Bill Frisell
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- March 18, 1951
- Place of birth
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Biography
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. 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.
Movies with Bill Frisell
- Carmine Street Guitars 2018 · ★ 7.2
- Music for Black Pigeons 2023 · ★ 6.8
- A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn 2002 · ★ 6.8
- AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex 2023 · ★ 7.6
- Bill Frisell: A Portrait 2017 · ★ 5.8
- Cinema of Decay: The Films of Bill Morrison 2017 · ★ 7.0
- Bill Frisell - Solos - The Jazz Sessions 2010 · ★ 7.0
- Bill Frisell Big Sur Sextet - Festival Jazz Vitoria-Gasteiz 2013 · ★ 7.0
- Bill Frisell - Guitar In The Space Age - Maison de la Culture 2014 2014 · ★ 6.5
- Even Hell Has Its Heroes 2023 · ★ 6.0
- Bill Frisell plays John Lennon La Villete Jazz Festival 2012 · ★ 6.0
- Bill Frisell Trio - Melbourne Jazz Festival 2017 2017 · ★ 7.0
- McCoy Tyner - Guitars 2008 · ★ 7.0
- Bill Frisell: Live In Montreal 2002
- Motian in Motion 2020
- Inside Scofield 2022
- Homeland: The Story of the Lark 2010