folk, country music, and Americana.

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Early life and career

Frisell was born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, but the bulk of his youth was spent in the Denver, Colorado area. As a youth, he studied clarinet with Richard Joiner of the Denver Symphony Orchestra, but by his teens, he was more interested in guitars. He graduated from Denver East High School and went to the University of Northern Colorado to study music. Johnny Smith did a little while studying scales and inversions, but Frisell later reported that the class effectively became private lessons from Smith because "it was too much for everyone else" - "they didn't want to be learning scales and inversions."

Dale Bruning, his first guitar instructor in the Denver-Aurora metropolitan area, with whom Frisell released the 2000 duo album Reunion. Frisell earned his degree from Northern Colorado after attending Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied with Jon Damian and Jim Hall.

Frisell's big break came when guitarist Pat Metheny was unable to make a recording session and suggested Frisell to Paul Motian, who was recording Psalm (1982) for ECM Records. Frisell became ECM's in-house guitarist and appeared on many albums, most notably Jan Garbarek's 1982 Paths, Prints. In Line, Frisell's first solo album, featured solo guitar as well as duets with bassist Arild Andersen.

Frisell migrated to Hoboken, New Jersey, in the 1980s, and was still active in the New York jazz scene. He began working with John Zorn early in life, including as a member of avant garde jazz band Naked City, and performed or recorded with many others. He and saxophonist Joe Lovano also performed in Paul Motian's trio.

In the mid-1980s, Frisell formed a regular working group, including Kermit Driscoll on bass, Joey Baron on drums, and Hank Roberts on cello (later reduced to three as Roberts left). This group was regularly joined by other musicians for recording sessions.

Frisell left New York City in 1988 and moved to Seattle, Washington. Frisell released two of his best-reviewed albums in the early 1990s, from Charles Ives and Aaron Copland (the entire Billy the Kid) to John Hiatt (the title song), Robert Dylan ("Just Like a Woman") and Madonna ("A Long, Psychedelic version of "Live to Tell") and Madonna (a long, psychedelic rock-tinged version of "Live to Tell") and Madonna (the entire collection of originals); and second, "This Land, a During this period, he performed with many musicians, including up-and-coming artists like Douglas September on the album 10 Bulls. He also ventured out by appearing soundtracks to Buster Keaton's silent films with his trio, as well as contributing to Ryuichi Sakamoto's album Heartbeat.

Frisell disbanded his band in the mid-1990s. He continued the trend set by Have a Little Faith by more explicitly including elements of bluegrass and country music in his music. Gary Larson's friendship with him led him to produce music for The Far Side (which was also released on the album Quartet with songs written for Keaton's Convict 13). Frisell has lived on Bainbridge Island, Washington, near Seattle, since 2000.

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