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Topic: Bill Frisell- "All We Are Saying" - You Tube film |
Al Moss
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Posted 6 Feb 2012 10:21 am |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Log5fKfz8H4
-did a quick search to see if this link had been presented already, apologies if it has.
I like Bill Frisell's music and especially because of the Greg Leisz stuff that's a part of it from time to time. I have a copy of the live London recording that then generated the studio album- "All We are Saying" that was released a short while ago. It's all John Lennon music performed by Bill's usual suspects of long time sidemen and woman. There's plenty of Greg Leisz sightings in this film about the making of the recording and the thing that's interesting to me in the film is what Bill says, or, maybe the producer, talking about the longevity of these musicians association with one another and the way in which the music can emerge in an unspoken way. The part that gets me from those sentiments is that the music rarely arrives fully formed, rather it tends to reveal its own creation, (with us listeners witnessing its' appearance and growth), and then proceeds to some very essential/substantial/interactive performance. It is a very "jazz" sensibility indeed, insofar as, having an appetite to reveal " the spark of discovery", but I guess that I just I just like how accessible the music tends to be and I especially like that Greg Leisz is in there and that he's playing steel guitar. |
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Joachim Kettner
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Posted 7 Feb 2012 3:27 am
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On "Revolution" (2:40) they really rock!
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Brian McGaughey
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Orcas Island, WA USA
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Posted 7 Feb 2012 6:59 am
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Al,
I love the Lennon tribute recording. It's a lesson in a particualar approach to making music and playing within a group of musicians. Super organic sound. Love the fiddle with Greg and Bill's harmonics.
I wonder if there isn't a more just approach to tunings and note pitches that makes for a part of the unique sound of this recording. There is no piano or vocalist so a musician could certainly do that. Some of the harmonies sound extra "sweet", IMO. I think I hear the string player and Greg Leisz aim more in that direction.
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Al Moss
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Kent,OH,USA
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Posted 7 Feb 2012 8:44 am
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| Interesting consideration, thanks for bringing it up. I'll have to listen for that too. A number of years ago, Bill Frissell's guitar playing had a lot of whammy bar going on, a lot of the time. Stuff still sounded sweet but an always centered focus of a perfectly tuned note seemed pretty optional. |
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CrowBear Schmitt
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Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 7 Feb 2012 9:07 am
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Si Senor ! Yo me gusta mucho  |
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Al Moss
From:
Kent,OH,USA
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Posted 7 Feb 2012 6:02 pm
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| Gracias, señor. Me alegro de que te haya gustado. |
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Chris Reesor
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British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 7 Feb 2012 9:26 pm Bill Frisell...
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... has an uncanny sense of pitch, and the use of microtones to add emotional weight to his lines. He does this just as well on a Tele or other whammy-less guitar, by bending the neck. Just one of the things that place him so high on my list of favourite guitarists.
CR.
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Dennis Olearchik
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Newtown, PA
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Posted 11 Feb 2012 2:03 pm
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| does anyone know what pedals Bill uses most of the time? |
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Al Moss
From:
Kent,OH,USA
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Posted 16 Feb 2012 10:18 am
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There's a lengthy interview with both Bill and Jim Hall in a Fretboard Journal Magazine from about a year ago. If I'm not mistaken, he speaks of using a MPX-1 quite a bit, although when I've seen him perform live, it sure looks like there's mostly a bunch of stomp boxes on the floor. Here's a link to another YouTube vid that has a good bit of screen and audio time devoted to his use of pedals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcQtZeNSyY4
Hope you find it to be interesting. |
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