Bill Frisell discography
This discography features albums released by guitarist Bill Frisell, released recordings of bands and projects he was/is a member of, and albums on which he appears as guest musician. Labels and dates indicate first release.
Albums
Albums
Live Download Series
The series is produced as a subsidiary label of Lee Townsend's Songline/Tone Field, and distributed online as lossless FLAC, MP3 and AAC files with printable cover art.[8]
Title | Year |
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#001 Live in Bochum, Germany - May 22, 2004 [9] | 2008 |
#002 Live in San Francisco, CA - March 16, 2007 [10] | 2009 |
#003 Live in San Francisco, CA - February 5, 2005 Set 2 [11] | 2009 |
#004 Live in New York, NY - May 1, 2004 Set 3 [12] | 2009 |
#005 Live in London, UK - November 15, 2005 [13] | 2009 |
#006 Live in Boulder, CO - November 5, 2003 [14] | 2009 |
#007 Live in Seattle, WA - February 21, 2006 [15] | 2009 |
#008 Live in New York, NY - September 26, 1996 Set 1 [16] | 2010 |
#009 Live in New York, NY - October 12, 1992 [17] | 2010 |
#010 Live in Oakland, CA - July 15, 1989 [18] | 2010 |
#011 Live in Budapest, Hungary - March 29, 2003 [19] | 2010 |
#012 Live in Seattle, WA - July 16, 2002 [20] | 2010 |
#013 Live in Tokyo, Japan - July 21, 2000 [21] | 2010 |
#014 Live in Chapel Hill, NC - March 22, 2009 [22] | 2011 |
#015 Live in Seattle, WA - August 6, 2011 Set 2 [23] | 2011 |
#016 Live in Florence, Italy - February 10, 1993 [24] | 2012 |
#017 Live in Portland, OR - February 25, 2012 [25] | 2012 |
#018 Live in Köln, Germany - March 27, 1995 [26] | 2013 |
#019 Live in Santa Monica, CA - January 10, 1998 Set 2 [27] | 2014 |
#020 Live in Austin, TX - March 08, 2015 [28] | 2015 |
#021 Live in California - April 11, 2010 - April 13, 2010 [29] | 2015 |
#022 Hurricane Harvey Relief (download series compilation) [30] | 2017 |
Compilations
- Works (ECM, 1988)
- A-Collection (WEA, 2000)
- Rarum: Selected Recordings of Bill Frisell (ECM, 2002)
- The Best of Bill Frisell, Vol. 1 - Folk Songs (Nonesuch, 2009)
Collaborations
- Theoretically with Tim Berne (Empire, 1984)
- Smash & Scatteration with Vernon Reid (Minor Music, 1985)
- Strange Meeting by Power Tools with Melvin Gibbs and Ronald Shannon Jackson (Antilles, 1987)
- Just So Happens with Gary Peacock (Postcards, 1994)
- American Blood/Safety in Numbers with Victor Bruce Godsey and Brian Ales (Intuition, 1995)
- Deep Dead Blue with Elvis Costello (Nonesuch, 1995)
- Motion Pictures with Michael White (Intuition, 1997)
- Songs We Know with Fred Hersch (Nonesuch, 1998)
- Petra Haden and Bill Frisell with Petra Haden (True North, 2003)
- The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers with Jack DeJohnette (Golden Beams, 2006)
- Floratone with Matt Chamberlain, Lee Townsend, and Tucker Martine (Blue Note, 2007)
- Hemispheres with Jim Hall (ArtistShare, 2008)
- Floratone II with Matt Chamberlain, Lee Townsend, and Tucker Martine (Savoy, 2012)
- Lágrimas Mexicanas with Vinicius Cantuária (Naïve, 2011)
- Enfants Terribles with Lee Konitz, Gary Peacock, and Joey Baron (Half Note, 2012)
- Small Town with Thomas Morgan, (ECM, 2017)
With Paul Motian and Joe Lovano
All albums with Paul Motian are with saxophonist Joe Lovano, except as noted.
- Psalm with Ed Schuller and Billy Drewes (ECM, 1982)
- The Story of Maryam with Ed Schuller and Jim Pepper (Soul Note, 1984)
- Jack of Clubs with Ed Schuller and Jim Pepper (Soul Note, 1985)
- It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago (ECM, 1985)
- Misterioso with Ed Schuller and Jim Pepper (Soul Note, 1987)
- Monk in Motian with Geri Allen and Dewey Redman (JMT, 1988)
- On Broadway Volume 1 (JMT, 1989)
- One Time Out (Soul Note, 1989)
- On Broadway Volume 2 with Charlie Haden (JMT, 1989)
- Worlds with the Joe Lovano Wind Ensemble (Label Bleu, 1989)
- Bill Evans with Marc Johnson (JMT, 1990)
- Motian in Tokyo (JMT, 1991)
- On Broadway Volume 3 with Lee Konitz and Charlie Haden (JMT, 1991)
- Trioism (JMT, 1994)
- At the Village Vanguard (JMT, 1995)
- Sound of Love (Winter & Winter, 1997)
- I Have the Room Above Her (ECM, 2005)
- Time and Time Again (ECM, 2007)
- The Windmills of Your Mind with Petra Haden and Thomas Morgan w/o Lovano (Winter & Winter, 2011)
With John Zorn
Albums mostly written and produced by Zorn, in part with Zorn playing alto saxophone (or other instruments), sometimes conducting the ensemble.
- The Big Gundown: John Zorn Plays the Music of Ennio Morricone (Elektra/Nonesuch, 1986)
- "Godard" on French compilation Godard ça vous chante? (Nato, 1986, Tzadik reissue on Godard/Spillane, 1999)
- Cobra (Hathut, 1987)
- Spillane (Elektra/Nonesuch, 1987)
- News for Lulu with George Lewis (Hathut, 1988)
- Filmworks VII: Cynical Hysterie Hour (CBS/Sony (Japan), 1989)
- More News for Lulu (Hathut, 1990)
- Filmworks 1986–1990 (Elektra Nonesuch, 1992)
- Filmworks III: 1990–1995 (Toys Factory, 1996)
- New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands (Tzadik, 1997)
- Masada Guitars (Tzadik, 2003)
With the Gnostic Trio (with Carol Emmanuel, Kenny Wollesen)
- The Gnostic Preludes (Tzadik, 2012)
- The Mysteries (Tzadik, 2013)
- In Lambeth (Tzadik, 2013)
- The Testament of Solomon (Tzadik, 2014)
- Transmigration of the Magus (Tzadik, 2014)
- The Mockingbird (Tzadik, 2016)
With Naked City
- Naked City (Elektra Nonesuch, 1989)
- Torture Garden (Shimmy Disc, 1990)
- Grand Guignol (Avant, 1992)
- Leng Tch'e (Toys Factory, 1992)
- Heretic (Avant, 1992)
- Radio (Avant, 1993)
- Absinthe (Avant, 1993)
- Live, Vol. 1: The Knitting Factory 1989 (Tzadik, 2002)
On albums produced by Hal Willner
- Amarcord Nino Rota: Interpretations of Nino Rota's Music from the Films of Federico Fellini (Hannibal, 1981)
- Mathilde Santing, Out of This Dream: A Third Side (Megadisc, 1987)
- Marianne Faithfull, Strange Weather (Island, 1987)
- Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films (A&M, 1988)
- Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer, Each Man Kills the Thing He Loves (Island, 1989)
- Allen Ginsberg, The Lion for Real (Great Jones, Antilles, 1989)
- David Sanborn, Another Hand (Elektra/Musician, 1991)
- Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus (Columbia, 1992)
- William S. Burroughs - Naked Lunch (Warner, 1995)
- The Million Dollar Hotel: Music from the Motion Picture (Interscope, 2000)
- Finding Forrester: Music from the Motion Picture (Legacy, 2000)
- Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys (Anti-, 2006)
- William S. Burroughs - Let Me Hang You (Khannibalism, 2016)
Albums featured
For musicians with whom Frisell recorded less than three albums see below.
With Gabriela
- Detrás del sol (Intuition, 1997)
- Viento rojo (Intuition, 1999)
- El viaje (Intuition, 2006)
With Joey Baron
- Down Home (Intuition, 1997)
- We'll Soon Find Out (Intuition, 2000)
- Just Listen (Relative Pitch, 2013)
With Dale Bruning
- Reunion (Jazz Link Enterprises, 2001)
- Just Between Us (Jazz Link, 2012)
- Thanks for the Memory... Jim Hall (Jazz Link, 2015)
With Don Byron
- Tuskegee Experiments (Elektra/Musician, 1992)
- Music for Six Musicians (Nonesuch, 1995)
- Romance with the Unseen (Blue Note, 1999)
With Robin Holcomb
- Todos Santos ... Play Robin Holcomb (Sound Aspects, 1988)
- Robin Holcomb (Elektra/Musician, 1990)
- Rockabye (Elektra/Musician, 1992)
- The Big Time (Nonesuch, 2002)
With Wayne Horvitz
- The President (Dossier, 1987)
- Miracle Mile (Elektra Nonesuch, 1992)
- Film Music 1998–2001 (Tzadik, 2002)
With Marc Johnson
- Bass Desires (ECM, 1985)
- Second Sight (ECM, 1987)
- The Sound of Summer Running (Verve, 1998)
With Ron Miles
- Woman's Day (Gramavision, 1997)
- Heaven (Sterling Circle, 2002)
- Quiver (Enja/Yellowbird, 2012)
- Circuit Rider (Enja/Yellowbird, 2014)
- I Am a Man (Enja/Yellowbird, 2017)
With Bob Moses
- When Elephants Dream of Music (Gramavision, 1983)
- Visit with the Great Spirit (Gramavision, 1984)
- The Story of Moses (Gramavision, 1987)
With Carrie Rodriguez
- Seven Angels on a Bicycle (Train Wreck/Back Porch, 2006)
- Love and Circumstance (Ninth Street Opus, 2010)
- Lola (Luz, 2016)
With others
- Sam Amidon – Lily-O (Nonesuch, 2014)
- Arild Andersen – A Molde Concert (ECM, 1982)
- Danny Barnes – Dirt on the Angel (Terminus, 2003)
- Ginger Baker – Going Back Home (WEA, 1994)
- Ginger Baker – Falling Off the Roof (WEA, 1997)
- Tim Berne – Fulton Street Maul (CBS, 1987)
- David Binney – Out of Airplanes (BeenKnee, 2005)
- Paul Bley – Fragments (ECM, 1986)
- Paul Bley – The Paul Bley Quartet (ECM, 1987)
- Stefano Bollani – Joy in Spite of Everything (ECM, 2014) feat. Mark Turner
- Jakob Bro – Balladeering (Loveland, 2009)
- Jakob Bro – Time (Loveland, 2011)
- Gavin Bryars – After the Requiem (ECM New Series, 1991)
- Vinicius Cantuaria – Tucuma (Verve/PolyGram, 1999)
- Vinicius Cantuaria – Vinicius (Transparent, 2001)
- Ron Carter – Orfeu (Blue Note, 1999)
- Vic Chesnutt – Ghetto Bells (New West, 2005)
- Scott Colley – Empire (CAM Jazz, 2010)
- Shawn Colvin – All Fall Down (Nonesuch, 2012)
- Andrew Cyrille – The Declaration of Musical Independence (ECM, 2016)
- Andrew Cyrille – Lebroba (ECM, 2018)
- Dave Douglas – Strange Liberation (RCA, 2004)
- Kermit Driscoll – Reveille (Nineteen-Eight Records, 2010)
- Earth – The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (Southern Lord, 2008)
- Rinde Ekert – Finding My Way Home (DIW, 1992)
- Renee Fleming – Haunted Heart (Decca, 2005)
- Jan Garbarek – Paths, Prints (ECM, 1982)
- Jan Garbarek – Wayfarer (ECM, 1983)
- Mike Gibbs – Big Music (Venture, 1991)
- Jerry Granelli – A Song I Thought I Heard Buddy Sing (Evidence, 1993)
- Jerry Granelli – Dance Hall (Justin Time, 2017)
- Heather Greene – Five Dollar Dress (BHM, 2005)
- Gunter Hampel – Fresh Heat: Live at Sweet Basil (Birth, 1985)
- Billy Hart – Oshumare (Gramavision, 1985)
- Billy Hart – Rah (Gramavision, 1988)
- Richard Hell & The Voidoids – Destiny Street Repaired (Insound, 2009)
- Julius Hemphill – Julius Hemphill Big Band (Elektra/Musician, 1988)
- Joe Henry – Civilians (Anti–, 2007)
- Michel Herr, Bill Frisell, Vinton Johnson, Kermit Driscoll – Good Buddies (EMI Belgium, 1978)
- Jazzensemble des Hessischen Rundfunks – Atmospheric Conditions Permitting (Radio Recordings 1967–1993) (ECM, 2005)
- Rickie Lee Jones – The Evening of My Best Day (V2, 2003)
- Eyvind Kang – The Story of Iceland (Tzadik, 2000)
- Hans Koller – Cry, Want with Evan Parker a.o. (PSI, 2010)
- Kramer - The Brill Building, Book Two (Tzadik, 2017)
- Viktor Krauss – Far from Enough (Nonesuch, 2004)
- Viktor Krauss – II (Narada, 2007)
- Arto Lindsay – O Corpo Sutil / The Subtle Body (Rykodisc, 1996)
- Living Daylights – Electric Rosary (Liquid City, 2000)
- Charles Lloyd & The Marvels – I Long to See You (Blue Note, 2016)
- Charles Lloyd & The Marvels + Lucinda Williams – Vanished Gardens (Blue Note, 2018)
- Lyle Mays – Lyle Mays (Geffen, 1986)
- Lyle Mays – Street Dreams (Geffen, 1988)
- Mike Metheny – Blue Jay Sessions (Headfirst, 1982)
- Buddy Miller – Buddy Miller's Majestic Silver Strings with Marc Ribot and Greg Leisz (New West, 2010)
- Mount Analog – New Skin (Filmguerro, 2004)
- Mylab – Mylab (Terminus, 2004)
- Jim Pepper – Comin' and Goin' (Europa, 1983)
- Bobby Previte – Claude's Late Morning (Gramavision, 1988)
- Bonnie Raitt – Slipstream (Redwing, 2012)
- Hank Roberts – Black Pastels (JMT, 1987)
- Hank Roberts – Everything Is Alive (Winter & Winter, 2011)
- Herb Robertson – Transparency (JMT, 1985)
- Donald Rubinstein – Time Again (Rhombus, 1997)
- Donald Rubinstein – Knightriders (Perseverance, 2007)
- Ryuichi Sakamoto – Heartbeat (Virgin, 1991)
- Jenny Scheinman – 12 Songs (Cryptogramophone, 2005)
- John Scofield – Grace Under Pressure (Blue Note, 1992)
- John Scofield – This Meets That (Universal, 2007)
- Douglas September – Ten Bulls (Sampson, 1998)
- Michael Shrieve – Fascination (CMP, 1994)
- Michael Shrieve – Two Doors (CMP, 1995)
- Sam Shrieve – Bittersweet Lullabies (Colorburst Soundfield, 2009), on Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah and another track
- Sarah Siskind – Covered (Infrasound Collective, 2002)
- Jonah Smith – Jonah Smith (Relix, 2006)
- Leni Stern – Clairvoyant (Passport, 1985)
- Mike Stern – Play (WEA, 1999)
- David Sylvian – Dead Bees on a Cake (Virgin, 1999), two tracks with Frisell
- David Sylvian – Everything and Nothing (Virgin, 2000), compilation comprising two outtakes from Dead Bees on a Cake with Frisell
- Gianmaria Testa – Da questa parte del mare (Le Chant du Monde, 2006)
- Allen Toussaint – American Tunes (Nonesuch, 2016)
- Laura Veirs – Troubled by the Fire (Bella Union, 2003)
- Caetano Veloso – Estrangeiro (Philips, 1989)
- Jan Erik Vold – Blackdird Bye Bye (Hot Club, 2012)
- Cuong Vu – It's Mostly Residual (Intoxicate, 2005)
- Loudon Wainwright III – Here Come the Choppers (Sovereign, 2005)
- Eberhard Weber – Fluid Rustle (ECM, 1979)
- Eberhard Weber – Later That Evening (ECM, 1982)
- Kenny Wheeler – Angel Song (ECM, 1997)
- Lucinda Williams – West (Anti-, 2007)
- Lucinda Williams – Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone (Highway 20, 2014)
- Stefan F. Winter – The Little Trumpet (JMT, 1986)
- Lizz Wright – Dreaming Wide Awake (Verve Forecast, 2005)
Film soundtracks
Beside his music for Buster Keaton's silent films Go West, The High Sign and One Week (see album section above), his collaborations with producer Hal Willner (cf. section above), and with John Zorn on his music for films (cf. section above), Frisell provided also original soundtracks for the following films
- Gary Larson's Tales from the Far Side I & II directed by Gary Larson and Marv Newland (CBS, 1994 & 1997)
- La scuola, feature film directed by Daniele Luchetti (1995)[31]
- American Hollow, documentary film directed by Rory Kennedy (HBO, 1999)
- Almost Heaven, feature film directed by Ed Herzog (O.S.T. on Island, 2005)[32][33]
- All Hat, feature film directed by Leonard Farlinger (O.S.T. on EmArcy, 2008)[34]
- Portrait of a Man, documentary film directed by Visa Koiso-Kanttila (2010)[35]
- The Great Flood, documentary film on the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 directed by Bill Morrison (DVD, Icarus Films, 2014)[36][37]
- Change in the Air, feature film directed by Dianne Dreyer (2018)[38]
- His music was also exclusively used in
- Frontline, Season 17, Episode 10: Pop, directed by Joel Meyerowitz (PBS, 1999)[39][40]
- Disfarmer: A Portrait of America on photographer Mike Disfarmer directed by Martin Lavut (2010)
- The Lobster and the Liver: The Unique World of Jim Woodring on cartoonist Jim Woodring directed by Jonathan Howells (2010)[41]
Personal appearances in music documentary films and TV shows
Appearances as himself as musician and/or pundit[42]
- Bill Frisell: A Portrait directed by Emma Franz (2017)
- In music documentary films
- Icons Among Us on jazz today, directed by Lars Larson, Michael Rivoira and Peter J. Vogt (2009)
- Weightless: A Recording Session with Jakob Bro featuring Jakob Bro, directed by Sune Blicher (2009)
- In Good Time: The Piano Jazz of Marian McPartland on Marian McPartland, directed by Huey (2011)
- Every Other Summer on Wilco's 2013 Solid Sound music festival, directed by Christoph Green and Brendan Canty (2015)
- Carmine Street Guitars directed by Ron Mann (2018)
- On TV shows
- Spectacle: Elvis Costello with..., Season 1, Episode 7 and 9, accompanying Renée Fleming and Rufus Wainwright (Channel 4/CTV, both 2009)
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Season 2, Episode 156, as guest musician accompanying Paul Simon (CBS, 2017)
References
- "Further East / Further West". billfrisell.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
- "Further East / Further West". store.nonesuch.com. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
- "Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian EP". billfrisell.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
- "Alfie / I Love Lucy (limited 7 inch vinyl single)". billfrisell.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
- "Music IS". billfrisell.com. Archived from the original on March 16, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
- "Harmony". billfrisell.com.
- "Valentine". billfrisell.com.
- "Live Download Series". billfrisell.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- "Live Download Series #001 - Bill Frisell Live in Bochum, Germany 05/22/04". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- "Live Download Series #002 - Bill Frisell Live in San Francisco, CA 03/16/07". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- "Live Download Series #003 - Bill Frisell Live in San Francisco, CA 02/05/05 Set 2". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- "Live Download Series #004 - Bill Frisell Live in New York, NY 05/01/04 Set 3". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- "Live Download Series #005 - Bill Frisell Live in London, UK 11/15/05". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- "Live Download Series #006 - Bill Frisell Live in Boulder, CO 11/05/03". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- "Live Download Series #007 - Bill Frisell Live in Seattle, WA 02/21/06". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- "Live Download Series #008 - Bill Frisell Live in New York, NY 09/26/96 Set 1". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- "Live Download Series #009 - Bill Frisell Live in New York, NY 10/12/92". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- "Live Download Series #010 - Bill Frisell Live in Oakland, CA 07/15/89". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- "Live Download Series #011 - Bill Frisell Live in Budapest, Hungary 03/29/03". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- "Live Download Series #012 - Bill Frisell Live in Seattle, WA 07/16/02". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- "Live Download Series #013 - Bill Frisell Live in Tokyo, Japan 07/21/00". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- "Live Download Series #014 - Bill Frisell Live in Chapel Hill, NC 03/22/09". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- "Live Download Series #015 - Bill Frisell Live in Seattle, WA 08/06/11 Set 2". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- "Live Download Series #016 - Bill Frisell Live in Florence, Italy 02/10/93". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- "Live Download Series #017 - Bill Frisell Live in Portland, OR 02/25/12". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- "Live Download Series #018 - Bill Frisell Live in Köln, Germany 03/27/95". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- "Live Download Series #019 - Bill Frisell Live in Santa Monica, CA 01/10/98 Set 2". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- "Live Download Series #020 - Bill Frisell Live in Austin, TX 03/08/15". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- "Live Download Series #021 - Bill Frisell Live in California 04/11/10 - 04/13/10". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- "Live Download Series #022 - Bill Frisell - Hurricane Harvey Relief". artist-stores.com. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- "Credits for La scuola". IMDb.
- Almost Heaven OST at Discogs
- Almost Heaven credits on IMDb
- All Hat OST on Songtone homepage
- "Credits for Portrait of a Man". IMDb.
- "The Great Flood - DVD". billfrisell.com. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
- "The Great Flood". icarusfilms.com. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
- "Credits for Change in the Air". IMDb.
- The film's transcript with end credits on PBS homepage
- "Soundtrack credits for Frontline episode "Pop"". IMDb.
- "Credits for The Lobster and the Liver". IMDb.
- "Bill Frisell". IMDb.
External links
- Bill Frisell discography on Frisell's website, Songline/Tonfield Productions
- Bill Frisell at AllMusic
- Bill Frisell discography at Discogs
- Bill Frisell discography by Bryan Aaker, active until 2007